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06-01-2012, 02:04 PM
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Triple Crown + Travers
Whirlaway is the only horse in history to officially complete the sweep of these four classic 3-year-old events.
He gave the 2nd and 3rd place finishers 18lbs each in his Travers win and did it under 130lbs. Affirmed finished 1st in the '78 Travers, but was DQ'd for fouling 2nd place finisher Alydar. Whirlaway and Affirmed are also the only two Triple Crown winners to win Horse of the Year honors as 4-year-olds. If I'll Have Another sweeps the Triple Crown -- I think the likelihood of him trying to win the Travers or coming back at age 4 will have everything to do with how much top offer is for him as a stallion. 
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06-01-2012, 02:10 PM
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Why did Secretariat pass up the Travers and run in the Whitney?
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06-01-2012, 02:12 PM
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In fact, Secretariat was defeated in 3 races as a 3-year-old (Whitney, Woodward, and Wood Memorial) -- Easy Goer is the only horse to ever sweep those three races. He also won the Travers.
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06-01-2012, 02:18 PM
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I know the meets were much shorter than. I remember the phrase "The August Place To Be". Never was sure of the reason. Always thought the Jim Dandy was the best prep timing wise...
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06-01-2012, 02:35 PM
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 Whitney was Aug 4th and Jim Dandy was Aug 8th.
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06-01-2012, 02:48 PM
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A number of top three year-olds "prepped" for the Travers in the Whitney in the 1970-80s, when the meet was only 24 days (and horses didn't need four weeks between races). Alydar demolished a strong field in the 1978 Travers, and Java Gold won the 1987 Whitney over fellow 3YO Gulch.
The amount of weight carried was always one of the impressive things about Affirmed's Jim Dandy.
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#7
06-01-2012, 03:42 PM
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