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Originally Posted by Sightseek
There are 3 days that I am grateful for not being at the track that day: Smarty's Belmont; Barbaro's breakdown in the Preakness (the only TC race I skipped that year, thankfully) and Eight Belle's breakdown in the Derby. (Not that every breakdown isn't heart wrenching, but those two had so much intensity with the crowds.)
My biggest regret for not being there was Rachel's win in the Woodward. I was there for Rags to Rich's Belmont and I'm positive that Rachel's Woodward had to be more electric.
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I was in a play during Barbaro's TC races, and I remember I got to the theater early and dragged their old TV into the dressing room to watch the race. Several of the actors and the playwright showed up to watch, too, because I had gotten them interested in it. And then poor Barbaro broke down. I think they were ALL turned off racing that day. Awful.
