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Easy Goer

1986 - Horse | Deceased
Owner(s):
Ogden Phipps  - 
Trainer:
Claude R. McGaughey III
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Ogden Phipps  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Alydar  -  Relaxing  by  Buckpasser
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Easy Goer...

This Saturday, August 6, 2011, the 84th running of The Whitney Handicap (G1) will take place at one of the great race tracks in the country, Saratoga. Here’s a look back at some of the great champions of the race ...Read More
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  • skipaway2000 · Commentator!! Amazing horse - and I did not remember his Whitneys were years apart! WOW! · 190 days ago ·
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  • SherriLytle · Love this!!! · 13 days ago ·
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Blogger Matt Shifman takes a historical look at the New York Derby trail, as well as, what an infusion of money could mean to this year's road to Louisville through the Big Apple ...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · UPDATE: Here are some purse comparisons for MSW/Allowance NW1. New York: 65/62, Parx: 45/47, Santa Anita: 56/58, Gulfstream: 52/54 · 18 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · UPDATE: The Withers closes with 42 nominations of which 20 are also entered in Sunday'sHoly Bull at GP. If Hansen runs in the Holy Bull that could mean a nice field at AQU. Withers nominees include: Algorithms, Alpha, Big Blue Nation, Casual Trick, Consortium, Discreet Dancer, Howe Great, My Adonis, Optimizer, Reveron, State of Play, and Trinniberg. All are nominated for the Holy Bull except State of Play. · 18 days ago ·
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It has been a long, long time since racing has had a real rivalry, brought to life on the track... Read More
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  • medomoreno · The most obvious was also the most exciting of my lifetime: Affirmed / Alydar. · 57 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · medomoreno, I'm hoping we get something close to that, lol. · 57 days ago ·
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The second part of the Sunday Silence rivalry...two top 3 year olds at their prime....at 4 lost to Criminal Type who was Horse of the Year
Will racing’s next super star come from Saturday's Champagne?Read More
  • brooklyn.steve · Speightscity gets my vote. I think that win was legit, and I think this race sets up nicely for him. As you pointed out, the cut back will only help. Nice breakdown of the race. · 125 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Speight IMO is the horse for Union to watch, not alpha. He ran very big over a very tring and very slow track. For a two year old to run in a race 9f that early is different and good. Could the competition have been weak? Yes, it is a strong possibility. However, if the colt is good enough the 9f foundation he has will give him a big edge over those, like Union Rags who are stretching out. · 125 days ago ·
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It's a time when three-year-olds need to step up against older, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup is a great place... Read More
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  • likin sparks · I know where Mike is coming from, with this years race is kinda weak where half the competion has had a difficult time placing in the money so I wouldn't think the WOW factor will be there. As much as I haven't been sold on Stay Thirsty for him not to win by 7 or 10 lenghts would be a kick in the can. · 135 days ago ·
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  • brooklyn.steve · Stay Thirsty should win the JCGC, which should make him the co fav for Horse of the Year with HDG. He has come along nicely, and while Flat Out will be a tough challenge, Mike Repole will be standing in the winners circle at the end of the day. · 135 days ago ·
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Racing needs to bring its head out of the sand and into the light. The leaders of this sport need to make sure that it is not being cheapened and stand up and fight for what will improve it, rather than let others make decisions that just lead the sport deeper into oblivion.Read More
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  • cpsoren121 · Right on Laura, seems like racing was most prominent in the 70's and 80's in recent memory. Let's find that magic again!! · 235 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · To much competition for the dollar.As far as horses this has been a great decade for some really good ones but if they keep retiring the best 3yos to stud then they have only themselves to blame. · 235 days ago ·
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In my excitement for tomorrow's big race, I find myself recalling my favorite all-time editions of the Preakness. There were many great ones over the years, in one of my favorite races, but one special running stands head and shoulders above the rest. 22 years ago today, the world witnessed the grea...Read More
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  • ChristineDix · I agree completely-best Preakness ever! Losing Easy Goer after siring only 99 foals was one of the biggest blows to breeding-as well as the loss of SS to Japan and his death at 16. And yes, I am still mad at PD for the ride! · 263 days ago ·
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  • cleclair1994 · the way i saw it it was exactly the same race as the derby just a 1/16 shorter. shackleford takes the lead on on back stretch opens up at the top of the lane and animal kingdom runs at him. the only difference between the derby and the preakness was a 1/16. that is the difference between a triple crown possibility and shackleford being over bet the rest of the year. even dialed in ran the exact same race. he just had less horses to suck along by to end up finishing 4 and not 8. animal kingdom is the real horse. he obviously loves 1 1/4. that is the championship distance. not 1 3/16. · 263 days ago ·
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The inclination to want to beat the favorite is a natural one. Most years on the Derby Trail, I happily fall into that pattern. Picking the Kentucky Derby favorite all spring is not nearly as much fun as tabbing a horse that is not so highly regarded. Some years though are different. The favorite is...Read More
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  • LDP19 · I wonder why every horse can have a second chance but Mo. He was very under trained, and trained almost backwardsly. Pletcher revved him up for the wrong race then let him go with 2 easy half mile works in 4 weeks. The flip flop of venues was also not a fantastic decision. Mike made a mistake there, but everyone makes a few. Mo did not fold like a weak tent, in fact he fought pretty hard even though he, IMO did not look comfortable over that track. · 305 days ago ·
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  • blooy · he was said to be hurt and if that was the case with the hoof tear, that is like running with a broken foot. · 304 days ago ·
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The Wood Memorial is the last major New York prep race for the Kentucky Derby, and throughout its history has been a significant springboard to success at Churchill Downs. Beginning with Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox in 1930, 11 Wood winners have gone on to take the Run for the Roses.   Inclu...Read More
One of my all time faves.
All you have to say about why Easy Goer isn't one of the all time greatest horses ever is Pat Day. If a handful of other riders had ridden him, he most likely would have never lost a race.
  • humphrey · Have to disagree. EG had chronic fetlock problems and the rider did as well as he could. Horse always broke slow giving the field many lengths. I was sucked in too by this one but outside of his brilliant races in New York, he was not the same animal......Began to wonder when Is It True, thanks to a great reading of the race track by Laffit, beat him in the off going at Churchill,.,.,.the same track and conditions where he lost out to Sunday Silence. · 380 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · interesting fact: In Easy Goer's 20 race career, he was never defeated by more than 2½ lengths. · 380 days ago ·
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Easy Goer is one of my all-time favorite colts. But giving credit where it's due, Sunday Silence must have been lightning fast to have beaten Easy Goer 3 out of the 4 times that they faced each other. Because if you watch Easy Goer in his races without Sunday Silence, the Wood Memorial, the Travers, the Woodward, the JCGC, and the Suburban Handicap, that long, powerful, explosive stride that he had completely overwhelmed the fields that didn't include Sunday Silence. But one comment I must make, I don't think anyone questions Easy Goer as an all-time great. But besides the Ky. Derby, the Preakness, and the B.C. Classic, he almost never left the state of New York for any of his other races, yet no one questions his greatness. But because Zenyatta has almost never left the state of California for any other races, a lot of people question her greatness. Hopefully, after the 2010 racing season ends, they won't again.
Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds takes a look at Lucky's pedigree to find out. Read More
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  • IronMaiden · Thanks, I'm glad everyone liked the pedigree analysis! · 692 days ago ·
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  • Arrrgy · Dosage numbers say yes. DP 10 - 4 - 12 - 0 - 0 CI 3.33 CD 0.92 http://chef-de-race.com/dosage/classics/2010/2010_classic_contenders.htm · 691 days ago ·
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When it comes to history and tradition, few races compare to the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Before the inaugural Breeders' Cup in 1984, The Gold Cup was as close to a year's end championship as thoroughbred racing had.Read More
With only three starts on his record there are legions of people arguing that Churchill should do something to ensure horses like Dunkirk can have access to the Kentucky Derby starting gate. TheseRead More
"Easy Goer with one... final... acceleration... and Sunday Silence... holds-on!"
11/5/89 Sunday Silence grittily held off a desperate late charge by Easy Goer to win the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic by a neck today at Gulfstream Park. The tight finish of this fourth meeting between the decade's greatest racing rivals brought a crowd of more than 50,000 to a roar and settled ...Read More
Easy Goer was a tremendous horse, but once he lost the Derby, he was never going to catch Sunday Silence on those tight turns at Pimlico or Gulfstream.
5/13/1994 by Joseph Durso The New York Times Easy Goer, the son of Alydar who caught the public's fancy as one of New York's most exciting racing champions, died yesterday at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky at the age of 8, apparently of a heart attack.Read More

Easy Goer - Pedigree

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AlydarRaise A NativeNative Dancer
Raise You
Sweet ToothOn-And-On
Plum Cake
RelaxingBuckpasserTom Fool
Busanda
Marking TimeTo Market
Allemande

Easy Goer - Race Results & Past Performances

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View Details07/04/901stP DayBel11 1/4 mDSuburban Handicap-G103+ MEasy GoerDe RocheMontubio2:00.00
View Details05/28/903rdP DayBel11 mileDMetropolitan Hcp. (Met Mile)-G10 Criminal TypeHousebusterEasy Goer1:34.40
View DetailsView Video11/04/892ndP DayGP101 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MSunday SilenceEasy GoerBlushing John2:00.20
View DetailsView Video10/07/891stP DayBel81 1/2mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103+ MEasy GoerCryptoclearanceForever Silver2:29.20
View DetailsView Video09/16/891stP DayBel81 1/4 mDWoodward-G103+ MEasy GoerIts AcedemicForever Silver2:01.00
View DetailsView Video08/19/891stP DaySar81 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MEasy GoerClever TrevorShy Tom2:00.80
View DetailsView Video08/05/891stP DaySar81 1/8 mDWhitney Handicap-G103+ MEasy GoerForever SilverCryptoclearance1:47.40
View DetailsView Video06/10/891stP DayBel81 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MEasy GoerSunday SilenceLe Voyageur2:26.00
View DetailsView Video05/20/892ndP DayPim101 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MSunday SilenceEasy GoerRock Point 1:53.80
View DetailsView Video05/06/892ndP DayCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MSunday SilenceEasy GoerAwe Inspiring2:05.00
View DetailsView Video04/22/891stP DayAqu81 1/8 mDWood Memorial-G103 MEasy GoerRock Point Triple Buck1:50.60
View DetailsView Video11/05/882ndP DayCD81 1/16 mDBreeders' Cup Juvenile-G102 MIs It TrueEasy GoerTagel1:46.30

 

 

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