Thanks for the post, what an excellent field. I like the video's that have the pre-race coverags features as well. They dont produce them the way they used to.
I was in the enclosed grandstand that day with such high hopes for the future of racing in MD. It was a short-time bubble, and then.... poof.... Funny to hear McKay say "Edgar Prado, a fine local jockey"!!!!
This was the race in which Criminal Type became a Horse of the Year candidate. Lukas knew Criminal Type had to be asked for more early speed to stay within range of Ruhlmann early and then grind him down late. The same tactics would be employed against Housebuster in the Met Mile.
They ruined it for us fans forcing everything on Preakness weekend. We ALWAYS went to this race when it was separated. In my day it was a week before. Things were still nice and calm then. I do not want to fight the Preakness build-up, though.
It seems like that was even a complaint one heard in 1990. But in retrospect and comparison to the present, a gr1 field of older horses like this 1990’Pimlico Special looks like a clash of hardened a track proven veterans of a thousand battles. Criminal Trpe and Ruhlmann, meeting for the 4th of their 5 clashes this year. Both were 5 year olds. Opening Verse, who by this time had proven himself a Euro group turf contender and an American gr 1 dirt horse at the age of 4, would have his greatest moment on the track the following year when he won the Breeders Cup Mile(turf). Mi Selecto was inconsistent but won some big races. De Roche was unbelievably consistent but never got gr.1 glory that he was so often so close to. Music Merci was revitalize his career as a sprinter and competed in the 93 BC Sprint. Silver Survivor would be an institution of Mid-Atlantic racing. And this is in a year in which all time greats Sunday Silence and Easy Goer were brought back to race at 4. In fact, Criminal Type would return 16 days late in the Met Mile and defeat not just Easy Goer but a great 2nd Hall of Famer, Housebuster, and then 4 weeks after that outduel Sunday Silence in an epic edition of the Hollywood Gold Cup, which in 1990 was a grade 1 worth $1million. As of 2024, it is now a grade 2 worth one-fifth that amount.
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Jim was a Treasure.
Amazing & Extraordinary.
Criminal Type was a great horse for a short period of time! HOY...
Thanks for the post, what an excellent field. I like the video's that have the pre-race coverags features as well. They dont produce them the way they used to.
I was in the enclosed grandstand that day with such high hopes for the future of racing in MD. It was a short-time bubble, and then.... poof.... Funny to hear McKay say "Edgar Prado, a fine local jockey"!!!!
Lots of great jockeys were part of the MD jockey colony. Prado, Chris McCarron, Kent Desormeaux, too many to mention.
This was the race in which Criminal Type became a Horse of the Year candidate. Lukas knew Criminal Type had to be asked for more early speed to stay within range of Ruhlmann early and then grind him down late. The same tactics would be employed against Housebuster in the Met Mile.
Blushing John, same racing silks you would see on Cigar
What happened to this race I think it down to grade 3 ? Racing is nothing like before
No good older horses! They all retire!
They ruined it for us fans forcing everything on Preakness weekend. We ALWAYS went to this race when it was separated. In my day it was a week before. Things were still nice and calm then. I do not want to fight the Preakness build-up, though.
It's all about drug them, get them on the track before they expire, and then breed them. Almost no top colts stick around till four.
It seems like that was even a complaint one heard in 1990. But in retrospect and comparison to the present, a gr1 field of older horses like this 1990’Pimlico Special looks like a clash of hardened a track proven veterans of a thousand battles. Criminal Trpe and Ruhlmann, meeting for the 4th of their 5 clashes this year. Both were 5 year olds. Opening Verse, who by this time had proven himself a Euro group turf contender and an American gr 1 dirt horse at the age of 4, would have his greatest moment on the track the following year when he won the Breeders Cup Mile(turf). Mi Selecto was inconsistent but won some big races. De Roche was unbelievably consistent but never got gr.1 glory that he was so often so close to. Music Merci was revitalize his career as a sprinter and competed in the 93 BC Sprint. Silver Survivor would be an institution of Mid-Atlantic racing.
And this is in a year in which all time greats Sunday Silence and Easy Goer were brought back to race at 4. In fact, Criminal Type would return 16 days late in the Met Mile and defeat not just Easy Goer but a great 2nd Hall of Famer, Housebuster, and then 4 weeks after that outduel Sunday Silence in an epic edition of the Hollywood Gold Cup, which in 1990 was a grade 1 worth $1million. As of 2024, it is now a grade 2 worth one-fifth that amount.
@@jordanmiller3550 so true. Today horse racing is getting boring and no one race behind their 3 year old season.