Both great horses, and a thrilling fantastic race from both horses. Something I've always liked about Easy Goer, was his smooth and easy power, and stamina. If this race was 1.5 miles like the Belmont, Easy Goer wins it quite easy, as you can see him toward the end of this race, closing in on Sunday's Silence, but ran out of real estate. Also Goer's jockey holds him back too long, before making a move. This has cost Easy Goer some wins in my opinion. I'm a Seattle Slew, and Easy Goer fan, and you can't help but admire the sure greatness of Secretariat.

It was "a desperate neck". Still epic. Perhaps the greatest call of Tom Durkin's career. He was awesome.

@@sammey1919 Even more epic

@@sammey1919 1998 Belmont was Durkin's greatest call ever, maybe THE greatest call ever.

@@jesusthroughmary there is NOTHING that compares with " he is moving like a tremendous machine"

Sunday Silence never felt the whip in the stretch,While easy goer was beat to death by Pat Day.Silence was in a hand ride.

+orisha19 my favorite racehorse, affirmed, ran the last mile of his belmont while hooked with alydar, whose accomplishments are lost because of affirmed. alydar would have beaten these other fine animals. horses run against horses and not the clock, and affirmed running a 2:26+ belmont while alydar was at his side is a greater accomplishment in the belmont than any other than big red's.

+Rabbi Ingber You may be right about the match race aspect, because they were hooked up in a duel for the last mile, but Easy Goer's move approaching the quarter pole is a thing of Equestrian power that is truly unforgettable. While we are at it, the dogged determination of AP Indy in 1992 coming down the stretch in a duel with My Memoirs and Pine Bluff at the Belmont in 2:26 flat, is also unforgettable as well.

+orisha19 i wanted easy goer to win the races, but pat day cost him the first two by getting EG stuck own the rail. my father, OBM, went to one of the sales that sunday silence was entered but withdrawn because the bids did not reach the expectations. my dad came back from kentucky, showed me the pedigree page and told me that this was the most beautiful horse he'd ever seen, but didn't have a quarter million dollars + to buy him. he carried that pedigree page in his wallet the rest of his life.

So as beat him was twice 11/4.

Who's better in any way is totally subjective. There are an endless amount of all time greats who were behind or tied in head to head records, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Shuvee, John Henry, Pleasant Colony, Serena's Song, Silverbulletday, Swaps, Nashua, Sir Barton, Skip Away and many others. There was the Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes where Easy Goer destroyed him in the only state in the entire country during that era that banned all drugs. Balanced against that are two wins by SS against Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins, and a total of 3 wins which SS won by a combined margin of lesst han two and three-quarter lengths. So SS held the slight 3-1 edge vs EG with 3 wins coming in very close wins and a loss in which he was destroyed. Easy Goer also ran the record mile one full second faster than Secretariat's record. Easy Goer also ran a better, faster Ragozin speed figure than Secretariat did in their respective Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer also ran some of the greatest, fastest all timer performances at every distance he ran - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Easy Goer generally ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances. Easy Goer more often ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances, including many outstanding, perennial all timer performances at every distance - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Sunday Silence lost 36% of his races, mostly to lesser horses including Houston, Prized, Criminal Type & Cro Lover. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). SS held the slight 3 to 1 edge over EG in the races they both ran in. Those are facts, but who's "better overall", "better in general," or "better" in any way are all totally subjective. "Better" is totally subjective and numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Citation got beat 4 out of 5 by Noor; Kelso got beat 3 out of 4 by Beau Purple; Forego got beat 2 out of 3 by Big Spruce; Shuvee got beat 4 out of 5 by Gallant Bloom; Dr Fager got beat 2 out of 4 by Damascus; Pleasant Colony got beat 3 out of 4 by Akureyri; Triple Crown winner Sir Barton got beat 8 out of 12 by Billy Kelly; John Henry got beat 4 out of 4 by Cabrini Green; John Henry got beat 3 out of 3 by Darby Creek Road; Skip Away got beat 4 out of 6 by Formal Gold; & there are an endless amount of other similar examples. Easy Goer also ran many more races in a shorter time period with much less time between races, and at more varying distances; & he ran mostly in the only state in the entire country at the time that banned all drugs. SS ran significantly less races with much more time between races, at less varying distances, & all but 1 of his races were run in states that allowed drugs. Sunday Silence's record (Lost 4 of 6 races; Losing record on his home track losing 3 races) on bigger tracks with a circumference of 1 1/8m or larger was very similar to Easy Goer's record on smaller mile circumferenced tracks. However, size of tracks, size of turns, straightaway/turn speed & acceleration, region, rider/rider tactics, trainer/training, drugs/medications not being allowed, etc etc, are just a few of the numerous variables, and cannot be simplified when there are many more factors and variables. It is much more complicated than that given the myriad of variables that determine the outcome of races. Failing to factor the numerous other variables in can lead to the wrong conclusions about why horses win or lose races. It makes no sense to look at cause and effect simplistically because other variables may have determined the outcome. Just because the Earth looks flat based on the way we actually see it, does not mean that it is flat. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior & better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses & open company, running times, avg running times at various distances & at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried & weights conceded, stakes wins & stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority & dominance, injuries, jockeys, riding & rider errors, trainers, training and trainer errors, win/loss %'s, trips, amount of races run, track sizes, track circumferences, post positions, campaign & career earnings with & without bonuses, races with drugs & medications allowed/used, races with no drugs & medications allowed/used, etc etc & many many more. They were both great horses, but who's better is still totally subjective even after factoring in the endless amount of other factors. Easy Goer & SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks & many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3.8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three & four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f & 12f; SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 & a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career; & other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance & superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. Other than SS's slight edge in head to head races, IMO Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors & categories. But even after all of these numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective. They were both greats, but IMO Easy Goer was a better horse, had a superior body of work, and had a superior career than SS even though SS held the slight edge in head to head races by the nose of his Preakness win. There is a lot more other than head to heads.

Good thing they don't run 1 1/4 miles and ten feet....

What would you expect when he was ridden by Pat ron franklin-esque Day.

That was totally expected because he was ridden by Pat ron franklin esque Day. Pat ron franklin esque Day rode Easy Goer -- and many other horses -- like a "teenager at the wheels of a Ferrari. Pat ron franklin esque Day never came to terms with the immense power and big-time speed at his disposal and how and when to use it." Go yield idle go, go yield idle go, inside, outside, back inside, back outside.

Sunday Silence had a tendency to lose focus and drift when he had a lead. Notice how Chris McCarron looks back as they go down the stretch, sees Easy Goer coming, and then shows SS the stick, getting SS to pick it up just enough to hold Easy Goer off. Late in Sunday Silence's career they finally understood that he doesn't respond will to being hit with stick. Just showing SS the stick produced a little more from him and they needed that at the end.

In answer to your question, what I "expect" is for you to use Pat Day as a scapegoat because you are bitterly disappointed that EG lost. The truth is you don't know Easy Goer would have fared better with a different jockey. For all you or anyone else knows, Easy Goer might have done worse.

They faced each other 4 times, easy goer beat him once.Watch the stretch run Sunday Silence never felt the whip while day beat easy goer to death.Horses with tactical speed like Sunday Silence will always be better than one run closers.

Who's better in any way is totally subjective. There are an endless amount of all time greats who were behind or tied in head to head records, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Shuvee, John Henry, Pleasant Colony, Serena's Song, Silverbulletday, Swaps, Nashua, Sir Barton, Skip Away and many others. There was the Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes where Easy Goer destroyed him in the only state in the entire country during that era that banned all drugs. Balanced against that are two wins by SS against Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins, and a total of 3 wins which SS won by a combined margin of lesst han two and three-quarter lengths. So SS held the slight 3-1 edge vs EG with 3 wins coming in very close wins and a loss in which he was destroyed. Easy Goer also ran the record mile one full second faster than Secretariat's record. Easy Goer also ran a better, faster Ragozin speed figure than Secretariat did in their respective Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer also ran some of the greatest, fastest all timer performances at every distance he ran - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Easy Goer generally ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances. Easy Goer more often ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances, including many outstanding, perennial all timer performances at every distance - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Sunday Silence lost 36% of his races, mostly to lesser horses including Houston, Prized, Criminal Type & Cro Lover. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). SS held the slight 3 to 1 edge over EG in the races they both ran in. Those are facts, but who's "better overall", "better in general," or "better" in any way are all totally subjective. "Better" is totally subjective and numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Citation got beat 4 out of 5 by Noor; Kelso got beat 3 out of 4 by Beau Purple; Forego got beat 2 out of 3 by Big Spruce; Shuvee got beat 4 out of 5 by Gallant Bloom; Dr Fager got beat 2 out of 4 by Damascus; Pleasant Colony got beat 3 out of 4 by Akureyri; Triple Crown winner Sir Barton got beat 8 out of 12 by Billy Kelly; John Henry got beat 4 out of 4 by Cabrini Green; John Henry got beat 3 out of 3 by Darby Creek Road; Skip Away got beat 4 out of 6 by Formal Gold; & there are an endless amount of other similar examples. Easy Goer also ran many more races in a shorter time period with much less time between races, and at more varying distances; & he ran mostly in the only state in the entire country at the time that banned all drugs. SS ran significantly less races with much more time between races, at less varying distances, & all but 1 of his races were run in states that allowed drugs. Sunday Silence's record (Lost 4 of 6 races; Losing record on his home track losing 3 races) on bigger tracks with a circumference of 1 1/8m or larger was very similar to Easy Goer's record on smaller mile circumferenced tracks. However, size of tracks, size of turns, straightaway/turn speed & acceleration, region, rider/rider tactics, trainer/training, drugs/medications not being allowed, etc etc, are just a few of the numerous variables, and cannot be simplified when there are many more factors and variables. It is much more complicated than that given the myriad of variables that determine the outcome of races. Failing to factor the numerous other variables in can lead to the wrong conclusions about why horses win or lose races. It makes no sense to look at cause and effect simplistically because other variables may have determined the outcome. Just because the Earth looks flat based on the way we actually see it, does not mean that it is flat. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior & better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses & open company, running times, avg running times at various distances & at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried & weights conceded, stakes wins & stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority & dominance, injuries, jockeys, riding & rider errors, trainers, training and trainer errors, win/loss %'s, trips, amount of races run, track sizes, track circumferences, post positions, campaign & career earnings with & without bonuses, races with drugs & medications allowed/used, races with no drugs & medications allowed/used, etc etc & many many more. They were both great horses, but who's better is still totally subjective even after factoring in the endless amount of other factors. Easy Goer & SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks & many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3.8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three & four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f & 12f; SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 & a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career; & other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance & superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. Other than SS's slight edge in head to head races, IMO Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors & categories. But even after all of these numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective. They were both greats, but IMO Easy Goer was a better horse, had a superior body of work, and had a superior career than SS even though SS held the slight edge in head to head races by the nose of his Preakness win. There is a lot more other than head to heads.

Travis West @@DELMARCLUB1

You are correct. It was the Preakness that was the race of the decade. It was even on ESPN Top 10 sports moments of the decade, not the BC. The Preakness was a great finish not only sport-wise, but poetically beautiful. In exact matching stride to the wire, red and black horse, so perfectly matched that the oft-printed finish photo showed only SS as he blocked out EG.

That is why he was called Pat A Day Late.

Would've been more of a blessing to get them in separate years.

Like Affirmed and Alydar.

I would argue that Alysheba best a stronger field, beating Seeking the gold, forty miner, and Cryptoclearance ( in the mud, in the dark) 3/2 on the two time HOY...

Very well said my friend. As a kid watching I actually watched all 4 of these races live and was a easy goer fan.heartbreak but respect definitely to Sunday silence

Ran him down? Are we watching the same race? Watching with your heart not your eyes. Good comparison to Alydar who also had secondnitis.

​@edmorales3951 from 4 lengths back, because of his incompetent Jockey, to losing by a nose is running him down. EG deserved a better jockey than Pat, a day late, Day

@@michaelrichardson6051 Just think if they go 1 1/2. lol EG by 10 again...

@@realtruth2817 SS by 3 wins to eg 1 win

@@realtruth2817 Take eg out his home state and hes not winning anything

Both great horses, and a thrilling fantastic race from both horses. Something I've always liked about Easy Goer, was his smooth and easy power, and stamina. If this race was 1.5 miles like the Belmont, Easy Goer wins it quite easy, as you can see him toward the end of this race, closing in on Sunday's Silence, but ran out of real estate. Also Goer's jockey holds him back too long, before making a move. This has cost Easy Goer some wins in my opinion. I'm a Seattle Slew, and Easy Goer fan, and you can't help but admire the sure greatness of Secretariat.

Ariel Dovid What is with this "inches" from being 2 to 2 nonsense? Yes, Easy Goer lost the Preakness by a nose. But the only reason Easy Goer was within a nose was because he checked Sunday Silence on the far turn, probably costing him a couple of lengths. Sunday Silence was the far better horse on Preakness day.

Aaron Mccurrie A nose is inches. No excuses. Far better? That is nonsense and nonobjective. Try to be as unbiased as you can. I try and usually succeed at being as unbiased as I can. You can make legitimate cases that Easy Goer was "far better" also in some of these races. I wouldn't, but I'm just saying. The "only reason" what? You mean getting steadied or checked automatically means that it cost horses a certain amount of lengths in both winning and losing? We don't know that at all. I suppose, in the Derby, Easy Goer getting pinballed sideways, checked and totally cut off in a melee caused by Northern Wolf, cost him a few lengths and the win? Not necessarily, maybe, we don't know. Easy Goer also had his path taken away from him in the stretch by Dansel while having to change course. Did it cost him a few lengths and the win? Not necessarily, maybe, we don't know. As for your Preakness claims, Watch the head on footage of the Preakness on the 1989 ABC Full Belmont Stakes video here on this website at about the 10:45 to 12:00 minute mark. Easy Goer hopped at the break and broke in the air costing him a few lengths. Did it cost him a few lengths and the win? Not necessarily, maybe, we don't know? Down the back-side, Valenzuela and Sunday Silence forced Easy Goer out very wide to the middle of the track, which then forced Easy Goer and Day to make a big, early move. Did it cost him a few lengths and the win? Not necessarily, we don't know. Day and the horse legally passed him without cutting him off at all, but I think he steadied and idled because Houston came out a bit, and he didn't have enough horse at the time to stay with Easy Goer who was running at sprint speed. Did it cost him a few lengths? Not necessarily, we don't know. Regardless of that, then Valenzuela pinned him in extremely tight on the rail while they were brushing. Did being pinned and trapped on the rail being brushed cost him? We don't know, maybe. Did the brushing cost both horses? Not necessarily, we don't know, maybe. Day turned Easy Goer's head with the lead about 85 yards from the line. Did it cost him? Not necessarily, maybe, we don't know. You get my points.

Well said

He came late because he ran off the pace, he tried to move on the turn and got the worst of it, damn good horse, just lost to a better one....,three out of four times, enough said.

The great Hall of Fame champion Easy Goer was very versatile; he could go to the lead through blazing fractions, stalk close up, etc. Easy Goer also ran a still-standing record mile in 1:32 2/5, just 1/5 off Dr. Fager's world record and the fastest mile ever run by any 3 year old; second fastest Belmont of all time behind only Secretariat; ran some of the fastest editions of the Champagne at 1 mile, Gotham at 1 mile, Belmont at 1 1/2 miles, Whitney at 1 1/8 miles, Travers at 1 1/4 miles, Suburban at 1 1/4 miles, near 6 1/2f track record, and fastest 7f of the year in Florida as well. Certainly not enough said. Better? Better is totally subjective and includes and endless amount of factors, and even after all the other numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective; and numerous greats were behind or tied vs. other horses. Citation lost four out of five times to Noor; Kelso lost three out of four times to Beau Purple; Dr. Fager lost two out of four times to Damascus; Forego lost two out of three times to both Wajima and Big Spruce; John Henry lost three out of three times to Darby Creek Road; John Henry lost two out of three times to both Interco and Mehmet; Shuvee lost four out of five times to Gallant Bloom; Sir Barton lost eight out of twelve times to Billy Kelly; Skip Away lost four out of six times to Formal Gold; Unbridled lost four out of six times to Summer Squall; Pleasant Colony lost three out of four times to Akureyri; and numerous others. Who was better is totally subjective and there are numerous factors, and even after those factors are factored in, who was better is totally subjective.

ss held the 3 to 1 edge. Who was better? Better, like beauty, is totally subjective. They were both greats no doubt, but IMO other than SSs slim edge in their head to head races, Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors and categories. Both greats, but In my opinion Easy Goer was a better horse than SS, and had a superior body of work and career than SS. But of course, once again, better in any way is still totally subjective. Many many greats were behind or tied on the head to head scoreboard - Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Skip Away, Dr Fager, Damascus, Arts and Letters, Swaps, Nashua, Round Table, Ancient Title, John Henry, Unbridled, Silverbulletday, Serenas Song, Pleasant Colony, Sir Barton, Ferdinand, Native Diver, and many many others. Easy Goer was much more flashy & dominant, while SS was more workmanlike. Who was better though? Better, like beauty is subjective and true in the eyes of the beholder. Better is subjective, and there are numerous factors. And even after those factors are factored in, who was better is totally subjective. Noor beat immortal Citation 4 out of 5 races. Beau Purple beat immortal Kelso 3 out of 4. Big Spruce beat immortal Forego 2 out of 3. Interco and Mehmet beat lengendary champ John Henry 2 out of 3. Cabrini Green beat John Henry 4 of 4. Darby Creek Road beat legendary John Henry 3 of 3. HOF (Hall of Fame) champ Damascus beat HOF champ Dr Fager 2 out of 4. Cutlass Reality beat HOY Ferdinand 3 times. Billy Kelly beat Triple Crown winner Sir Barton 8 of 12. Formal Gold beat HOF HOY champ Skip Away 4 out of 6. HOF champ Majestic Prince beat HOF HOY champ Arts and Letters 2 out of 3. Pretense beat HOF champ Native Diver 5 times. Clem beat HOF HOY champ Round Table 3 times. Summer Squall beat Champion Unbridled 4 out of 6. Heritageofgold beat HOF champ Silverbulletday 3 out of 3 times. Jewel Princess beat HOF champion Serenas Song in 3 of 3 races. Crystal Water beat HOF champ Ancient Title 4 times. Akureyri beat Champ Pleasant Colony 3 out of 4. Who is better? That is totally subjective. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior and better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses and open company, running times, avg running times at various distances and at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried and weights conceded, stakes wins and stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority and dominance, injuries, rider errors, training and trainer errors, win/loss %s, trips, amount of races run, post positions, campaign and career earnings with and without bonuses, races with drugs and medications allowed/used, races with no drugs and medications allowed/used, etc etc and many many more. But even after those factors are factored in, who was better is still totally subjective. Easy Goer and SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks and many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3. 8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three and four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f and 12f, SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 and a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career ; other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, amount of races with no drugs and medications, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance and superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. They were both greats no doubt, but IMO other than SSs slim edge in their head to head races, Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors and categories. Both greats, but In my opinion Easy Goer was a better horse than SS, and had a superior body of work and career than SS. But of course, once again, better in any way is still totally subjective.

Indeed, very true.

Totally expected from Pat ron franklin-esque Day. Many of Pat Ron Franklin esque Day's rides on Easy Goer, Forty Niner, Seeking the Gold, Sky Classic, Turkoman, Heavenly Prize, Rampage, Timber Country, Menifee, Surfside, Java Gold, etc were Ron Franklin - esque! Pat ron franklin esque Day rode Easy Goer -- and many other horses -- like a teenager at the wheels of a Ferrari. Pat ron franklin esque Day never came to terms with the immense power and big-time speed at his disposal and how and when to use it. Go yield idle go, go yield idle go, inside, outside, back inside, back outside. Yes, better is definitely subjective. Having acknowledged that: Take nothing away from Sunday Silence as he was a great horse, but Easy Goer was a superior, greater, better, stronger and faster horse; Pat Valenzuela and Chris McCarron were better jockeys than Pat Day, a.k.a Pat ron franklin-esque Day; and the master trainer Charlie the Bald Eagle Whittingham was a better trainer than Claude Shug McGaughey. Where was Woody Stephens, Allen Jerkens, Cordero, Bailey, Pincay, Stevens? Easy Goer wins the Preakness and Classic had any of these been his trainer and jockey. The only way Citation wins a race was if Noor hadn't been in it. The only way Kelso wins a race was if Beau Purple hadn't been in it. The only way Dr. Fager wins a race was if Damascus hadn't been in it. The only way Forego wins a race was if Big Spruce hadn't been in it.

It wasn't the Triple Crown when Sir Barton won it.

+Travis West All the five year old troll Travis Bickle can do is 'laugh his butt off' and troll and then delete hundreds of his comments, state numerous false bs and false accusations, etc.

+DELMARCLUB1 I'm no expert but I do always ail a little when I think of Dr Fager and Damascus. it always took two horses to beat Dr Fager if you know what I mean

+DELMARCLUB1 That's why for me the top 5 horses of all time are (in order): Secretariat, Phar Lap, Sea Bird II, Man O War and Ribot as no single rival consistently ever got their measure (at least not after PL was gelded).

It's too numerous to count, and I can add another one which I and most others never mention: Hall of Fame champion Gallant Bloom beat HOF champ Shuvee in 4 of 5 races head to head, yet BH ranked GB nine spots lower than Shuvee. Not that BH is any authority, but just a note on that. There are numerous examples besides Affirmed, Secretariat, Easy Goer etc. A) Noor beat HOF champ Citation in 4 of 5 races head to head; B) Beau Purple beat HOF champ Kelso in 3 of 4 races head to head; C) Big Spruce & Wajima beat HOF champ Forego in 2 of 3 races head to head; D) Damascus beat Dr Fager in 2 of 4 races head to head. Swaps and Nashua were 1 to 1 head to head; E) Mehmet & Interco beat John Henry in 2 of 3 races; F) Darby Creek Road also beat HOF champ John Henry in 3 of 3 races; G) Cabrini Green also beat John Henry in 4 of 4 races; H) Cutlass Reality beat HOY Ferdinand in 3 races; I) Billy Kelly beat Triple Crown champ Sir Barton in 8 of 12 races; J) Formal Gold beat HOF champ Skip Away in 4 of 6 races; K) Star of Cozzene beat HOY Kotashaan in 3 of 4 races; L) Pretense beat HOF champ Native Diver 5 times; m) Summer Squall beat champion Unbridled in 4 of 6 races head to head; N) Heritageofgold beat HOF champ Silverbulletday in 3 of 3 races; O ) Akureyri beat champion Pleasant Colony in 3 of 4 aces, etc etc.

Great analysis, but I beg to differ on your conclusion. The point is that there is *not much difference between most top horses*, bar a few exceptions at the very end of the normal distribution curve. And depending on track, conditions, distance, weight then it would be hard to predict the outcome if let's say Kelso v. Mill Reef. But there are a few exceptions. Dr Fager is one - he only lost twice to Damascus because the latter had a rabbit in the race a tactic no longer legal, this does not tell me Damascus is the faster racehorse. Secretariat, Ribot, Sea Bird II, Man O War who aside from winning sprints and staying races, either did not lose or if they lost there were sound racing luck reasons.

How many times was Pat Day busted for blow? That number is not zero sir.

Chris Mccarron probably could not believe Easy Goer was 10 lengths behind him rounding the far turn

@@joechrow8341 it took a double take look, to find him..

Except for one race Easy Goer was unable to get past Sunday Silence.So that head is like a mile.

Jeff Snell Except with raceday performance enhancing drugs (and their significant advantages; but banned in the rest of the world and in NY during that era) like Clenbuterol, Sublimaze and Banamine, and crooked cheater doper vet Alex Harthill (arrested an endless amount of times for illegal doping & did more cheating with drugs to win horse races than any vet in history; but banned in NY, Illinois, NJ, Penn, Del, WVa, Va, Mass, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Canada, etc) the drug dependent sunday silence was unable to even come close to the Clean Drug Free Easy Goer. So those 8 lengths were like 20 miles for the Clean Drug Free Easy Goer; and the nose and neck were like 10 miles for the Clean Drug Free Easy Goer. Even with the raceday performance enhancing drugs (and their significant advantages; but banned in the rest of the world and in NY during that era) and crooked cheater doper vet Alex Harthill (arrested an endless amount of times for illegal doping & did more cheating with drugs to win horse races than any vet in history; but banned in NY, Illinois, NJ, Penn, Del, WVa, Va, Mass, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Canada, etc) the drug dependent sunday silence barely beat the Clean Drug Free Easy Goer by the slimmest of margins in a couple of races. The drug-dependent and crooked cheater doper vet dependent sunday silence's 3-1 was the same as Beau Purple's 3-1 over Kelso, or Noor's 4-1 over Citation, or Akureyri's 3-1 over Pleasant Colony, or Big Spruces 2-1 over Forego, or Formal Gold's 4-2 over Skip Away, or Summer Squall's 4-2 over Unbridled, or Gallant Bloom's 4-1 over Shuvee, etc., and an infinite amount of others.

ELI MXP Been watching horse racing since I was a kid in the 80s. The 1989 Preakness still is the best race I've ever seen. Much better race than this one.

easy goer would never have passed affirmed with pincay up. alydar was better than easy goer but had the misfortune of being in the same crop as affirmed. their duel in the belmont neck and neck was jaipur and ridden, but over a longer distance. i loved easy goer, buy pat day cost him many races. sunday silence was a great racehorse, but could have been bought at auction, when twice the minimum on him was not met. secretariat, alydar, and easy goer would never have been up for sale, as they came from thoroughbred royalty.

Can't agree, about Alydar being better. When, did he beat older top handicappers three times at varying classic distances? Easy Goer stands alone, in several regards. And, he did it all without Lasix.

calumet was losing money and hustled alydar to then breeding shed at 250, 000 dollars per foal. they overbooked and caused alydar's early demise. affirmed beat older horses, and a tremendous 3 year-old in spectacular bid. listen, i loved easy goer but he couldn't beat sunday silence but once and wasn't even champion three year-old despite being the champion 2 year old. he was hurt drastically by having the brain dead pat day letting the pack get away from him and then getting easy goer pinned on the rail with no place to move. easy goer showed who he was in the belmont but in my opinion wasn't as good as alydar, who also had problems getting to the front.

You sure about that? Listen to Phil Georgeffe, and his voice, and listen to Tom Durkin's voice here. Tom Durkin also called a lot of big horse races here. Example: This race, the 2012 Travers, The 1992 Breeders Cup Classic, The 2007 Belmont Stakes, The 2002 Test Stakes, The 1995 Breeders Cup Classic, The 2001 Breeders Cup, The 2009 Woodward Stakes with Rachel Alexandra The Great. You cant tell me that Phil Georgeffe's voice was better than the voice of Tom Durkin's.

@G B not when EG is being restrained by a clueless idiot jockey no of course not.

DELMARCLUB1 Yeah Easy Goer did clobbered Sunday Silence in ONE race " on his home track" But in head to head match up Sunday Silence clobbered Easy Goer 3 out of 4 times so in the end.. who is the one that really got clobbered in head to head match up.

Travis West, cominatcha, smile wiper, gamebred, wiley, westbound, etc etc etc etc etc. You keep saying in each comment on each thread, you are done. Clobbered in head to head matchups? That's like saying Beau Purple clobbered Kelso in their head to head matchups, as Beau Purple was 3-1 against Kelso. That's like saying Noor clobbered Citation in their head to head matchups, as Noor was 4-1 against Citation. That's like saying Big Spruce clobbered Forego in their head to head matchups, as Big Spruce was 2-1 against Forego. That's like saying Cabrini Green clobbered John Henry in their head to head matchups, as Cabrini Green was 4-0 against John Henry. That's like saying Darby Creek Road clobbered John Henry in their head to head matchups, as Darby Creek Road was 3-0 against John Henry. Numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Citation got beat 4 out of 5 by Noor; Kelso got beat 3 out of 4 by Beau Purple; Forego got beat 2 out of 3 by Big Spruce; Shuvee got beat 4 out of 5 by Gallant Bloom; Dr Fager got beat 2 out of 4 by Damascus; Pleasant Colony got beat 3 out of 4 by Akureyri; Triple Crown winner Sir Barton got beat 8 out of 12 by Billy Kelly; Skip Away got beat 4 out of 6 by Formal Gold; & there are an endless amount of other similar examples. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE TINY number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). Hall of Fame champ Easy Goer never had to bring his track with him - EG won on mile tracks, 1 1/8m tracks, and 1 1/2m tracks. SS did not. SS lost 3 of 5 on 1 1/8m sized tracks (LOSING record at his home track losing 3 races there), and SS lost 4 of 6 on 1 1/8m or larger tracks. EG won G1 races at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f and 12f all without any drugs running many more races with much less rest between races; SS ONLY won G1 races at 9f to 10f with drugs running much less races with much more rest between races; that's a huge difference in versatility. That's also like saying that Sunday Silence never won when racing without his drugs. That's also like saying that SS never won on larger circumferenced tracks (lost 4 of 6) of a 1 1/8 miles or larger. That's like saying that ss only (or only would) beat him with his drugs; that's like saying that ss only (or only would) beat him on smaller circumferenced tracks because ss's record on 1 1/8 miles or larger circumferenced tracks (LOST 4 of 6, and LOST 3 times at his larger circumferenced Hollywood Park track) was similar to EG's record on smaller circumferenced tracks. Who's better in any way is totally subjective. There was the Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes (the classic distance for the whole world) where Easy Goer destroyed him in the only state in the entire country during that era that banned all drugs & medications. Balanced against that are two wins by Sunday Silence against Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins, and a total of 3 wins which SS won by a combined margin of less than two and three-quarter lengths. So SS held the slight 3-1 edge against EG with 3 wins coming in close wins and a loss in which he was destroyed. Easy Goer also ran the record mile one full second faster than Secretariat's record. Easy Goer also ran a better, faster Ragozin speed figure than Secretariat did in their respective Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer also ran some of the greatest, fastest all timer performances at every distance he ran - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Easy Goer generally ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances. Easy Goer more often ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances, including many outstanding, perennial all timer performances at every distance - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Sunday Silence lost 36% of his races, mostly to lesser horses including Houston, Prized, Criminal Type, and Cro Lover. Better in any way is totally subjective. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). SS held the slight 3 to 1 edge over EG in the races they both ran in. Those are facts, but who's "better overall", "better in general," or "better" in any way are all totally subjective. "Better" is totally subjective and numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Easy Goer also ran many more races in a shorter time period with much less time between races, and at more varying distances; & he ran mostly in the only state in the entire country at the time that banned all drugs & medications. SS ran significantly less races with much more time between races, at less varying distances, & all but 1 of his races were run in states that allowed drugs & medications. Sunday Silence's record (Lost 4 of 6 races) on bigger tracks with a circumference of 1 1/8m or larger was very similar to Easy Goer's record on smaller mile circumferenced tracks. However, size of tracks, size of turns, straightaway/turn speed & acceleration, region, rider/rider tactics, trainer/training, drugs/medications not being allowed, etc etc, are just a few of the numerous variables, and cannot be simplified when there are many more factors and variables. It is much more complicated than that given the myriad of variables that determine the outcome of races. Failing to factor the numerous other variables in can lead to the wrong conclusions about why horses win or lose races. It makes no sense to look at cause and effect simplistically because other variables may have determined the outcome. Just because the Earth looks flat based on the way we actually see it, does not mean that it is flat. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior & better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses & open company, running times, avg running times at various distances & at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried & weights conceded, stakes wins & stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority & dominance, injuries, jockeys, riding & rider errors, trainers, training and trainer errors, win/loss %'s, trips, amount of races run, track sizes, track circumferences, post positions, campaign & career earnings with & without bonuses, races with drugs & medications allowed/used, races with no drugs & medications allowed/used, etc etc & many many more. They were both great horses, but who's better is still totally subjective even after factoring in the endless amount of other factors. Easy Goer & SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks & many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3.8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three & four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f & 12f; SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 & a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career; & other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance & superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. Other than SS's slight edge in head to head races, IMO Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors & categories. But even after all of these numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective. They were both greats, but IMO Easy Goer was a better horse, had a superior body of work, and had a superior career than SS even though SS held the slight edge in head to head races by the nose of his Preakness win. There is a lot more other than head to heads.

Sorry 3 out of 4 head to head. Sunday Silence better horse..period.

Fbanz96 Sorry, numerous greats were behind or tied on the head to head period, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others; and who's better in any way is totally subjective period. There was the Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes where Easy Goer destroyed him in the only state in the entire country during that era that banned all drugs. Balanced against that are two wins by Sunday Silence against Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins, and a total of 3 wins which SS won by a combined margin of less than two and three-quarter lengths. So SS held the slight 3-1 edge against EG with 3 wins coming in close wins and a loss in which he was destroyed. Easy Goer also ran the record mile one full second faster than Secretariat's record. Easy Goer also ran a better, faster Ragozin speed figure than Secretariat did in their respective Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer also ran some of the greatest, fastest all timer performances at every distance he ran - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Easy Goer generally ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances. Easy Goer more often ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances, including many outstanding, perennial all timer performances at every distance - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Sunday Silence lost 36% of his races, mostly to lesser horses including Houston, Prized, Criminal Type, and Cro Lover. Better in any way is totally subjective. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). SS held the slight 3 to 1 edge over EG in the races they both ran in. Those are facts, but who's "better overall", "better in general," or "better" in any way are all totally subjective. "Better" is totally subjective and numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Citation got beat 4 out of 5 by Noor; Kelso got beat 3 out of 4 by Beau Purple; Forego got beat 2 out of 3 by Big Spruce; Shuvee got beat 4 out of 5 by Gallant Bloom; Dr Fager got beat 2 out of 4 by Damascus; Pleasant Colony got beat 3 out of 4 by Akureyri; Triple Crown winner Sir Barton got beat 8 out of 12 by Billy Kelly; Skip Away got beat 4 out of 6 by Formal Gold; & there are an endless amount of other similar examples. Easy Goer also ran many more races in a shorter time period with much less time between races, and at more varying distances; & he ran mostly in the only state in the entire country at the time that banned all drugs. SS ran significantly less races with much more time between races, at less varying distances, & all but 1 of his races were run in states that allowed drugs. Sunday Silence's record (Lost 4 of 6 races; Losing record on his home track losing 3 races) on bigger tracks with a circumference of 1 1/8m or larger was very similar to Easy Goer's record on smaller mile circumferenced tracks. However, size of tracks, size of turns, straightaway/turn speed & acceleration, region, rider/rider tactics, trainer/training, drugs/medications not being allowed, etc etc, are just a few of the numerous variables, and cannot be simplified when there are many more factors and variables. It is much more complicated than that given the myriad of variables that determine the outcome of races. Failing to factor the numerous other variables in can lead to the wrong conclusions about why horses win or lose races. It makes no sense to look at cause and effect simplistically because other variables may have determined the outcome. Just because the Earth looks flat based on the way we actually see it, does not mean that it is flat. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior & better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses & open company, running times, avg running times at various distances & at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried & weights conceded, stakes wins & stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority & dominance, injuries, jockeys, riding & rider errors, trainers, training and trainer errors, win/loss %'s, trips, amount of races run, track sizes, track circumferences, post positions, campaign & career earnings with & without bonuses, races with drugs & medications allowed/used, races with no drugs & medications allowed/used, etc etc & many many more. They were both great horses, but who's better is still totally subjective even after factoring in the endless amount of other factors. Easy Goer & SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks & many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3.8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three & four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f & 12f; SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 & a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career; & other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance & superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. Other than SS's slight edge in head to head races, IMO Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors & categories. But even after all of these numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective. They were both greats, but IMO Easy Goer was a better horse, had a superior body of work, and had a superior career than SS even though SS held the slight edge in head to head races by the nose of his Preakness win. There is a lot more other than head to heads.

@@Fbanz96 quite agree with you. E.g. have more fans and they always find a long story to tell you why he is better than ss. I think ss was better and no one can tell me. Other wise. 3 out of 4. Simple

Who's better in any way is totally subjective. There are an endless amount of all time greats who were behind or tied in head to head records, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Shuvee, John Henry, Pleasant Colony, Serena's Song, Silverbulletday, Swaps, Nashua, Sir Barton, Skip Away and many others. There was the Test of the Champion Belmont Stakes where Easy Goer destroyed him in the only state in the entire country during that era that banned all drugs. Balanced against that are two wins by SS against Easy Goer by the narrowest of margins, and a total of 3 wins which SS won by a combined margin of lesst han two and three-quarter lengths. So SS held the slight 3-1 edge vs EG with 3 wins coming in very close wins and a loss in which he was destroyed. Easy Goer also ran the record mile one full second faster than Secretariat's record. Easy Goer also ran a better, faster Ragozin speed figure than Secretariat did in their respective Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer also ran some of the greatest, fastest all timer performances at every distance he ran - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Easy Goer generally ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances. Easy Goer more often ran faster times than Sunday Silence at all distances, including many outstanding, perennial all timer performances at every distance - 6.5F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F, 12F. Sunday Silence lost 36% of his races, mostly to lesser horses including Houston, Prized, Criminal Type & Cro Lover. Neither the Easy Goer/SS example or the other ones I cite show that any of these horses was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways) or was able to consistently get the better of the other. All these examples show is the records of two horses in a VERY MINUSCULE number of races. A few races certainly would NOT be even close to a large enough sample size if you were trying to establish consistency on a statistical basis; nor is it even close to a large enough sample size to show who was "better" (which is totally subjective anyways). SS held the slight 3 to 1 edge over EG in the races they both ran in. Those are facts, but who's "better overall", "better in general," or "better" in any way are all totally subjective. "Better" is totally subjective and numerous greats were behind or tied in head to head records vs other horses, including Citation, Kelso, Easy Goer, Forego, Dr Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, John Henry, Skip Away, Sir Barton, Pleasant Colony, Shuvee and many others. Citation got beat 4 out of 5 by Noor; Kelso got beat 3 out of 4 by Beau Purple; Forego got beat 2 out of 3 by Big Spruce; Shuvee got beat 4 out of 5 by Gallant Bloom; Dr Fager got beat 2 out of 4 by Damascus; Pleasant Colony got beat 3 out of 4 by Akureyri; Triple Crown winner Sir Barton got beat 8 out of 12 by Billy Kelly; John Henry got beat 4 out of 4 by Cabrini Green; John Henry got beat 3 out of 3 by Darby Creek Road; Skip Away got beat 4 out of 6 by Formal Gold; & there are an endless amount of other similar examples. Easy Goer also ran many more races in a shorter time period with much less time between races, and at more varying distances; & he ran mostly in the only state in the entire country at the time that banned all drugs. SS ran significantly less races with much more time between races, at less varying distances, & all but 1 of his races were run in states that allowed drugs. Sunday Silence's record (Lost 4 of 6 races; Losing record on his home track losing 3 races) on bigger tracks with a circumference of 1 1/8m or larger was very similar to Easy Goer's record on smaller mile circumferenced tracks. However, size of tracks, size of turns, straightaway/turn speed & acceleration, region, rider/rider tactics, trainer/training, drugs/medications not being allowed, etc etc, are just a few of the numerous variables, and cannot be simplified when there are many more factors and variables. It is much more complicated than that given the myriad of variables that determine the outcome of races. Failing to factor the numerous other variables in can lead to the wrong conclusions about why horses win or lose races. It makes no sense to look at cause and effect simplistically because other variables may have determined the outcome. Just because the Earth looks flat based on the way we actually see it, does not mean that it is flat. There are numerous factors, including but not limited to : superior career, superior & better body of work, GI wins, Graded Stakes wins, wins against older horses & open company, running times, avg running times at various distances & at all distances, head to heads, records set, still standing records, weights carried & weights conceded, stakes wins & stakes wins vs. open company/older horses, varying distances won at during career, superior campaign or campaigns, durability, constitution, superiority & dominance, injuries, jockeys, riding & rider errors, trainers, training and trainer errors, win/loss %'s, trips, amount of races run, track sizes, track circumferences, post positions, campaign & career earnings with & without bonuses, races with drugs & medications allowed/used, races with no drugs & medications allowed/used, etc etc & many many more. They were both great horses, but who's better is still totally subjective even after factoring in the endless amount of other factors. Easy Goer & SS were both greats. Easy Goer won 12 total stakes, 9 Grade 1 wins at distances of 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f, and 12f showing versatility on all tracks & many distances. SS won 7 total stakes, 6 Grade 1 wins but only at distances from 9f to 10f. Both versatile indeed, but that is a big difference in versatility. Easy Goer also defeated older horses Six times at ages three and four while conceding a good amount of weight in quite a few of them. SS defeated older horses only two times at ages three and four. Many other factors would favor Easy Goer over SS as well, including a) amount of career races able to run - 20 to 14 ; b) amount of total career wins - 14 to 9 ; c) running times at all distances ; d) average running times at all distances ; e) career earnings without bonuses - about $ 4.8 million to about $ 3.8 million ; f) career winning percentage - 70% to 64% ; g) Grade 1 wins - 9 to 6 ; h) total stakes wins - 12 to 7 ; i) wins vs older horses/open/unrestricted at ages three & four - 6 to 2 ; j) Grade 1 stakes wins at various distances - EG at 7f, 8f, 9f, 10f & 12f; SS at only 9f to 10f ; k) Easy Goer never was defeated by more than 2 & a half lengths in any race in a much longer career, SS never was defeated by more than 8 lengths in any race in a much shorter career; & other factors that would favor Easy Goer would be varying distances won at, records set, near records set, still standing records, running times, avg running times at all distances, campaigns, durability, constitution, dominance & superiority in races - average win margin and average loss margin, weights carried, weight concessions, etc. Other than SS's slight edge in head to head races, IMO Easy Goer was better than SS in most - if not all - these other factors & categories. But even after all of these numerous factors are factored in, who was better is still subjective. They were both greats, but IMO Easy Goer was a better horse, had a superior body of work, and dad a superior career than SS even though SS held the slight edge in head to head races by the nose of his Preakness win. There is a lot more other than head to heads.

Charles Ray Easy Goer and Sunday Silence are both dead dude! I am an admirer of both of these great, dead horses. For that matter, Man O' War, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Citation, Noor, Kelso, Beau Purple, Onion, Angle Light, Prove Out, Spectacular Bid, Forego, Big Spruce, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Swaps, Nashua, War Admiral, Seabiscuit, Buckpasser and many others are also dead as well dude. Tell their admirers who comment on their videos to let it go also.

Charles Ray Clozapine is your friend dude! I am a thoroughbred racing fan, not a psycho horse worshiper. And what are you dude?

Charles Ray You are admitting you are a troll? That is really sad 'dude.'

Charles Ray Actually it sounds like you seriously are a troll.

Charles Ray Perspective & a sense of humor I have. Random, incomprehensible comments? Actually, You made aimless, purposeless, meaningless comments (replies) & insults. Now, you state your derogatory rudeness was you just being facetious. Either way, your replies were meaningless.

Day- "Absolute rider error. I was on the better horse. I got him beat." Easy Goer exploded and flew like a shot around that sharp turn at Gulfstream in the Swale Stakes. Pat Day's own words on the Classic. Thoroughbred Times, Nov. 10, 1989 Mark Simon article: "My horse put in a big run up the backside. Then I THROTTLED him BACK, and Settled him, and gave him a breather." More of Pat Day's own words on the Classic: Nov. 5, 1989 Sun Sentinel Dave Joseph article, "My ride wasn't the most desirable or most satisfactory. My horse put in a big run, then I settled him and gave him a breather when SS went." In spite of when Day moved, or in spite of how fast or not that he moved, he would always ease up, back down & pull back & put out the fire when in full flame (let down, confusing start, stop, start, stop) after making moves, as he did in both the Preakness & Classic.

When Easy Goer regained the lead at the top of the stretch vs Easy Goer in the Preakness, you have absolutely no evidence to support your claim that he was confused. You have no evidence that Easy Goer lost the race as a result of being confused. He had the lead in a straight stretch of track where he was supposed to be faster than Sunday Silence. You have no evidence that Easy Goer wasn't motivated to run faster than Sunday Silence at the point in the race. The only thing that you or anyone else knows was that he had the lead in the stretch and on a straight section of track, but he simply could not beat Sunday Silence. It appears he was too exhausted to get the job done.

No, there is no way anyone can know that. Maybe Day knew or would know, as he was the one who used those terms and rode the horse. I found a few times Day used those terms. Day said, "We very possibly shouldn't have been defeated in the Preakness. I got hammered pretty good after the race, and I'm the first to say that it wasn't unwarranted. The race was a real dogfight. My horse made a big move down the backside, catapulted himself to the lead, and if there were any mistakes made, it was probably at that point, when I just didn't continue on with him." Day also said in the TVG Interview video, "I got him beat the first time he ran. Not having ever been on him, not knowing what kind of explosive acceleration he had, not knowing anything about him except that Shug was pretty high on him. He's handling everything like a pro in the race, but I was unsure how responsive he was going to be. I pulled the trigger not knowing I was going to get the response that I did. When I called on him he exploded. I was 'concerned' after pulling the trigger on Easy Goer and him exploding and committing to go on, and then letting him down and 'confusing' him, start stop start stop." Though that was only his very first race, and both McGaughey and Day later said that EG didn't figure things out until after his first race; the light didn't go on until after he ran that first time. We may gather from this that Day was concerned about this type of riding when riding Easy Goer in any race, and that he may not want to ride EG this way in any race. Or he may have only been concerned about this way of riding him being that it was only his first race. The latter would make sense because Day rode him in many races specifically in the way he described in the video that would be 'concerning' to him. Preakness, Classic, Whitney, and Woodward come to mind. In many races, win or lose, like the Belmont Stakes, Travers, Champagne, Gotham, Cowdin, Suburban, Met, Juvenile, Gold Stage, Wood Memorial and Swale Stakes, Day didn't ride him in that 'start stop start stop' kind of way, which Day seemingly was 'concerned' about.

Pat Day also said, "I've always believed and I'll continue to believe that Easy Goer was a better horse than Sunday Silence. I've said it before and I'll always say it, I think Easy Goer was better than Sunday Silence, despite his slight edge in the head to head races. I'll go to my grave believing that. We lost two photos to him and the one in the Preakness was absolutely due to a rider error on my part, and my ride wasn't the best in the Classic." Shug McGaughey said, "I asked Day to ride Easy Goer for a few reasons, even though my No. 1 and No. 2 riders at the time were Angel Cordero and Randy Romero. One reason was, despite Easy Goer's superior breeding, his GI winning full sister Cadillacing who I also trained, was more of a one-run late-running sprinter. I had two aggressive jockeys ride her, both Randy Romero and Angel Cordero. Cordero, who was her main rider, was given proper instructions and knew her well. Cordero also rode their mother, champion Relaxing, who was trained by Penna. I'm going along with Easy Goer thinking he may only be a one-run late-running sprinter like his full sister Cadillacing. It turned out Easy Goer could run every distance brilliantly and do it in a variety of ways, and he had many runs in him. But I originally thought Day would be more patient on him than Cordero or Romero. I thought Cordero or Romero would be too aggressive of a rider on him. That's one reason why I chose Day." McGaughey, later after the Preakness, is quoted as saying, "I just want Day to be aggressive and, if it comes down to a mistake deciding the race, force the other rider into the mistake." McGaughey also said, "The other reason I chose Day to ride Easy Goer was because Pat Day helped him by not crucifying him in his races and he brought me back some horse. He had soundness problems, but we stayed on top of it. Pat Day and I agree that he made riding mistakes in the Preakness. We had Sunday Silence beat and he let him back in the race. But in the other races, there were circumstances that contributed to what happened. In the Classic, maybe when Pat Day grabbed him after the start, the horse didn't understand what he was doing. Then Pat was content to sit and wait behind Sunday Silence, as he had done before, and the other horse got away from us, and we just missed and fell just a stride or so short. In my heart, I think Easy Goer is the better horse than Sunday Silence. I think anybody would say that if those two ran against each other ten times, each would probably win five."

Absolutely. It was so beautifully poetic, too. The Preakness was on ESPN’s top 10 sports moments of the decade. Not the BCC.

Well Sunday Silence had a cokehead for a jockey 3 out of the 4 races their were in and didn't know how to use the whip properly so I guess that kinda evens it out. Pat Day did very well on Easy Goer in the Belmont and all the other races he won that Sunday Silence wasn't in. Both were super race horses. Take nothing away form either of them.

Did very well? Races wasn't in? Not. The Los Angeles Times quotes, no less : "If the great and truly special Easy Goer were only an ordinary horse, or even just a very good one, he would have probably lost both the 1989 Whitney and Woodward (when SS didn't show up and was resting for half of the year). Plenty were also howling about Day's rides in both the Whitney and Woodward. Hopelessly trapped and boxed in almost the entire races, then had to check on the far turns of both races. Boxed in most of the way, and checked hard and stopped twice in the Woodward. Their was severe and justified criticism of Day's riding. Day stopped and started and stopped and started with many of his mounts. Easy Goer endured yet more frustratingly tentative rides by rider Pat Day -- which is his Achilles heel. Pat Day played a bigger part in beating Easy Goer than Sunday Silence did. He over thought the mount instead of letting Easy Goer run his race. Easy Goer could run forever and run it fast! Day rode the horse incredibly inconsistent and immensely tentative. Poor Easy Goer never knew when Day was serious about when to run or not. A lemming could have ridden Easy Goer better." More quotes: 1) "Racetrackers mockingly referred to Day as Pat delay Day or Pat wait all Day. The way Day rode DROVE MANY a captain of industry, hardboot trainer and regular fan to the BRINK OF RAGE." 2) "Pat Day's typical day to day riding was exasperating and many still grind their teeth remembering his rides aboard Java Gold, Easy Goer, Seeking the Gold, Forty Niner, Turkoman, Sky Classic, Rampage, Heavenly Prize, Timber Country, Menifee and numerous others. 3) "No jockey in the country took more abuse than Day. Day rides slowly in a world where everybody, especially jockeys, is in a hurry. Day could outwait the Jewish Prophet Job." 4) "Day's tentativeness and patience as a reinsman was unnerving and exasperating for owners, trainers, fans, bettors etc." 5) "Pat Day said, "I was riding a horse for the master trainer Allen Jerkens, a trainer I rarely, if ever, got a mount for. After about 50 yards out of the gate, the horse came off the bridle. I ease him down to the fence, and we go a moderate half, just galloping. Turn for home, I picked him up, and I think, ‘I could win.’ But we get beat a half length or so. But I did my job, right? I could see Allen was agitated, kicking the dirt. I said, ‘Chief, he ran good. I got him to relax, slow down really good.’ “Slow down? Slow down?!” Jerkens was hot. “All horses got one weapon - their speed. Horses have been running away from their enemies for a million years, and I get a jockey named Pat Day who wants to change evolution!" 6) ”Because Day often arrived at the wire too late, he was given unflattering nicknames-Pat Wait All Day and Pat delay Day. Many critics described Day's riding as exasperating, and many still grind their teeth remembering many of his rides aboard different horses. Day's patience as a rider was at times demoralizing for owners, trainers, fans and bettors. As Pat Forde, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, penned in 1995, “He is so patient he could watch a faucet drip for days.” Day's riding style, as Barry Irwin wrote in 2016, "drove many a captain of industry, hard-boot trainer and horseplayer to the brink of rage." Day also said, "It was a terrible ride and totally my fault. I HAD MORE HORSE THAN I KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH. It was absolutely rider error. I got him beat. I got hammered pretty good, and I'm the first to say that it wasn't unwarranted. P Val also carried me out extremely wide to the parking lot down the backstretch; then he kept pushing and banging me and trapped me in extremely tight on the dead rail from the far turn thru the entire stretch. Then EG was running sideways with the lead deep in the homestretch with his head and part of his body turned while having his momentum/stride and rhythm disrupted badly. In the Test of the Champion drug-free medication-free Belmont Stakes Easy Goer killed him; like wheat separating from chaff, the cream rose to the top. I've always believed and I'll continue to believe that Easy Goer was a better horse than Sunday Silence. I've said it before and I'll always say it, I think Easy Goer was better than Sunday Silence, despite his slight 3-1 edge in the head to head races. I'll go to my grave believing that. We lost two photos to him and the one in the Preakness absolutely was due to rider error on my part, and my ride wasn't the best in the Classic. I was on the better horse." McGaughey also said, "Pat Day and I agree that he made riding mistakes in the Preakness. We had Sunday Silence beat and Day let him back in the race. In the other races, there were circumstances that contributed to what happened. In the Preakness, Day got to the lead then he remembered he was Pat Day. And when he FOLDED up on the turn, he allowed SS back in the race. He got the lead, and then he gave it back. He basically did the same thing in the Classic. In the Classic, when Day grabbed him after the start, maybe the horse didn't understand what he was doing. Then Day was content to sit and wait behind Sunday Silence, as DAY HAD DONE BEFORE, and the other horse got away from us, and we just missed and fell just a stride or so short. In my heart, I think Easy Goer is the better horse than Sunday Silence." Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela did outride Pat ron franklin esque Day, aka Pat start stop start stop start Day. So did McCarron for that matter. So did Pincay, Cordero, Stevens, Bailey etc. It actually was Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela who was the one in the Preakness "trying to screw Pat ron franklin-esque Day the whole way around" by floating him very wide towards the barns on the back-side, and then by trapping him and pushing, banging and knocking him in very tight to the rail afterwards on the far turn and thru the entire stretch. Valenzuela's credibility is severely lacking. Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela regularly used devious gamesmanship and race-riding shenanigans etc. Valenzuela, however, could ride with the best of them, and who knows what his career would have been had he not lost the majority of it to an endless amount of cocaine suspensions and being banned. Better or best is definitely subjective, but having acknowledged that; take nothing away from Sunday Silence as he was a great horse, but Easy Goer was a superior, greater, better, stronger and faster horse; Pat Valenzuela and Chris McCarron were better jockeys than Pat ron franklin-esque Day; and the master trainer Charlie the Bald Eagle Whittingham was a better trainer than Claude Shug McGaughey. Easy Goer's jockey and trainer, Pat ron franklin esque Day and the most conservative anti-speed McGaughey, were both pitiful. McGaughey was and is the most conservative trainer of all-time who rarely trained his horses for speed, no matter how much big-time brilliant speed a horse like Easy Goer possessed. Pat ron franklin esque Day was the most tentative, passive, conservative, start-stop, wait go wait go wait, yield idle go yield go yield idle, fold up move fold up move fold up rider of all-time. Many of Pat Ron Franklin esque Day's rides on Easy Goer, Forty Niner, Seeking the Gold, Sky Classic, Turkoman, Heavenly Prize, Rampage, Timber Country, Menifee, Surfside, Java Gold, etc were Ron Franklin - esque! Pat ron franklin esque Day, aka Pat start stop start stop Day, aka Pat wait go wait go wait go wait Day, aka Pat yield idle go yield idle go yield idle wait Day, aka Pat fold up move fold up move fold up Day, was pitiful. Pat ron franklin esque Day was riding a Ferrari in Easy Goer. But, Pat ron franklin esque Day rode Easy Goer -- and many other horses -- like a teenager at the wheels of a Ferrari. Pat ron franklin esque Day never came to terms with the immense power and big-time speed at his disposal and how and when to use it. Go yield idle go, go yield idle go, go wait go wait go wait, fold up move, fold up move fold up, inside, outside, back inside, back outside.

No jockey can run the perfect race every time out..All of them make poor decisions that cast a win for their horse. If you put a microscope on any jockey the way some have on pay day then you can make a case on any jockey on any horse that has lost a race. Hell I could make a case on every horse that lost to Man o War if I was to look close enough

Did everything right? NOT. The Los Angeles Times quotes, no less : "If the great and truly special Easy Goer were only an ordinary horse, or even just a very good one, he would have probably lost both the 1989 Whitney and Woodward (when SS didn't show up and was resting for half of the year). Plenty were also howling about Day's rides in both the Whitney and Woodward. Hopelessly trapped and boxed in almost the entire races, then had to check on the far turns of both races. Boxed in most of the way, and checked hard and stopped twice in the Woodward. Their was severe and justified criticism of Day's riding. Day stopped and started and stopped and started with many of his mounts. Easy Goer endured yet more frustratingly tentative rides by rider Pat Day -- which is his Achilles heel. Pat Day played a bigger part in beating Easy Goer than Sunday Silence did. He over thought the mount instead of letting Easy Goer run his race. Easy Goer could run forever and run it fast! Day rode the horse incredibly inconsistent and immensely tentative. Poor Easy Goer never knew when Day was serious about when to run or not. A lemming could have ridden Easy Goer better." More quotes: 1) "Racetrackers mockingly referred to Day as Pat delay Day or Pat wait all Day. The way Day rode DROVE MANY a captain of industry, hardboot trainer and regular fan to the BRINK OF RAGE." 2) "Pat Day's typical day to day riding was exasperating and many still grind their teeth remembering his rides aboard Java Gold, Easy Goer, Seeking the Gold, Forty Niner, Turkoman, Sky Classic, Rampage, Heavenly Prize, Timber Country, Menifee and numerous others. 3) "No jockey in the country took more abuse than Day. Day rides slowly in a world where everybody, especially jockeys, is in a hurry. Day could outwait the Jewish Prophet Job." 4) "Day's tentativeness and patience as a reinsman was unnerving and exasperating for owners, trainers, fans, bettors etc." 5) "Pat Day said, "I was riding a horse for the master trainer Allen Jerkens, a trainer I rarely, if ever, got a mount for. After about 50 yards out of the gate, the horse came off the bridle. I ease him down to the fence, and we go a moderate half, just galloping. Turn for home, I picked him up, and I think, ‘I could win.’ But we get beat a half length or so. But I did my job, right? I could see Allen was agitated, kicking the dirt. I said, ‘Chief, he ran good. I got him to relax, slow down really good.’ “Slow down? Slow down?!” Jerkens was hot. “All horses got one weapon - their speed. Horses have been running away from their enemies for a million years, and I get a jockey named Pat Day who wants to change evolution!" 6) ”Because Day often arrived at the wire too late, he was given unflattering nicknames-Pat Wait All Day and Pat delay Day. Many critics described Day's riding as exasperating, and many still grind their teeth remembering many of his rides aboard different horses. Day's patience as a rider was at times demoralizing for owners, trainers, fans and bettors. As Pat Forde, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, penned in 1995, “He is so patient he could watch a faucet drip for days.” Day's riding style, as Barry Irwin wrote in 2016, "drove many a captain of industry, hard-boot trainer and horseplayer to the brink of rage." Day also said, "It was a terrible ride and totally my fault. I HAD MORE HORSE THAN I KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH. It was absolutely rider error. I got him beat. I got hammered pretty good, and I'm the first to say that it wasn't unwarranted. P Val also carried me out extremely wide to the parking lot down the backstretch; then he kept pushing and banging me and trapped me in extremely tight on the dead rail from the far turn thru the entire stretch. Then EG was running sideways with the lead deep in the homestretch with his head and part of his body turned while having his momentum/stride and rhythm disrupted badly. [In the Test of the Champion drug-free medication-free Belmont Stakes Easy Goer killed him; like wheat separating from chaff, the cream rose to the top.] I've always believed and I'll continue to believe that Easy Goer was a better horse than Sunday Silence. I've said it before and I'll always say it, I think Easy Goer was better than Sunday Silence, despite his slight 3-1 edge in the head to head races. I'll go to my grave believing that. We lost two photos to him and the one in the Preakness absolutely was due to rider error on my part, and my ride wasn't the best in the Classic. I was on the better horse." McGaughey also said, "Pat Day and I agree that he made riding mistakes in the Preakness. We had Sunday Silence beat and Day let him back in the race. In the other races, there were circumstances that contributed to what happened. In the Preakness, Day got to the lead then he remembered he was Pat Day. And when he FOLDED up on the turn, he allowed SS back in the race. He got the lead, and then he gave it back. He basically did the same thing in the Classic. In the Classic, when Day grabbed him after the start, maybe the horse didn't understand what he was doing. Then Day was content to sit and wait behind Sunday Silence, as DAY HAD DONE BEFORE, and the other horse got away from us, and we just missed and fell just a stride or so short. In my heart, I think Easy Goer is the better horse than Sunday Silence." Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela did outride and was better than Pat ron franklin esque Day, aka Pat start stop start stop start Day. So did and was McCarron for that matter. So did and was Pincay, Cordero, Stevens, Bailey etc. It actually was Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela who was the one in the Preakness "trying to screw Pat ron franklin-esque Day the whole way around" by floating him very wide towards the barns on the back-side, and then by trapping him and pushing, banging and knocking him in very tight to the rail afterwards on the far turn and thru the entire stretch. Valenzuela's credibility is severely lacking. Pat suspended over 20 times for coke Valenzuela regularly used devious gamesmanship and race-riding shenanigans etc. Valenzuela, however, could ride with the best of them, and who knows what his career would have been had he not lost the majority of it to an endless amount of cocaine suspensions and being banned. Better or best is definitely subjective, but having acknowledged that; take nothing away from Sunday Silence as he was a great horse, but Easy Goer was a superior, greater, better, stronger and faster horse; Pat Valenzuela and Chris McCarron were better jockeys than Pat ron franklin-esque Day; and the master trainer Charlie the Bald Eagle Whittingham was a better trainer than Claude Shug McGaughey. Easy Goer's jockey and trainer, Pat ron franklin esque Day and the most conservative anti-speed McGaughey, were both pitiful. McGaughey was and is the most conservative trainer of all-time who rarely trained his horses for speed, no matter how much big-time brilliant speed a horse like Easy Goer possessed. Pat ron franklin esque Day was the most tentative, passive, conservative, start-stop, wait go wait go wait, yield idle go yield go yield idle, fold up move fold up move fold up rider of all-time. Many of Pat Ron Franklin esque Day's rides on Easy Goer, Forty Niner, Seeking the Gold, Sky Classic, Turkoman, Heavenly Prize, Rampage, Timber Country, Menifee, Surfside, Java Gold, etc were Ron Franklin - esque! Pat ron franklin esque Day, aka Pat start stop start stop Day, aka Pat wait go wait go wait go wait Day, aka Pat yield idle go yield idle go yield idle wait Day, aka Pat fold up move fold up move fold up Day, was pitiful. Pat ron franklin esque Day was riding a Ferrari in Easy Goer. But, Pat ron franklin esque Day rode Easy Goer -- and many other horses -- like a teenager at the wheels of a Ferrari. Pat ron franklin esque Day never came to terms with the immense power and big-time speed at his disposal and how and when to use it. Go yield idle go, go yield idle go, go wait go wait go wait, fold up move, fold up move fold up, inside, outside, back inside, back outside.

Pat Ron Franklin Esque Day yeah Easy Goer was indeed in some trouble in the Woodward. But he got out of that trouble in fine order. That's what great horses do. But it took a great jockey to get him out of trouble and give the horse a chance to win which is what Pat Day did..that's what great jockeys do they know how to get out of trouble just like he did in the Woodward. But again Sunday Silence wasn't in that race there wasn't a horse that was just as good as Easy Goer in that race. But good eye on spotting the troubles in that race for Easy Goer