[jpsb]

Minor correction Rags won the Kentucky Oaks with takes place the day before the Kentucky Derby. It was an easy win for her, she did skip the Preakness and was never the same after her all out effort to beat Curlin in the Belmont. Curlin however when on to win many more races and became a 2 time Horse of the year.

totally agree about the "modern" horse, not the same as earlier horses like Forego and Kellso.

[Amberdawn]

Either way, RTRiches had 5 weeks off before the Belmont. I got to see Forego and Willie Shoemaker at Delaware Park in 1976. It wasn’t a race, but a post parade, with him cantering in front of the grandstand. The track gave out baseball hats with Forego on them in yellow and white. Unfortunately, I no longer know where the hat is. —SIGH—