what a horse. i love watching these races. he was truly a great horse. it would seem most of the time pat day would hold him back when he was ready to roll on over everybody in the field from the get go.
Effortlessly Exploded Between Horses...Easy Goer was practically Dragging Pat Day to The Lead in Stretch...Once this Horse Levels off it is Lights out...Very Fast Final Time for the Whitney also...Pat Day usually had this Horse in Trouble During Most races...Losing ground...Making a move...Falling back...Making another move...Breaking awkward...Blocked...Pinned on rail...Squeezed...Wide...The 1989 Belmont Stakes was The Type of Ride he Should have Given Easy Goer throughout career...Nice break...Get Position Close to pace and just sit and wait and make 1 Move on turn ..Pat Day had Easy Goer all over the Place in Most races and was Spoiled aboard the Horse and did not respect any fields or Horses including Sunday Silence and it Cost him a few Big races...Pat Day counted on Easy Goers natural Talent and Never bothered to use any Tactics
Pat Day did not know what to do with this kind of talent...Sure he won many races regardless of the awful trip he gave this horse..That was a credit to the brilliance of the horse...Easy Goer had a brutal historic campaign coming into the Classic as Sunday Silence came in fresh...That is no excuse for losing that race by a neck...When you are closing fast and lose by a neck that is the fault of the jock...Easy Goer was better than Sunday Silence..
Beautiful horse with effortless easy power. Too bad the jockey Pat Day did not know how to ride him, and was continually getting blocked off by other horses, making it harder for Goer to win. This jockey cost Goer wins.
Easy Goer: Great horse ridden by the wrong jockey. Pat Day blew the Preakness with Easy Goer, letting Sunday Silence back into the race around the far turn instead of going on aggressively with him. Even here, in the Whitney, in just a six-horse field, Day manages to get Easy Goer bottled up behind horses in the stretch. Day was lucky he had such a monster like Easy Goer to slice through horses and go on to win. Angel Cordero or Laffit Pincay should've been riding Easy Goer.
If You Watch His Race Replays EG Had Very Strange Bad Trips Pretty Often in His Career (LOT of Stop Go Stop Go Action)...Worse Loss Was 89 Classic With HOTY on The Line and Pat Day Left a Lot of Gas Left in EGs Tank on The Track That Day...Lagging Far Behind and at Gulf...Moves up...Falls Back Again...Very Careless Spoiled Ride and Loses by a "Neck" With Full Head of Steam Toward Wire...Unforgivable
@@jackwoods9604 Easy Goer's race in the BC Classic was a mess but not all of it was Pay Day's fault. Easy Goer had a long, tiring 3yr old season racing. He got a few months off between the Triple Crown races but then rattled off a G1 win on average every 3 weeks (absolutely unheard of these days). Regarding the Classic, Shug McGaughey opted for racing Easy Goer in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, then run at a mile and a half, versus training him up to the Classic. Many questioned the decision to run in a 12f race as a prep to a 10f race. Meanwhile, Sunday Silence ran only two times after losing the Belmont, losing one of them to Prized in the Swaps, then had an easy Super Derby, winning going away in a moderate to slow 2:03 for the 10f. Easy Goer broke poorly from the inside post and Day had a hard time with him while Easy Goer took a long look at the rail and the track, was climbing while traveling over the harrows, and got left behind when the first quarter was run in :22 and change. Pat Day had a habit of giving his mounts "a breather" and Easy Goer seemed to expect that when he ran up to Sunday Silence and then just relaxed again. What lost Easy Goer the race was, sadly, Easy Goer when, at the top to the stretch he was slow to change leads, and Pat day had to switch to a left handed whip to get him on the correct lead and straighten him out. It was too little, too late at that point. Imho the only true error that Day made in the race was he took Easy Goer to the outside at the top of that stretch into the 4-5 path. He could have dropped onto the wide open rail for that stretch run and Easy Goer would have certainly won going away and we'd all be talking about the masterful ride Pat Day gave the Champion 3yr old & HoY Easy Goer in that race.
This horse was a beast with MONSTER talent!!!!
A hanger with no heart..
What I love is the fact that he was still accelerating when he hit the wire, and hadn't even hit his best stride yet.
what a horse. i love watching these races. he was truly a great horse. it would seem most of the time pat day would hold him back when he was ready to roll on over everybody in the field from the get go.
Effortlessly Exploded Between Horses...Easy Goer was practically Dragging Pat Day to The Lead in Stretch...Once this Horse Levels off it is Lights out...Very Fast Final Time for the Whitney also...Pat Day usually had this Horse in Trouble During Most races...Losing ground...Making a move...Falling back...Making another move...Breaking awkward...Blocked...Pinned on rail...Squeezed...Wide...The 1989 Belmont Stakes was The Type of Ride he Should have Given Easy Goer throughout career...Nice break...Get Position Close to pace and just sit and wait and make 1 Move on turn ..Pat Day had Easy Goer all over the Place in Most races and was Spoiled aboard the Horse and did not respect any fields or Horses including Sunday Silence and it Cost him a few Big races...Pat Day counted on Easy Goers natural Talent and Never bothered to use any Tactics
Pat Day did not know what to do with this kind of talent...Sure he won many races regardless of the awful trip he gave this horse..That was a credit to the brilliance of the horse...Easy Goer had a brutal historic campaign coming into the Classic as Sunday Silence came in fresh...That is no excuse for losing that race by a neck...When you are closing fast and lose by a neck that is the fault of the jock...Easy Goer was better than Sunday Silence..
Pat( a day late) Day.
Pat day didnt know what to do with such a pathetic hanger...
Beautiful horse with effortless easy power. Too bad the
jockey Pat Day did not know how to ride him, and was
continually getting blocked off by other horses, making
it harder for Goer to win. This jockey cost Goer wins.
Easy Goer: Great horse ridden by the wrong jockey. Pat Day blew the Preakness with Easy Goer, letting Sunday Silence back into the race around the far turn instead of going on aggressively with him. Even here, in the Whitney, in just a six-horse field, Day manages to get Easy Goer bottled up behind horses in the stretch. Day was lucky he had such a monster like Easy Goer to slice through horses and go on to win. Angel Cordero or Laffit Pincay should've been riding Easy Goer.
If You Watch His Race Replays EG Had Very Strange Bad Trips Pretty Often in His Career (LOT of Stop Go Stop Go Action)...Worse Loss Was 89 Classic With HOTY on The Line and Pat Day Left a Lot of Gas Left in EGs Tank on The Track That Day...Lagging Far Behind and at Gulf...Moves up...Falls Back Again...Very Careless Spoiled Ride and Loses by a "Neck" With Full Head of Steam Toward Wire...Unforgivable
Shoulda coulda BS, Pat Day got the money. Win easy!
@@kevinpantera4429 Yes Agreed Pat Day Was Careless and Extremely Spoiled Aboard EG
@@jackwoods9604 Easy Goer's race in the BC Classic was a mess but not all of it was Pay Day's fault. Easy Goer had a long, tiring 3yr old season racing. He got a few months off between the Triple Crown races but then rattled off a G1 win on average every 3 weeks (absolutely unheard of these days). Regarding the Classic, Shug McGaughey opted for racing Easy Goer in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, then run at a mile and a half, versus training him up to the Classic. Many questioned the decision to run in a 12f race as a prep to a 10f race. Meanwhile, Sunday Silence ran only two times after losing the Belmont, losing one of them to Prized in the Swaps, then had an easy Super Derby, winning going away in a moderate to slow 2:03 for the 10f. Easy Goer broke poorly from the inside post and Day had a hard time with him while Easy Goer took a long look at the rail and the track, was climbing while traveling over the harrows, and got left behind when the first quarter was run in :22 and change. Pat Day had a habit of giving his mounts "a breather" and Easy Goer seemed to expect that when he ran up to Sunday Silence and then just relaxed again. What lost Easy Goer the race was, sadly, Easy Goer when, at the top to the stretch he was slow to change leads, and Pat day had to switch to a left handed whip to get him on the correct lead and straighten him out. It was too little, too late at that point. Imho the only true error that Day made in the race was he took Easy Goer to the outside at the top of that stretch into the 4-5 path. He could have dropped onto the wide open rail for that stretch run and Easy Goer would have certainly won going away and we'd all be talking about the masterful ride Pat Day gave the Champion 3yr old & HoY Easy Goer in that race.
Easy goer: over rated hanger mis judged by his clueless fan boys...