I was at laurel Park the day Broad Brush debuted in 1985. He dumped his jock, Vince Bracciale and ran off. He ran sixth. But then he reeled off a string of victories and was named Md. Bred Juvenile. Dickie Small let me visit him in the paddock as a 3-year old. He was one neat but quirky horse. i still follow all of his progeny. It seems, like Secretariat and Medaglia D'Oro, that his daughters are where his strength lies.
I almost forgot about Broad Brush but he was that bruiser type of beat you down horse. If I recall he was a Maryland based horse. 1 of the few that always got saddled down with a lot of weight later on. Very difficult for a horse to jump to the other coast in a race like this and win.
cordero once again proves that his is the BEST IN THE WORLD. injury cut short the greatest jockey of all time. baily ,lucas,pincay shoemaker, all agree
Most would fault with Shoe for what looked like a premature move down the backstretch, but the leaders were intentionally slowing it down to try and save for the stretch run, so he had to move to establish position. He was well in-hand around the far turn into the head of the stretch. You could see the Derby winner fighting back, and this could be one of the unluckiest head bob of all times (besides Colonel John and Mambo in Seattle.) Ferd probably fought til the very end as in this race...
Two excellent horses in an excellent race, with two of the best jockeys of all time Cordero and Shoemaker nose and nose in the stretch. Quite the dramatic finish. What a horse race! Very sad what happened to Ferdinand. A champion, indeed.
WOW! They don't campaign 'em like that anymore. If Pletcher trained either one of them, they'd be sitting this one out with a high blood count. It's great to relive the great old days when racehorses were raced against racehorses! Thanks for the video!
redbrian3655 Says:
24/06/2011 11:12:02 PM
I was at laurel Park the day Broad Brush debuted in 1985. He dumped his jock, Vince Bracciale and ran off. He ran sixth. But then he reeled off a string of victories and was named Md. Bred Juvenile. Dickie Small let me visit him in the paddock as a 3-year old. He was one neat but quirky horse. i still follow all of his progeny. It seems, like Secretariat and Medaglia D'Oro, that his daughters are where his strength lies.
charliescigar Says:
24/12/2010 3:46:37 PM
Cordero seems pretty sure he won at the wire by half a nose....
joefederico Says:
25/12/2009 6:13:47 PM
I almost forgot about Broad Brush but he was that bruiser type of beat you down horse. If I recall he was a Maryland based horse. 1 of the few that always got saddled down with a lot of weight later on. Very difficult for a horse to jump to the other coast in a race like this and win.
Skoshi33 Says:
2/09/2009 11:33:52 AM
Cordero gets payback for Seattle Slew when Exceller/Shoemaker beat him a nose in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold cup.
cameoclub Says:
5/07/2009 8:10:57 PM
cordero once again proves that his is the BEST IN THE WORLD. injury cut short the greatest jockey of all time. baily ,lucas,pincay shoemaker, all agree
yipyappyyip Says:
16/09/2008 12:49:28 PM
Most would fault with Shoe for what looked like a premature move down the backstretch, but the leaders were intentionally slowing it down to try and save for the stretch run, so he had to move to establish position. He was well in-hand around the far turn into the head of the stretch. You could see the Derby winner fighting back, and this could be one of the unluckiest head bob of all times (besides Colonel John and Mambo in Seattle.) Ferd probably fought til the very end as in this race...
ahsans786 Says:
18/04/2008 3:35:38 PM
cordero just muscled broad bush past shoemaker and ferdinand
sidewalkcafe2007 Says:
7/01/2008 3:26:21 PM
Two excellent horses in an excellent race, with two of the best jockeys of all time Cordero and Shoemaker nose and nose in the stretch. Quite the dramatic finish. What a horse race! Very sad what happened to Ferdinand. A champion, indeed.
jimchait Says:
17/07/2007 12:29:51 PM
WOW! They don't campaign 'em like that anymore. If Pletcher trained either one of them, they'd be sitting this one out with a high blood count. It's great to relive the great old days when racehorses were raced against racehorses! Thanks for the video!
shellpen10 Says:
12/07/2007 3:17:07 PM
Wow. What a finish...too bad that Ferd didn't win. He looked sharp. What an end to a beautiful and kind horse.
thanks for the video
carlykaiser Says:
8/07/2007 2:47:46 PM
WOW! Never seen this race, glad I did! I've never seen a closer non-dead heat finish!
cf1970 Says:
8/07/2007 9:45:18 AM
A fantastic finish, to be sure. Agreed, a truly sad fate for both of them.
JettRink50 Says:
8/07/2007 7:58:00 AM
I enjoyed this race even though Ferdinand had such a horrible end to his life as well as Shoemaker.