Videos of Rody's GreatGrandsire, Buckpasser.

Videos of Rody's Great Grandsire, Buckpasser during his spectacular "taking on all comers" 15-race winning streak ...

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1966 Flamingo Stakes

1966 Jockey Club Gold Cup

1967 Aqueduct Metro Handicap

1965 Sapling Stakes

Video 1: The infamous 1966 "Chicken" Flamingo Stakes...

Title: A Race for All Time: Buckpasser winning 1966 Flamingo Stakes.

Caption: Buckpasser spots Abe's Hope shooting by in the stretch, and responds with an amazing run to the wire that rates as one of the best comebacks ever.

Selected Comments:

buckpasser looks set to be sensationally defeated, then proceeds to win sensationally !

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i own his grand daughter Buck Too Baby the? 21 year old

by: princenally1

i ride Buck's great grandson....not kidding!!!!!!

by: figuniclub

Looked like he hit the nitrous button right at the end lol?

by: maxflier

Fun video. It's amazing that a horse with such a bizarre running style managed to win 25 of 31 races. Braulio Baeza said that in order to win he had to time Buckpasser's move so that he just clipped his opponents at the wire. The reasons for that are obvious from this video. Thanks for showing it.

by: sl7293

Buckpasser was a real great racehorse,and his daughters are like gold.

by: BE109

A wonderful racehorse, great broodmare sire and an even better temperment!

by: 12exceller

buckpasser was one of the best ever!!

by: STU676

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Video 2: Buckpasser winning the 2-mile 1966 Jockey Club Gold Cup in another spectacular finish.

Video Title: Buckpasser shows his class and stamina at two miles.

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Comment: Buckpasser was a very impressive racehorse. His only quirk was he would pull up when he got the lead. You had to wait until the stretch before you produced him. That is not uncommon in racehorses, they seem to think that when they take the lead,then their job is done. Street Sense shows that tendency to some degree. Good trainers and jocks can overcome this.

by: BE109

REPLY by cf1970: Yes, very good points. Sunday Silence also seemed to have this same tendency when he loafed and swerved when he had race(s) in hand. A very interesting trait, to be sure!

Comment: Oh wow!? What an impressive performance!

by: gfn02

REPLY by cf1970: Agreed. Stamina, speed...Buckpasser and Secretariat are regarded to have the most perfect conformation in American racing history. What a beaut. He sure had a lot left in the tank going to the wire!

Comment: He sure was underated my good man. His jockey said he was the best he ever rode not The Dr. and he finished a length ahead of him in their only race in which Damascus won.

by: rscarbro100

Comment: He is an under-rated animal. If you talk to the old-timers, they usually name Buckpasser as one of the best.

by: bg147

Comment: great video just awesome!!!! truly top 10-20 horse all time... like someone said they dont make them like him anymore!

by: bigfred3217

Comment: Wow, he won 13 of his 14 races! Wonder why he`s not so famous....that`s a shame.

by: Beatlegirl4eva

Comment: The best thing about this video is the wonderful background music! Perfect..

by: yipyappyyip

Comment:: It's a crying shame they don't run the JCGC at 2 miles any more. And before you say, "because they don't breed for that distance," run it at that distance and trainers will find horses to run at that distance.

by: WhiteCamry

Comment: Only once he drew off to victory, I think it was 7 lengths. I am not sure, so don't hold me to that :). I love the fact his daughters produced so many champions. What a horse.

by: shdweyed

Comment: I love to watch this race! Thank you so much for posting cf! I hope you are having a great weekend....

by: Jazzgirl8888

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Video 3: NewReel of Buckpasser winning the 1967 Aqueduct Metro Handicap

Title: Archival footage of the 1967 Aqueduct Metropolitan Handicap where 1966 Horse of the Year Buckpasser put his 14 race winning streak on the line.

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Video 4 : Buckpasser winning the 1965 Sapling Stakes as a juvenile.

"Scary racehorse, maybe the best ever?"

Title: After being left at the start, Buckpasser shows his legendary talent and outruns the leaders in a fantastic juvenile effort.

note: the original uploader of this video had embedding disabled. We had to re-upload it in order to allow you to watch this video on Rody The Mare's web site.

The Original source(with thanks to CF1970): www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2eZNv2nmHY

Full Comments:

Comment: Many thanks for posting this Sapling. Buck was one of my favorite? runners of all time. As a kid, I use to visit him at the Phipps barn on the Oklahoma side of the track. He was a real gentleman and he had a beautiful, fluid, ground-eating style and he seemed to believe that he was there to entertain everyone - or give them a heart attack! Now if someone can upload the '67 Surburban H. where Buck was down by 4 at the 1/16 pole.

REPLY by cf1970: You're very welcome. I haven't found the '67 Suburban yet, but I'd certainly love to see it. Thanks for viewing and sharing.

Comment: That is what a classic type colt will do to good colts. Usually the majority of runners in 2Yr. old contests like the Sapling prove to be sprinters. Having to make up that ground had no effect on Buckpasser.

Comment: I was at the 1967 Suburban Handicap and would love to see video of that race. It has remained burned in my memory as the greatest horse race I've ever seen. Buckpasser was amazing. He was NOT going to lose. In most of his races, I think he like to toy with the opposition by coming from behind and? proving how totally superior he was to mortal horses. He's one of the greatest, and underrated today.

Comment: I was at the 1967 Suburban, and it was unquestionably the greatest race I've ever seen. I'd love to see video of it. Buckpasser toyed with the other horses in most of his races. Truly one of the greats, and definitely underrated today.

Comment: Scary racehorse, maybe the best ever?.

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