Easy Goer - 1989 Gotham Stakes + Post Race

[EASYGOER4LIFE]

"Easy Goer fulfilled those dreams and expectations embodied in his powerful chestnut frame, and authored an unforgettable Hall of Fame champion career, and will always be mentioned in the same esteemed breath with the GREATEST of ALL TIME." The Bloodhorse 1999

[danylson10]

statistics indicated Easy Goer was second only to Secretariat, many 115+ beyers, wow!

[EASYGOERFLIES]

@danylson10 Actually more accurately, Easy Goer ran seven or eight 120+ or higher beyers in his career, which is double the amount of any horse since Spectacular Bid, including Ghostzapper,Cigar,Skip Away,Zenyatta,Holy Bull,Alysheba,Sunday Silence,John Henry,Formal Gold,etc

[lahore2vancouver]

@danylson10 1000 % Agree with you ...perhaps he was better than Great SEC. ?

[DELMARCLUB1]

Easy Goer ran so many of these top ten all time performances in his career, and Easy Goer ran them at every distance, 6.5F,7F,8F,9F,10F,12F. Easy Goer had that all time talent,ability,constitution,sp­eed-stamina record combination.

[Scorcher7846]

To Bad JD Bailey wasnt the jockey on Easy Goer, he would have been the best ever!!!!

[DELMARCLUB1]

@Scorcher7846 Agreed. Put Cordero,Bailey or Pincay and Easy Goer never gets beat a nose and desperation neck in 2 races due to Pat Day's typically atrocious riding and being out ridden with race riding and antics.

[tjjlm444]

its amazing that a horse this talented didnt win the triple crown.i understand sunday silence was a great horse himself but easy goer was a truly special horse.i guess theres only 1 person to blame for that and thats pat day because pretty much all you had to do with a horse like this was just stay out of his way and let him do his thing which day didnt.

[EASYGOER4LIFE]

Easy Goer was one of the rare,true all time greats that come along once in a lifetime, the fastest mile of all time by any three year old in 1:32, second fastest Belmont of all time with only Secretariat ever faster. Many of the most historic races on or near track records,(Champagne,Belmont,Tra­vers,Gotham,Whitney,Suburban, 6.5f as a two yr old, fastest 7f of the year in Florida) won by many Hall of Fame horses in the past and afterwards.

[lahore2vancouver]

The best horse  to race since the racing history !

[EASYGOERFLIES]

Simply put: Easy Goer: This record 3 year old mile performance in 1:32:2, shattering Secretariat's record by a full second, and a blink off the world record of Dr. Fager set as a four year old, and Easy Goer's devastating, second fastest Belmont Stakes of all time, are the two greatest performances since 1980 and Spectacular Bid, and Easy Goer's 89' Whitney and Travers are truly not far off these two.

[EASYGOERFLIES]

The extended coverage of this race is much appreciated of one of the best horses to step foot on a track in another scorching, sizzling and flaming accomplishment. Would you, or does anybody, have the 89' Jockey Club Gold Cup?

[89easygoer]

I was at this race and I remember a women in her 70's stating no one will ever be better than big RED.....I was glas to see what I always felt about EG an awe inspiring hand ride honestly the best mile I ever saw!!!! I don't care how fast the track was you still have to get around the track!

[EASYGOER4LIFE]

Easy Goer, magnificent, majestic, superb Hall of Fame champion, who was bless with and combined blistering, record speed at a mile and at shorter distances with a thoroughly superb and brilliant stamina to run the second fastest Belmont stakes of all time, and ran every distance in between superbly magnificent.

[ryanstillman]

I love this horse and this is one of his finest hours!

[flylion132]

"How do you measure greatness, 1:33.2 by Secretariat in 1973", and then the champion Easy Goer proceeds to go out and run the fastest 8 furlongs of all time by any three year old in 1:32.2, running effortlessly. No secret why Beyer stated Easy Goer, from a speed and performances standpoint, ran faster than Slew,Bid,Affirmed at the ages of two and three.

[21Sarabi]

Wish I had been born earlier to watch these 2 go at it! What great races!!

[rbrebrook]

TY!!! I would have been thrilled with just the race but to watch the post race footage again was incredable. I remember watching this race when it aired. When EG took off in the homestretch I *sat down* and missed the chair completely I was so in awe of what I was witnessing. This race and the 73 Belmont...

[DELMARCLUB1]

Flat-out remarkable was Easy Goer. Easy Goer ran these remarkable top ten all time thorobred performances at all distances he ran, 6.5F,7F,8F,9F,10F,12F. Totally remarkable thorobred.

[ruffchamp1]

Easy Goer, Since the Genesis of the Breed, No 3YO Ever Ran a Faster Mile than Easy Goer did in 1:32 2/5,And He did It in His 2nd Start as a 3YO, and Only Secretariat has Ever Run a Faster Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes. Superb, Thanks Jim for This Great Post Race Footage!

[PhippsStable]

Fantasticly phenomenal Easy Goer!