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What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« on: February 09, 2024, 10:56:03 AM »
Whats the biggest upset youv'e seen, and what is the longest distance from the field for a Win on record?
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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2024, 11:08:42 AM »
Biggest upset I have seen was Bays Fella winning the 1990 Breeders Crown aged pace at Pompano.
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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2024, 11:27:08 AM »
 Niatross diving over the rail at Saratoga back in the early 80s.
That was shocking in a lot of ways


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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2024, 11:30:41 AM »
 Dragon's Lair beating Nihlator in BC at Meadows '84

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2024, 11:59:26 AM »
All good mentions. 
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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2024, 12:01:37 PM »
somebeachsomewher e getting beat with an aggressive drive from Ron Pierce (Art Official) who went after him.
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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2024, 12:28:58 PM »
Art Official is the obvious choice considering the magnificence of SBSW but how about Sandbetweenmytoes beating TDS and paying 409.80 for the money man in the BC.

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2024, 04:14:49 PM »
Land Grant Del Insko, Woodrow Wilson, 1st 2million dollar race.

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2024, 06:13:52 PM »
For me it was Whata Baron ( I think) with Lew Williams driving beating Keystone Ore at Northfield. If I remember right all the bridge jumpers were there and lost.

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2024, 06:25:17 PM »
 Nice clip Eligible tmbz1 Watched it this morning. Showed the crowd at the end. Man were they asses to elbows that night.

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2024, 07:00:03 PM »
Fake Left upsetting Western Hanover in the Little Brown Jug final and elimination. 

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Re: What's the Biggest Racing Upset in the history of HR?
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2024, 07:44:16 PM »
Mickey Mc Nichol gets hurt and Ron Waples [aka'The Little General'] takes over tmbz1

 

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