1989 Breeders' Cup Classic

Sunday Silence beats Easy Goer under the wire to win the 1989 Breeders' Cup Classic at Gulfstream Park.

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[DELMARCLUB1]

But the big difference was that Easy Goer was always, in talent,ability,constitution,sp­eed-stamina combo, a top ten all time thorobred, with the proof of this coming from his many,many top ten all time performances in his career at every distance,6.5F,7F,8F,9F,10F,12F­, but the 2 typically atrocious Pat Day rides(he called his own riding total rider errors) that got him beat a nose and desperation neck in 2 races, sent him down into the thirties where ss always belonged.

[DELMARCLUB1]

Same thin I said, except different words from Steve Crist and Joe Hirsch. "Easy Goer would be mentioned in the same reverential breath as Secretariat(lost 5 races), Citation(lost 4 of 5 to Noor),Man OWar, Dr Fager(lost 2 of 4 to Damascus),Kelso(lost 3 of 4 to Beau Purple)&Forego(lost 2 of 3 to Big Spruce),and his campaign acclaimed the greatest in racing history,if not for 2 typically atrocious Pat Day rides that got him beat a nose and desperate neck in 2 races."

[DELMARCLUB1]

Tip your hat? Noor beat Citation 4 of 5 races, over 80% of the time! Beau Purple beat Kelso 75% of the time in 3 of 4 races! Damascus beat Dr Fager 2 of 4 races. Wajima beat Forego 2 of 3 times. Interco beat John Henry 2 of 3 times. Formal Gold beat Skip Away 4 of 6 times. Akureyri beat Pleasant Colony 3 of 4 times. Tip your hat to these too.

[flylion132]

Like many of the racing experts from both coasts stated, and even stated by trainers Wayne Lukas and Woody Stephens, but stated the most correct by Paul Moran of espn, "Easy Goer was the better,more extraordinary,phenomenal horse, but was defeated by whisker and desperate neck in two races because Pat Day rode him like the exposed end of a live wire,rode him horribly." I agree

[PhippsStable]

Have you figured out yet why Secretariat lost 5 times in his career, 2 of them by more than 4 lengths? Have you figured out why Citation lost 4 of 5 to Noor, and lost 13 races? Dr Fager lost 2 to Damascus and 4 times. Forego lost over 20 times. Kelso lost over 20 times. Affirmed and Buckpasser lost 7 and 6 races each.Bid lost 4 times,and the 2 big,big ones.

[PhippsStable]

Once again, you don't know your racing history at all. Whittingham ordered McCarron not to hit the horse with the whip, so instead he had to cross rein, throw crosses, and show the horse the whip, as that was the trainers orders. Whittingham figured out after his losses in the Belmont and G-2 Swaps, that he hated being hit,win or lose, he would duck,shy and prop from the whip,so they didnt want to take any chances. Easy Goer won 14 races hand ridden,who cares, including widening in the Belmont.

[EASYGOERFLIES]

Pat Day's admittedly despicable riding is what got the vastly faster horse beat an inch and desperate neck in two races. The great equalizer= Pat Day's admittedly despicable riding getting him beat an inch and desperate neck in two races. Easy Goer was the vastly faster horse, he ran 7 or 8 120+ or higher beyers(double the amount of any horse since Bid,including Ghostzapper,Alysheba,Curlin,Jo­hn Henry,Skip Away,Cigar,Holy Bull,etc) while SS ran ONE! one