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Post by racinggal on Aug 2, 2013 17:42:11 GMT -5
The Travers goes back to 1864. Every letter has one except X and Z!
A - Alydar, Alpha (there are many)
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Post by cait on Aug 3, 2013 16:11:02 GMT -5
B - Birdstone
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Post by bloodstock64 on Aug 3, 2013 18:24:01 GMT -5
I'm skipping over a few letters.
V - Verrazano
Best looking horse I've seen in a few years.
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 3, 2013 20:26:26 GMT -5
BStock - A "few" letters? LOL C - Corporate Report (RG - Trained by the Coach  ) |
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Post by racinggal on Aug 4, 2013 12:53:53 GMT -5
Gary - I guess we know your pick?  Ev - I bet the Coach had a few winners and maybe will add a surprise one this year! Although probably not Oxbow. D - Damascus Damascus (April 14, 1964–August 8, 1995) was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer (1959's Horse of the Year) out of Kerala (by My Babu) foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Though he finished third in the 1967 Kentucky Derby (a high-strung horse, the humidity depleted him and the noise of the crowd spooked him; he was given a stable pony thereafter to calm him down), he won so many of the other big races—the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes*, the Jockey Club Gold Cup*, the Wood Memorial, the Travers Stakes, the Dwyer Stakes (closing from 12 lengths back and spotting the runner up 16 pounds), the Woodward Stakes*—that he was 1967's Horse of the Year. During the same year, top horses Dr. Fager and Buckpasser were also competing. In Blood-Horse magazine's top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Buckpasser ranks 14th and Dr. Fager ranks 6th. In a race many consider the "Race of the Century," Damascus won the 1967 Woodward by 10 lengths over both of these horses after his connections, as well as those of Buckpasser, used stablemates to set a blistering pace, thus weakening Dr. Fager. Damascus himself ranks number 16 in the Blood Horse listing. In 1967, he was Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old colt, and he shared the champion handicap male honors with Buckpasser.[1][2] I found this great video! (I bet my husband was there LOL) |
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 4, 2013 17:27:17 GMT -5
E - Easy Goer
Thanks Nancy. Good video from the old days!
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Post by cait on Aug 5, 2013 20:37:18 GMT -5
rg - nice!
F - Forty Niner Flower Alley
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 6, 2013 20:16:57 GMT -5
G - Gallant Man, General Assembly
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Post by racinggal on Aug 7, 2013 20:28:21 GMT -5
H - Holy Bull
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 9, 2013 8:27:11 GMT -5
Had to look this up!
1886 Inspector B
1933 Inlander
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Post by racinggal on Aug 13, 2013 20:43:53 GMT -5
K Key to the Mint
I think I saw him at Belmont!
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 14, 2013 21:08:14 GMT -5
We skipped J!
Jaipur
Java Gold
Next up - L!
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Post by racinggal on Aug 17, 2013 12:51:21 GMT -5
L - Lemon Drop Kid I was there!
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Post by racinggal on Aug 18, 2013 12:59:00 GMT -5
Man O' War - 1920
Mars - 1926
Medaglia d'Oro 2002
There are so many famous horses that won the Travers!
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 18, 2013 15:20:06 GMT -5
Speaking of famous horses, how about
Native Dancer!
He won the Travers in 1953.
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 20, 2013 21:24:11 GMT -5
Let's go folks! We need to finish this! It's like a who's who of great horses!
After saying that I had to look up this one though - all before my time!
1917 Omar Khayyam
1934 -Observant
1952 One Count
1958 Oh Johnny
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Post by cait on Aug 21, 2013 23:28:00 GMT -5
P - Point Given
weren't we there? i think so - lol
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Post by racinggal on Aug 23, 2013 8:20:11 GMT -5
Q - Quadrangle
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Post by racinggal on Aug 24, 2013 13:03:50 GMT -5
I'll finish this!
R: Runaway Groom
S: Some big names! Summer Bord, Stay Thirsty, Street Sense, Sword Dancer
T: Temperance Hill, Thunder Gulch, Ten Most Wanted
U: Unshaded - 2000
V: Vallera: 1891
W: Whirlaway, Wajima
No X
Y: Young Peter - 1947
No Z
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