Interesting article about Damascus

If you like reading about great horses of the past, head over to cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-ste...cus-raced-today.aspx

Here's one paragraph of note:

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But here is why Damascus ranks among the greatest horses in racing history, and certainly among the most durable horses ever seen. After winning his 3-year-old debut, an allowance race at Pimlico, in which he was slammed into so hard in the stretch it turned him sideways, he raced in 15 consecutive stakes that year alone, winning 11 (including the Preakness and Belmont Stakes) and finishing second twice by a nose and once by a half-length to Dr. Fager, in which Bill Shoemaker blamed himself for the defeat. And here is the truly remarkable part. The intervals between his races were 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 week, 2 weeks, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 10 days, 3 weeks, 1 week, 3 weeks, 2 weeks, 16 days, 26 days, 28 days, and 2 weeks. And he actually got stronger as the year went on.

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Great story, my fav horse was Mill Reef.

I'm a Secretariat man myself, but you have to be impressed by that record of Damascus. Pity Damascus Gate wasn't made the same way and retired injured after three starts with Terrance Millard. He showed a ton of promise.