Re: Was it greed or ego??? (575 Views)
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Silver Charm (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2015 07:40PM
Dana, Frank etc. I think a history lesson is in order for everyone. As I said late yesterday [b]Secretariat[/b] lost TWICE after the Triple Crown and never defeated Older horses on dirt. No one questions his greatness.
[b]Seattle Slew[/b] was absolutely drilled in the Swaps next out after the Triple Crown, running 4th by 16. They stopped on him for the rest of the year. He opened the next year with consecutive wins in ALLOWANCE races. He stepped into Stakes company next and promptly got beat. The Patterson Hdcp in September. His fall campaign was stellar except for when Exceller beat him.
[b]Whirlaway?[/b] He beat 2 horses in the Travers. TWO!! He lost the Blue Grass and Derby Trial before winning the Triple Crown.
[b]You are right about Social Media and Blogs etc[/b]. Could you imagine if AP came back next year and ran in consecutive allowance races? It seems as soon as AP won the Haskel the Travers had to be next spot to prove he was anything. And then where was he going to run back next before The Breeders Cup Classic? At least according to the Tweets and the Blogs....
This horse has already had a tough campaign. He was tested from the bell yesterday , he fought back, he was emptied and got nailed. He wont need a mulligan like those others I mentioned above. I think that's the last we have seen of him.....