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Originally Posted by ronsmac
Great memory. Cutlass reality baffled me. I was a young guy in the military stationed in California when he went on his run. According to equibase, he won 7 of his first 56 races before going on a 7 for 9 tear including the destruction of Alysheba and Ferdinand.
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I think Cutlass Reality was just a horse who discovered he really loved California racetracks. After his amazing performances out here, he went back to Kentucky... and stiffed in the BC Classic.
There are horses like that. Lava Man was one, and the ultimate one was Noor, who basically ran some of the fastest races in American racing history, beating two TC winners and multiple division champions in California, while being unable to duplicate his form back east.
Sometimes there are explanations for these things. E.g., it looks like Cigar was a dirt horse who kept on being run on the grass. Alysheba had an entrapped epiglottis which was fixed and made him a completely different horse.
Other times, we have no idea what went on.
