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Sullivan

User Since: 8/19/2012

Racing interest:

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First track attended:

Suffolk Downs

Location:

Boston

About me/racing interests:
I've been an HRN member since mid 2011 under the previous moniker of "cocoa2". I am a lover of horses and have been following the sport since 2004, at the age of 6.

How did I get into racing?
My grandfather was a racing fan and as a child he fell in love with Tom Fool. When Smarty Jones made his bid for the Triple Crown, my entire family was behind him. Some years later, our interests progressed and my father turned the TV on just in time to catch Comma to the Top run in a maiden claimer. Later that year he won the Cashcall Futurity -- and so I was hooked for good.

Favorite racing moment?
Either Comma to the Top's gusty win in the Tom Fool where he came back with blinkers on to win the race after he was down a head, Mylute's rally in the Louisiana Derby at 20-1 to pass Revolutionary and then settle for second, or Dr. Fager's World Record Mile.

Sullivan's Top 5 Favorites of All-Time

Horses

Comma to the Top
Dr. Fager
Silky Sullivan
Sweet Emma Rose
Mylute

People

Clem McCarthy
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Dr. Chet Blackey
John A. Nerud
Mike G. Rutherford

Tracks

Hollywood Park
Keeneland
Suffolk Downs
Hawthorne Race Course

Races

1987 Massachusetts Handicap (G2)
2013 Tom Fool Handicap (G3)
1968 Washington Park Handicap
2015 Pacific Classic (G1)

Last 10 horses rated by Sullivan

Khozan	9
Stageplay	9
East Hall	8
Stage Stop	10
Cozmic One	10
Springsteen Road	9
Chelios	7
Twilight Tear	10
Chaotic Bull	9
Perfect Joiski	7

Tracks Sullivan has Visited: 8 tracks

Keeneland, Suffolk Downs, Punchestown-IRE, Curragh-IRE, Belmont Park, Hawthorne Race Course, Aqueduct Racetrack, Churchill Downs

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Mth 6/21/2015 R11 - Todd Pletcher Set to Conquer Monmouth Stakes

Monmouth's G3 Pegasus, set to go off at 5:40, features a field of 8 three year old colts going 8.5 furlongs on the main track. A somewhat evenly matched field, all entries but one are listed as 8-1 or lower on the Morning Line odds. #7 Chipit (B...

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Sullivan Re: Run Away - Horse

8/22/2017 11:07 AM

Should be interesting to see if he can stretch out.

Sullivan Re: Classic Rock - Horse

6/10/2017 2:13 PM

Has shown he likes 7f, working nicely, good post, looks great on the track, and he's 20-1...

Sullivan Re: Preakness 2017: Pletcher does not like to run them on short rest - Zipse At The Track

5/13/2017 12:33 PM

Great article topic.

Sullivan Re: Preakness 2017: Classic Empire may still prove best - Zipse At The Track

5/13/2017 12:32 PM

Classic Empire was tired going into the Derby, and I suspect that effort only took more out of him. I expect he may have trouble hitting the board, and look forward to betting the trifecta for that reason.

Sullivan Re: Maker's 46 Mile

4/11/2017 2:56 PM

No Tepin

Sullivan Re: Carter Handicap (2017) - Results

4/8/2017 4:19 PM

Saez lost that one

Sullivan Re: Mccracken - Horse

4/6/2017 4:48 PM

He's still relatively untested... should be interesting

Sullivan Re: Timeline - Horse

4/6/2017 4:44 PM

Good call.

Sullivan Re: Distinctiv Passion

3/30/2017 10:39 PM

Might be his year in the sprint, won't be 5f this year at Del Mar?

Sullivan Re: Arrogate - Horse

3/30/2017 11:06 AM

While there were definitely those who thought that Colin or Domino were more deserving of the GOAT title, I don't know if I can see completely eye to eye on your position of lists. I think the lists serve the important function of making sure that earlier horses are not forgotten. Any discussion here that incites the creation lists is bound to end up with at least one horse being mentioned that was forgotten. Horse racing has one of the strongest connections to history out of any sport, and with such short careers and such an emphasis on individual talent, I think the harm of lists is being exaggerated. A good point in the end though: we can only judge these horses based on what they did and could do.

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Should be interesting to see if he can stretch out.

Sullivan | 8/22/2017 11:07 AM | Re: Run Away - Horse

Has shown he likes 7f, working nicely, good post, looks great on the track, and he's 20-1...

Sullivan | 6/10/2017 2:13 PM | Re: Classic Rock - Horse

Great article topic.

Sullivan | 5/13/2017 12:33 PM | Re: Preakness 2017: Pletcher does not like to run them on short rest - Zipse At The Track

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Sullivan | 5/13/2017 12:32 PM | Re: Preakness 2017: Classic Empire may still prove best - Zipse At The Track

No Tepin

Sullivan | 4/11/2017 2:56 PM | Re: Maker's 46 Mile

Saez lost that one

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Sullivan | 4/8/2017 4:19 PM | Re: Carter Handicap (2017) - Results

He's still relatively untested... should be interesting

Sullivan | 4/6/2017 4:48 PM | Re: Mccracken - Horse

Good call.

Sullivan | 4/6/2017 4:44 PM | Re: Timeline - Horse

Might be his year in the sprint, won't be 5f this year at Del Mar?

Sullivan | 3/30/2017 10:39 PM | Re: Distinctiv Passion

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Sullivan | 3/30/2017 11:06 AM | Re: Arrogate - Horse

There is no harm in lists as long as people make them based on criteria and just don't randomly list horses and say things that are empirically false.

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Ferrisjso26 | 3/30/2017 1:01 PM | Re: Arrogate - Horse

What criteria are you using? The only thing I have seen you use is time of race. It may be a fact that Horse A ran a faster 1 1/4 mile than Horse B but it is you OPINION that time is a legitimate judge of the ability of a horse not a fact.

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Mike in SB | 3/30/2017 1:07 PM | Re: Arrogate - Horse

My main criteria are times(with added context) and how a horses two and three year old campaign compares to his historical peers and to a lesser extent first older campaign. Time's are competition proof so if the times are good i don't care as much about competition but win/loss records aren't so if a horse does nothing but win and the time is weak then the competition strength becomes relevant to me. Beating older horses would be important to me to but most of the time three year olds don't get a chance until the BCC or briefly before when the gap isn't nearly as wide as it would be around TC time or earlier so it's just a criteria that rarely is relevant to me even if I value it. I do not value things like carrying more weight especially today. I also do not value older accomplishments in wins and losses the same as three year old and two year olds. Criteria basically is WHY you have a horse ranked where they are.

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Ferrisjso26 | 3/30/2017 2:14 PM | Re: Arrogate - Horse

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