Such a clever ride by Mike Smith in Classic. She had tons of traffic in front of her coming into that final turn and he wove her towards the rail, lost half the field and drove for home. I get chills!!
See how steady his head was as he passed the finish line? All his energy went into every stride he took. It's something to look for in young horses. They cannot be taught that or forced to do that, they must be born with that desire. Then, if the horse is trained to become fit to race, look out, something very special could be coming out of the starting gate!!!!!
Technically, Seabiscuit was War Admiral's nephew. Seabiscuit's sire, Hard Taxk, was also sireed by Man O' War. That makes Man O' War Seabiscuit's grandsire. Pretty good bloodline there.
Thankyou Carly for a bit of nostalgia on that ever presence LAVA MAN. Even after 12, 16 years seeing LM'S historical races gives me gosh buns. He is one heck of a racehorse. Do not care if he cannot win outside California. LAVA MAN has a heart as big as the world!
We'll never know what he could have done. He was held back every race, was just at a canter on the last race at the finish line. Wish a modern movie made of him like Seabiscuit
There was a Match Race with a horse named Dancers Image. The horse broke down and they had to destroy her on the track. That was it for me and horse racing!
Is anyone taking not of how different thoroughbreds looked back then? They were still long and lean, but they had so much more muscle, they looked strong, Secretariat was built like man or war in some ways, he was long and lean, but he had a big chest and large hindquarters, if you look at thoroughbreds now, they are extremely lean and thin, and just look like they are fast, most famous race horses weren't just fast they could hold their speed for long periods of time. This is just something I noticed.
Yeah, and D. Wayne Lucas tried to shit all over Chris Antley years later after he died of an overdose. It was such a crappy move. Respect to Chris Antley forever.
