35 years ago today (October 6, 1979), Affirmed makes the final start of his career when he defeats Spectacular Bid and Coastal (the two top three year olds of 1979) in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. A significant portion of the CBS Broadcast of the race: https://youtube/watch?v=mD8SKrj-8AA This would be the final time to this day a horse who had won the Triple Crown would start in a race as he would be retired following his win in the JCGC. Like Seattle Slew did to him a year earlier in the only meetings ever of two Triple Crown winners, Affirmed showed the three year olds who was superior, something Spectacular Bid would do as well the following year.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:18:54 +0000