2005 Preakness - Maybe the greatest performance by a horse in a Triple Crown race, ever....
When Afleet Alex was born his dam couldn't produce milk and rejected him. He was hand fed by his terminally ill breeder's 9yo daughter from a sterilized Bud Light bottle until a nurse mare could be found. His owners donated a large part of his racetrack winnings to Alex's Lemonade Stand. A rough trip cost him the Derby and his chance at the Triple Crown. He came back from defeat in Louisville to deliver what I feel was the greatest display of athletic ability I ever saw in the Preakness. What a great story and what a great horse. I hope he produces a Derby winner at stud. He deserves it.
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I know you said AP looked tired.... I didn't get that. I thought he looked gritty.
You may be right though. Hence the power of handicapping and putting real money in the game. 
