United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee (1997) #34 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Easy Goer Stakes at Belmont Park Timeform rating: 137 [1]
Easy Goer (March 21, 1986 – May 12, 1994) was an American Champion Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse known for earning American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors in 1988, and defeating 1989 American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence in the Belmont Stakes by eight lengths. Both horses were later voted into the American Hall of Fame. He is known for his excellence in New York, with running the fastest mile on dirt by any three-year-old in the history in the Gotham Stakes with a time of 1:32+2⁄5, the only horse in racing history to win the Belmont, Whitney, Travers, Woodward and Jockey Club Gold Cup, among others.
In the Blood-Horse List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Easy Goer is ranked #34.
He won 14 of his 20 races, including nine Grade I wins at distances of seven furlongs, eight furlongs, nine furlongs, ten furlongs and twelve furlongs, and placed second five times. His Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day considers Easy Goer to be the best horse he ever rode,[2][3] and the best horse his Hall of Fame Shug McGaughey trainer ever trained.[4]
^"Easy Goer (USA)". 2014–2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^Van Dyke, Grace (October 21, 2013). "A Blessed Life: Pat Day on making peace with his sport & his faith". Horse Nation.
^Mitchell, Ron (2008). Best of Talkin' Horses. Eclipse Press. ISBN 9781581501926.
^Christine, Bill (August 20, 1989). "Travers Won on Late Run by Easy Goer". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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