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03-02-2003, 12:19 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
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Quote:
Originally posted by PaceAdvantage
Winning the Travers over Concern.....
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...future BC Classic winner, who is by my favorite all time horse, Broad Brush!!! (Shameless plug for Maryland racing!)
CJ
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03-02-2003, 12:34 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Yes CJ, it is quite amazing how 90% of the horses beaten by Holy Bull went on to greater things.
At the time, Holy Bull was THE horse in racing...very popular, very talked about. However, it seems with every passing year, Holy Bull's name doesn't come up as much when talking about horses of that era. Cigar and Skip Away tend to get a lot of hype. History (at least to me) seems to have forgotten Holy Bull a bit, compared to when he was racing. In my mind, he was one of the greatest 3yos of that decade, despite losing the Kentucky Derby. I think perhaps Sunday Silence was his only superior as a 3yo from the era of the late 80s to late 90s.
And I only wonder what might have been had he not injured himself in his one and only matchup with Cigar.
I am now guilty of taking a thread completely off topic!!
==PA
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03-02-2003, 12:39 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
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I agree about the 3yo part, I think he even accomplished more than Sunday Silence, destroying older horses 2 times.
CJ
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03-02-2003, 12:53 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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BTW, watching Trust N Luck win the Fountain of Youth was the FIRST time I have really every been reminded of Holy Bull while watching another 3yo run....I hope he moves onto bigger and better things....
This group of 3yos looks very exciting...I know it's still early and all...
Boy, now I'm REALLY off topic....
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03-02-2003, 12:57 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
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PA,
I think you have invented a whole new concept... The "key horse." <G>
You should write a book. (Or, better yet, put it in system form and let Dave Powers sell it. Then Clint Tracy can write the book. <G>)
Dave Schwartz
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03-02-2003, 11:14 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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"Key Horse"...I LIKE that!! It sums up perfectly what Holy Bull was during his reign!!
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03-02-2003, 12:19 PM
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Back from the Abyss
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 254
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Speaking of Holy Bull and the Travers, Holy Bull was the only horse that I have seen in the paddock before the Travers, the last 30 or so, that had people carrying signs and posters for them. He was a fan favorite.
FH
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