August 4, 2010

Who Am I ???

*I won 5 out of 7 races during my championship season, but won only 4 times the rest of my career.

*I was not bred in Kentucky, but I was a grandson of Mr. Prospector and a great grandson of Bold Ruler.

*I raced, and won, on both turf and dirt, but I am best known for my victories on the dirt.

*My trainer has saddled numerous champions, but I was his first colt to win an Eclipse Award.

*Both of my grade 1 victories required a photo finish.

*I never raced overseas, but I moved there at the turn of the century.

*I was a California based horse, but I did manage to race at Aqueduct Racetrack five times.

*My most important wins occurred in California, Kentucky, and New York.

*My last career race was my worst, I finished 9th on the turf.

*I ran at 2, 3, and 4, and competed in graded stakes in each year, but all of my graded stakes wins occurred in the same season.

*Dad was named after a writer; Mom liked to have a good time.

You should know by now … Who Am I ???

15 comments:

  1. Champ is out early, but his answer is no bueno.

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  2. Tasso it is! Did anyone else even get a chance to play???

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  3. Excellent. I whiffed, off the board

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  4. Not even close. Nothing stuck out to me. Congratulations!!!

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  5. I was playing, just didn't find a horse to guess on yet.

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  6. lol..no chance here, just logged on and already done. Congrats!

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  7. tencent is just too good right now ... I might saddle him with 135 next week.

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  8. Ha, I stopped @ the Eclipse winners in 87 and started backtracking...

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  9. I went through all the horses who won an Eclipse award for 3 yo male, older male, then 2 yo male between the years 1980-1999, going backwards. I looked for 9 wins

    (hence the guess with Silver Charm)

    then i started to look for where they were bred. After going through 5 or so horses, i got to Tasso.

    I feel bad that i keep somehow winning. I've lucked out so many times.Maybe its time to hang it up...

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  10. Retirement??? Or are you just favreing us?

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  11. If i 3-peat, I call it a career.

    Maybe I'll go play "Who Am I ???: Minor League Baseball edition" or something. :-)

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  12. Genial brief and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Say thank you you on your information.

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