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2023 galloping Triple Crown thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by HanSenSE, May 2, 2023.

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  1. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    HanSenSE, May 2, 2023
    #1
  2. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    GEEZUS. Thanks for this thread. I got married on Derby Day in 1988. That means my anniversary is this week. I better hit Trader Joe's for some chocolate.
     
    Last edited: May 2, 2023
    ChrisLong, May 2, 2023
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  3. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Come chocolate?

    No thank you very much.
     
    swingline, May 2, 2023
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  4. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    dammit. fixed.
     
    ChrisLong, May 2, 2023
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  5. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Whew. I'm glad that was a typo. Or was it ... ?
     
    swingline, May 2, 2023
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  6. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Not to be confused with that orgasm during the symphony, right? [/crossthread].
     
    HanSenSE, May 2, 2023
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  7. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

     
    HanSenSE, May 4, 2023
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  8. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I’ve been out of sports since ‘06 and out of papers since ‘08, so all the big events kind of sneak up on me now. Daytona, Derby, pretty much every golf and tennis slam.
     
    swingline, May 4, 2023
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  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    playthrough, May 4, 2023
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I was 4 at the time, but the Secretariat phenomenon is still incredible to this day.

    1:59 2/5 in the Derby.

    The incredible Belmont win by 31 lengths.

    Chick Anderson roaring, "He's moving like a tremendous machine!"

    Probably the greatest/most infamous horse racing photo ever of Turcotte looking back near the finish line.

    Edit/add: 2:24 flat in the Belmont.
     
    Last edited: May 4, 2023
    MileHigh, May 4, 2023
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  11. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I’ve read that Turcotte never went to the whip in the Belmont. Big Red was in another world that day. It gives chills watching it all these years later.
     
    swingline, May 5, 2023
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  12. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Eh, steroids. :)
     
    BTExpress, May 5, 2023
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