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05-18-2007, 08:46 AM
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All-time favorite Preakness?
We know what gets my vote.....but where does everyone else stand?
If you need a reminder, here are videos of three of the top contenders: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...1978+preakness http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...1989+preakness http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...1997+preakness 
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05-18-2007, 08:50 AM
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You know, that 1997 Belmont was just one wacky race. Who makes a move like that with 6f left in a 12f race?
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05-18-2007, 10:07 AM
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Silver Charm. I loved that horse.
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05-18-2007, 10:19 AM
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Obviously 89 and 97...
But I'll add 95 too, It was nice seeing Timber Country finally fullfill the promise he showed at 2... Here's a good video.. all the stretch runs of the Preakness from 89 to 06... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tV8hXziGc
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05-18-2007, 10:39 AM
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89 of course. 97 was a tremendous finish.
the last 4 have all been stirring emotional races for various reasons.
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05-18-2007, 12:15 PM
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gotta go with the sunday silence/easy goer preakness. two fantastic horses gutting it out, no one giving an inch, matching strides in perfect unison. that was a hell of a race.
worst? (other than last year) would be when codex and cordero carried genuine risk practically into the stands...
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05-18-2007, 12:24 PM
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easily Afleet Alex. rise from his knees, give chase and win by 4. that was one of the best athletic feats ever!
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05-18-2007, 12:28 PM
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'89...without a doubt, was a "classic"
a few others... '91...Hansel returns with a vengeance! '01...Point Given also returns, with a vengeance!! '03...Funny Cide's 9 length romp! (plus I made a ton of $$$) '05...the amazing Afleet Alex!
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05-18-2007, 12:29 PM
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05-18-2007, 01:06 PM
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I was at Pimlico to see the Silver Charm race, amazing finish! But my all time favorite has to be the 73 race when Secretariat suddenly decided to take over on the clubhouse turn, railbirds at Pimlico still talk about that move!
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05-18-2007, 01:24 PM
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I have such memories of screaming at the tv in '89- Sunday Silence was my pick for the Derby, too, so I was really rooting for him. But that moment when Afleet Alex picked himself back up, pinned his ears and flew past Scrappy T was pretty amazing, too.
Eh, it's a dead heat.
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05-18-2007, 01:58 PM
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Making a last to first move on the FIRST turn of a 9.5f, G1 race.....is just nuts. I don't think any other horse in the history of the sport could have accelerated like that, and had enough left in the tank to pull away from a horse of Sham's caliber in the stretch. The '89 race is my all time favorite race, but the '73 race is my all-time favorite performance by one horse. I better include that video in this thread as well: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...1973+Preakness
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05-18-2007, 07:52 PM
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Thanks for posting the link!
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05-18-2007, 08:04 PM
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The 73 Preakness is my favorite. If you want to go way back, the 62 running was featured in Sports Illustrated. The jockey on Ridan was Manny Ycaza (considered the dirtiest rider at that time). Greek Money was inside of him and ridden by Johnny Rotz. The featured picture showed Ycaza's elbow in Rotz's chest. Greek Money won.
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05-18-2007, 08:53 PM
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