Buckpasser`s camp tipped their hats to Damascus because he won. Why can`t you do the same? Hedevar was one and two years removed from only a 4 way tie for the record. So what? Great White Way had no records. A loss is a loss no matter the pace mix. A great 4 year old season by Dr fager is still marred by a loss to Damascus. If Damascus had been a cheap allowance horse or claimer he would lose to Dr Fager even with a rabbit like Hedevar in the race. You have picked up the bias of John Nerud who said that repeatly about using two horses to beat one. So What? NO ONE called Dr Fager the best ever even in 1968 when he was winning races. It is a Mexican standoff between Dr Fager and Damascus and your opinion is a tip and tout sheet best avoided. You have read about it almost 40 years after the fact and you have aquired John Nerud`s bias not your own. You do not know the outcome of a 5th meeting betwen the two do you? Dr Fager could have lost without a rabbit. Who knows?
You opinion is just another opinion and not in spirit with those times at all.
