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LAST EDITED ON 05-23-11 AT 07:28 PM (EST)I was certain that the US Triple Crown would be won during the 1990s. In three straight years, exceptional horses (Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic) won the first two legs of the Triple Crown but got edged in the Belmont by horses that had skipped at least one of the prior two legs (Charismatic because he broke his leg in his last strides and was fortunate to survive; Real Quiet because he went out so frickin' fast and couldn't hang on). Then, about 10 years ago, we finally had another "superhorse", Point Given, but he got blocked in the Derby (with the typical huge field) and only finished fith, before dominating the next two races. Since then, I've felt that a Triple Crown winner will be a fluke. We haven't seen a real superhorse since Point Given, and this year was no different.
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<<Since then, I've felt that a Triple Crown winner will be a fluke. We haven't seen a real superhorse since Point Given, and this year was no different.>> Not necessarily a fluke. I'd call it a rare event, difficult to attain, something more along that line. To win 3 long, grueling races (2 of which are distances the horse had never run) in a 5-week span when normally you'd have a 3-5 weeks in between each, that's tough thing to pull off, even for a great horse. It takes a very, VERY special horse to accomplish it, along with other things (training, racing luck, jockey choice, etc.) We've been spoiled by having 3 Triple Crown winners in our lifetime (4, if one was born before 1948). Maybe Seattle Slew and Affirmed were the flukes, lol. Certainly, Secretariat wasn't. Anyway, just had to delurk to disagree with AyaK  .
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LAST EDITED ON 05-24-11 AT 02:58 AM (EST)The Affirmed and Alydar matchup was very exciting, I agree. I thought Easy Goer had Sunday Silence beaten in the Preakness (the second most exciting races I've ever seen) . Watching the replay, one could see them both giving the "evil eye" to each other, lol. <<I don't really know why thoroughbred racing is in such a slump this decade>> Ten years ago, an unusually high number of foals died. http://www.research.uky.edu/odyssey/spring02/foaldeaths.html
This may have contributed to a less than stellar group from which to race and breed over this period. It certainly didn't help. I follow the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup (the 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic was THE most exciting race I ever saw), but I do love the sport as a whole, and am glad to talk racing with you, AyaK. Edited to add: The 2 races I mentioned still are not the BEST race ever: The 1973 Belmont transcends everything, for me. I still get chills and teary-eyed watching it. Just wanted to add that.
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The handful of times I've gone to the track I've picked them the same way-unfortunately you can't always get to the betting window in time using that method!