California Chrome- Is he really THAT good?

[shiningwizard255]

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NO!!!
Don’t jinx him.
I don’t want to sing Two out of three ain’t bad for California Chrome like I have for…

Spectacular Bid, Smarty Jones, Alysheba, Real Quiet, Funny Cide, I’ll Have Another, Big Brown, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Sunday Silence
Pleasant Colony, Silver Charm and I’ll Have Another, Big Brown Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, and Sunday Silence.

I wonder if Meatloaf would give his okay to play it over the loudspeakers at the end of the Belmont if a horse finishes two legs of the crown.
It is still an achievement.[/QUOTE]

In Charismatic’s defense - he almost did it. He broke his leg. I truly believe had he not, we would have had a Triple Crown in 1999.

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In Charismatic’s defense - he almost did it. He broke his leg. I truly believe had he not, we would have had a Triple Crown in 1999.[/QUOTE]

Charismatic was exported to Japan - does he have someone to buy him, his ticket for the trip and have a soft landing home for him when he is no longer profitable in Japan?
After the Ferdinand story I hope racehorse owners in Japan try to save face and offer the horses back to their home country at a nominal cost.

[vineyridge]

I feel the same way about Tim Tam. He finished second in the Belmont on a cracked sesamoid. We might have had a TC in 1958.

[carenroblin]

10 things you didn’t know about California Chrome

California Chrome could clinch the Triple Crown next Saturday. Our RGJ sports columnist Chris Murray compiled a list of 10 things you might not have known about Chrome: http://on.rgj.com/RyKieH.

[GottaQHFilly]

Secretariat has reached out and tapped this one on the shoulder. He’s going to do it.