Triple Crown Drop-Outs Poll
Note: Voting is now closed. I am tabulating the results and will have them posted shortly.
By popular request, here is a poll for your to voice your opinion on who is the best horse to NOT run in any of the Triple Crown races. If you like, you can stretch that to include not running well in them too, like Tom Fool who was badly beaten in the Derby and missed the other two races. The horse may have made his mark on the track like Kelso and John Henry or he may have made it in the breeding shed like Danzig. This poll will close on Monday, 9/21/98.
Remember that for write-in votes spelling and capitalization are very important. Votes will not total together if the names are not entered exactly the same way.
Profiles of the ones on the list are available below. NOTE: Fillies are not eligible since they normally don't run in the Triple Crown races anyway.
| Please don't vote for Ruffian, she is a filly and NOT eligible! FYI - the software for compiling the votes resides on www.ok88.com which is beyond our control. If it is down when you try to vote or check totals, please try back later. | |
- Ack Ack
- Black Tie Affair
- Buckpasser - Champion 2yo 1965, Champion 3yo and Horse of the Year 1966 even though he missed all the Triple Crown races
- Cigar
- Coronado's Quest - everyone knows who he is by now and that he missed the Triple Crown but still has a good shot at the 3yo Eclipse
- Danzig
- Deputy Minister
- Devil's Bag
- Domino
- Dr. Fager
- Graustark - sufferred a career-ending injury in the Blue Grass Stakes - his only loss from eight starts. Turned out to be an excellent broodmare sire.
- Hoist the Flag - 2yo champ, broke his front foot before the Derby in a workout, also turned out to be a great broodmare sire.
- Housebuster
- John Henry
- Kelso
- Lure
- Mr. Prospector
- Seabiscuit
- Skywalker
- Sysonby - raced in 1904-1905 with a record of 15-14-0-1 with $184,438 in earnings, was found to be doped in his only loss. Missed all the Triple Crown races.
- Tom Fool
- Wild Again
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If he gets enough votes, the US Postal Service will include him in their Celebrate the Century commemorative set. Click on "Sports" then check the box by Secretariat and click register my votes. You have to fill out the info requested on that page for the vote to count and you can only vote once per email address. Lets all go vote and get Secretariat on a stamp of his own!
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