Posted by Nick Kling 56 days ago (http://www.brisnet.com) Category: Perspectives
Eight Belles did not have to break down, but all the ingredients for a recipe for disaster that we have seen far too many times were present... Here's why and a little history lesson for those of you not old enough to have been around. Ruffian ran her fatal match race on July 6, 1975. Two days earlier, a freak thunderstorm hit Belmont Park.
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