Point Given - 2001 Belmont Stakes 

Great horse and one of my favorites, hard to believe it’s been 20 years!

A true legend! One of the best to ever compete. I'd put him in the top 10 easily.

Point Given is the best horse Bob Baffert has ever trained and yes I know he trained 2 Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify.

Best horse not to win a triple crown--hands down

Best horse i have seen not to win a triple crown

RIP. One of best horses to attempt Triple Crown that did not win Triple Crown. Some horses end up going for the Triple Crown (go into Belmont with a chance), but were never really seen as "great" going into the TC series. I'll Have Another, War Emblem, Charismatic, Funny Cide, etc. In February of 2001.... folks were talking about Point Given, and how he was a a shoe-in to win the TC. He was the real deal. He was in the same tier as American Pharoah and Justify. He was the first horse ever to win FOUR $1 million dollar races in a row.

I was at the 2001 Derby, and at the 2000 Breeders' Cup which was also at Churchill where Point Given lost the BC Juvenile to Macho Uno by a short margin. Churchill is a very strange surface in the sense where there are horses that LOVE IT, like Blame, and there are horses who just don't like it, and have a hard time handling the track. On Derby Day 2001, it was very HOT. I thought it was supposed to be spring, but it was hot, and that track was hard and very fast. I remember reading after the race that Stevens told Baffert that PG was not going to like it. The hard and fast track definitely contributed to that ultra fast pace. Why Stevens had PG up that close, I don't know. I think it was a combination of pilot error, which Stevens admitted. PG possibly not liking the track, and hey, it wasn't his day. Oh well. Watching this Belmont is bittersweet for me as a massive fan of both his and his late father, who is also a dual classic winner (Derby-Belmont) Thunder Gulch. That's life.

Exactly correct. Point Given lost the Derby only due to jockey error. Should have been a TC winner. Awesome horse. Gotta laugh as in the Preakness and Belmont he checks out the crowd as he comes down the final straight.

Stevens had him up way too close to that crazy pace in the Derby. Most of the horses within hailing distance of it folded. A better ride gets him there. And a most deserving TC winner he would have been.

Point Given was probably closer to the pace in the Ky Derby than he should have been, but there is no chance that it cost him the race. He simply didn't fire that day. He lost by 12 lengths. Congaree was much closer to the pace than Point Given and he still beat Point Given by 8 lengths.

Not in mine for sure - I'm 83 and not likely to be around very long. Was lucky enough to catch Dr. Fager's incredible mile record also. It was a shame that Secretariat got beaten by a second rater (Onion) and what a tragedy befalling his jockey Ron Turcotte.

The race caller screwed up the final time - 1 minute 26 seconds, I guess he was a bit excited;-)

Belmont Stakes - test of a Champion! Great Horse. Love this announcer

4th fastest Belmont. One of Bob Baffert's best horses he's ever trained

I met this horse today at Kentucky horse park

RIP Point Given 9-11-23

If you look at the video while listening to Durkin's call you're astounded at how the call is reflective of nothing that is happening on the screen. Durkin makes the race seem much more open and up in the air. You can see the outcome was never in doubt the entire length of the stretch and even before that. This was a shitty call by Durkin. If you were listening to his call on the radio you'd think the race was a toss up until shortly before the wire.

Dominant, best horse to never win a triple crown

Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Baffert, juiced?....just asking.

Will always remember this one. Hell yeah. From Buena Park CA USA rest in peace point given!!!!!!! Thanks for everything you did for us all God bless you and your family

RIP Champ