New Poll, Fav Racing Year of 90s
Rubiano & Julie Krone in the 92 Vosburgh (Jason Moran)
2008 was my second full year of being a fan & player. Obviously I’ve missed a lot. The good news is that I’ll never get bored watching replays from days gone by or learning about all the great horses that I didn’t have the pleasure to witness first hand.
Many of you have had that pleasure, and I’d like to know what you think. Starting with the the 90s, what was your favorite racing year? Was it Cigar and Holy Bull in 94? Undefeated Canadian Triple Crown winning filly Dance Smartly in 91? It would be great if you left a comment too, tell me what and/or who was so great about the year because I’m gonna wanna read about/watch all the excitement from the entire year, not just one race. Personal antidotes a plus! I’ll cover other decades in upcoming polls.
In the most recent poll about rabbits, the 24 of you were ok with using rabbits but thought that they should at least be appropriate for the race, 17 of you give rabbits the big thumbs up, it is after all strategy, and 6 of you thought that it might be time to revisit and revise the whole concept. As always, thanks for participating.
To get you in the mood, here’s a clip of the 1992 Vosburgh. Jason has been adding photos from the 90s over at flickr recently and the photo of Rubiano (above) linked to the replay. Both Rubiano & Julie Krone are incredibly impressive in this race, and I love how “hell yeah” Krone is on the gallop out.
Posted by dana on Nov 23 2008
Filed Under: Jason Moran, 90s, Racing History, Poll, Vosburgh, Belmont, Race Replay, Racing
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I voted for 1998.
It was there I could first legally gamble on racing and starting going on my own to do so.
It was the year I first became a fan of a horse in Derby winner Real Quiet.
The Belmont that year was as god drama as you’ll ever get.
Skip Away finally broke through and earned the Horse of the Year title he had already deserved.
Yagli’s run in the Turf almost made me really rich for a college sophomore.
Horses were better in other years overall, I think, but this is my personal favorite by the length of the stretch.
Good poll
Too many good horses to choose a year: Lure, Dehere, Strike the Gold, Turnback the Alarm, etc…Thanks for highlighting the speedy Rubiano, a personal favorite (my Handsome boy’s papa!) He does make 1992 stand out when he was named Sprint champ despite losing the BC Sprint…
Ed - thanks for sharing, 2007 is that year for me. I’ll definitely check out the horses/races you mentioned.
Carol - interesting, thx… I’ll look into those horses. Check Jason’s flickr set of 90s horses, I believe there are shots of most of them.
3 folks for 1995 so far, I’ve definitely been enjoying 95 replays… what a year!
1997 was a good year.
Pulpit, Free House, Captain Bodgit, Silver Charm, Touch Gold, Skip Away, Formal Gold, Sharp Cat, Gentlemen, Countess Diana, Siphon and I’m sure I left out a few other good ones.
The 3 year olds were a very good group.
thx Dave, will check it out!
year: 1994
reason/horse: Concern - i was a big fan for this horse, i respected Holy Bull and Tabasco Cat, but was not enamored with Holy Bull and i don’t like Lukas. Concern’s running style and edge-of-your-seat finishes really made me smitten!
Arkansas Derby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CfSJn3tI8M&feature=PlayList&p=56160C799CB27EFA&index=6
two different views of the Travers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPezwDz9MC8&feature=PlayList&p=56160C799CB27EFA&index=7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGgKO02JbkI&feature=PlayList&p=56160C799CB27EFA&index=8
Breeder’s Cup: this was my ultimate, i’d been talking this horse up and got my “ha! in your face!” moment. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTt7dl261UE&feature=PlayList&p=56160C799CB27EFA&index=9
wow, thanks MJ!
those were fantastic races! it’s interesting that Concern’s most successful offspring is the steeplechase champ Good Night Shirt.