Most Memorable Two-Horse Stretch Battles

Steve Haskin's Look Back at the Decade 

Editors of The Blood-Horse challenged senior correspondent Steve Haskin to fill in the blanks on several “best of” lists for the decade of 2000-2009. While several of them appear in the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 combined issue of the magazine (mailing on Dec. 29), there wasn’t space for them all.

Over the coming days until the end of the year, all of Steve’s lists will be posted here with readers of BloodHorse.com encouraged to comment.

Most Memorable Two-Horse Stretch Battles

1. Tiznow - Giants Causeway                    2000 BC Classic

2. Tiznow - Sakhee                                    2001 BC Classic

3. You - Carson Hollow                             2002 Test

4. Rags to Riches - Curlin                          2007 Belmont

5. Read the Footnotes - Second of June     2004 Fountain of Youth

6. Ghostzapper - Saint Liam                      2004 Woodward

7. Lava Man - A P Xcellent                       2007 Hollywood Gold Cup

8. Curlin - Lawyer Ron                              2007 JC Gold Cup

9. Proud Spell - Music Note                       2008 Alabama

10. Milwaukee Brew - Congaree                 2003 Santa Anita Handicap

11. Tiago - Heatseeker                                 2008 Oaklawn Handicap

12. Ginger Punch - Hystericalady                2007 BC Distaff

13. Invasor - Sun King                                 2006 Whitney

14. Buddha - Medaglia d'Oro                      2002 Wood Memorial

15. Hard Spun - First Defence                     2007 King's Bishop

16. Tiago - Awesome Gem                          2007 Goodwood

17. Toccet - Kafwain                                   2002 Hollywood Futurity

18. Unshaded - Albert the  Great                 2000 Travers

19. Hal's Hope - High Yield                        2000 Florida Derby

20. Street Sense - Any Given Saturday        2007 Tampa Bay Derby

Previous Lists:

12/21/09 - Most Physically Impressive Horses
12/22/09 - Most Memorable Triple Crown Performances
12/23/09 - Most Memorable Breeders' Cup Performances
12/26/09 - Greatest Training Achievements