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To be fair, it’s pretty clear he doesn’t care for the surface at Santa Anita (Breeders Cup Juvenile, Breeders Cup Classic, Goodwood). And he also had throat surgery for an entrapped epiglottis - so who knows if/when that issue might have really started bothering him. Also, he had a small chip in his ankle removed during his time off (kept rather quiet, but mentioned in one of the recent articles on DRF I believe). Both of those things could have been factors in the second half of his 2009 campaign.
From some of the articles, it does sound like Mark Allen said part of the racing all over the place was his call, not Chip’s. I can understand the owners wanting to change to a bigger name trainer with a larger string, but Chip was definitely part of the reason I really liked MTB and his story (though I’ll always be an MTB fan now, haha).
Anyway, I hope he does well with Lukas, though I think there may have been a better fit out there. I love this little horse, so hopefully Lukas can do right by him.
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Curlin comes to mind.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but Curlin didn’t even race at two, while MTB ran seven (!) races as a 2YO, winning four times.
The question was:
Just for my edification- which horses who have competed in all three triple crown races, and won at least one, have had brilliant balances of their three year old campaigns?
Racing as a 2 year old was not part of the criteria.
The Lukas-trained mare I already mentioned, Winning Colors, raced at two.
Spectacular Bid met your requirements as well.
So we are under half a dozen? Does that tell us anything? :lol:
I’m sure there are more than what I’ve come up with off the top of my head. Would love to spend all day researching through Equibase but sadly life beckons.
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The question was:
Racing as a 2 year old was not part of the criteria.
The Lukas-trained mare I already mentioned, Winning Colors, raced at two.
Spectacular Bid met your requirements as well.[/QUOTE]
A few others. The brackets indicate their TC placings.
Brilliant balances…
Sunday Silence (1-1-2) - Super Derby, BC Classic
Easy Goer (2-2-1) - Whitney, JCGC, Woodward, Travers,
Curlin (3-1-2) - JCGC, BC Classic
Alysheba (1-1-4) - Close 2nd in epic duels in BC Classic, Haskell and Travers, won Super Derby
Ferdinand (1-2-3) - BC Classic
Did something after the TC, if not neccesarily brilliant…
Tabasco Cat (6-1-1) - Won KY Cup, 2nd in BCC
War emblem (1-1-8) - Won the Haskell
Sea Hero (1-5-7) - Won Travers
Unbridled (1-2-4) - BC Classic, 2nd Super Derby… suppose he could almost qualify for first group, depending on how you define briiliant.
Ran well in the TC, but didn’t set the world on fire afterwards…
Go for Gin (1-2-2)
Funny Cide (1-1-2)- won a weak rendition of the JCGC as a 4yo, but did little else.
Giacomo (1-3-7) - never placed in a G1 after, did win a couple of G2s.
Strike the Gold (1-6-2) - finished 3rd/4th in very small fields in the Jim Dandy/Travers/Woodward/JCGC
I’m leaving out 4yo careers for the most part, because in fairness MTB has yet to race as a 4yo. Right now MTB looks to be in category 3.
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The question was:
Racing as a 2 year old was not part of the criteria.
The Lukas-trained mare I already mentioned, Winning Colors, raced at two.
Spectacular Bid met your requirements as well.[/QUOTE]
I was just trying to make the point that MTB may have been a little tired by the time he hit the West Virginia Derby.
Louis Quatorze (1996 Preakness winner) won the Jim Dandy and placed in the Travers and BC Classic (lost by a nose).
