Impressive

[jnunan4759]

Beholder was certainly that. 1:59.77.

The owner had a wild idea of a match race with American Pharoah.

I think that would be a great idea. It would give AP a good prep without shipping and Beholder too. You could run it on network TV on Sunday after the 2nd football game and before the night game.

They used to have them all the time until after Ruffian.

Why not ?

I know Dick Mandella is not keen on shipping Beholder more than
he has to and AP has been shipped a lot. Run that race at SA in the
middle of Sept and then they are set for the BC. It wont be graded,
but neither of those horses need anything on their resume.

I like the idea. What are the ramifications ? AP beats Beholder, well He's a Triple Crown winner. Beholder beats AP, well she's very special (Which she is already). No negative for either. I think people come out saying these are two special horses.