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"Flightline" wins Grade 1 Pacific Classic by 20 lengths...is he best since Secretariat??....
https://youtu.be/yVtPCJ9BsKc ^ | 9/04/22 | Basalt

Posted on 09/04/2022 10:27:32 AM PDT by basalt

love watching great horses run...this undefeated colt is a great one...


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1 posted on 09/04/2022 10:27:32 AM PDT by basalt
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jockey Flavien Prat actually stand ups at the 1/16th pole...just wow

https://youtu.be/yVtPCJ9BsKc


2 posted on 09/04/2022 10:28:23 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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at the 6 furlong mark,...Prat just lets him loose...


3 posted on 09/04/2022 10:31:04 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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https://www.secretariatcenter.org/#eat-together-marquee


4 posted on 09/04/2022 10:31:09 AM PDT by packagingguy
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But it’s only 1 horsepower! 😜


5 posted on 09/04/2022 10:33:50 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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How do his times line up against Secretariat? Is he in the ballpark?


6 posted on 09/04/2022 10:42:14 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed.)
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When any horse wins the triple crown, breaks the time record in all 3 races, still holds two of them and wins the Belmont by over 30 lengths, then we can compare them to Secretariat, otherwise it’s just idle talk.


7 posted on 09/04/2022 10:43:53 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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When any horse wins the triple crown, breaks the time record in all 3 races, still holds two of them and wins the Belmont by over 30 lengths, then we can compare them to Secretariat, otherwise it’s just idle talk.


8 posted on 09/04/2022 10:43:53 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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Secretariat and some others before/after are a different breed given the frequency, speed and success with which rhey could run. But every once in a while, there are freakshow horses that you just know when you see them. Flightline is one, Arrogate another within more recent years.


9 posted on 09/04/2022 10:50:06 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfCMtaNiMDM


10 posted on 09/04/2022 10:51:41 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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ummm..relax..the question is he the best SINCE Secretariat...btw..Secretariat owns all 3 Triple Crown race times...


11 posted on 09/04/2022 10:55:00 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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he beat Secretariats Derby time at the same distance yesterday....but hes 4 year old. At the same time, the jockey actually stood up and slowed him with half a furlong left. No telling what he could have done ridden out...also interesting..he’s 7-0...


12 posted on 09/04/2022 10:58:09 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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As they say, he’s “keen to go on”.

Whew, when he went ahead, he just took off, made it look easy.

Great name ... love a good name on a horse. I had Thoroughbreds & getting the Jockey Club to approve a decent name for registration wasn’t easy ... took a couple of tries. Then again, I was a “nobody”, not a big owner.


13 posted on 09/04/2022 10:58:47 AM PDT by Qiviut (The unvaccinated, the chosen of the invisible ark .... (author unknown))
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one more thing...in his 7 races..hes never been touched once with the whip....


14 posted on 09/04/2022 11:00:07 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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that is a great name...but yeah, Prat gave him a nudge and away he went....def looks like he loves running. Hes gonna be tough in the Breeders Cup..


15 posted on 09/04/2022 11:02:19 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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I have relatives who breed racehorses, they say (facetiously) that naming is the hardest part.
I’d worry about the jockey’s name: Prat. Sounds too much like pratfall.


16 posted on 09/04/2022 11:04:50 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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NO


17 posted on 09/04/2022 11:05:06 AM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: basalt

NO


18 posted on 09/04/2022 11:05:10 AM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: basalt

NO


19 posted on 09/04/2022 11:05:17 AM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: Buttons12

hes from France.....def one of the top jocks in the world right now...


20 posted on 09/04/2022 11:06:29 AM PDT by basalt ( in the irons....)
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