Victory Gallop - 1998 Belmont Stakes

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The 1998 Belmont Stakes, ending in a stunning climax.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: November 23, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Author: cf1970

Length: 00:02:53
Rating: 4.43
Views: 39251

Tags: Sports Horse Racing 1998 Belmont Stakes Victory Gallop Real Quiet Tom Durkin Elmont New York United States

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atvizory2000 (December 8, 2008 at 8:43 pm)
I still get chills when i watch this and hear tom durkin at the wire "ITS TOO CLOSE TO CALL..."

This race is up there with the announcer call of secretariat at the belmont
MaronasCarreras (November 12, 2008 at 9:49 am)
this finish is very similar to this year's travers. Real Quiet had always a short lead, but in the wire Victory Gallop's head just went down. One metre more and Real Quiet should have won
leeweinb1 (October 24, 2008 at 4:43 pm)
tom durkin is a god!!!!
arazi2573 (August 26, 2008 at 10:37 pm)
I rarely think its a good call when the announcer does not call the winner. However, this was an exception. One of TD's best.
I recall that Kent moved Real Quiet out in the last few jumps interfering with Victory Gallop. I think there was an inquiry so RQ probably would have been DQ'd had VG not won anyway.
ivanyamil (August 16, 2008 at 12:59 am)
What a call by Tom Durkin...amazing...
FoxTrottrGrl (August 3, 2008 at 7:28 pm)
I last watched this race ten years ago, live on TV. This was my first set of Triple Crown races and not only got me hooked on racing, I'm going into it professionally now. Real Quiet is a Triple Crown winner in my books; I'm surprised people don't talk about it more, because it's the closest Triple Crown loss in history.
castlestar99 (August 10, 2008 at 4:22 pm)
im with u i dont see how people dont talk about it more
castlestar99 (July 30, 2008 at 9:59 pm)
its simple kent started is move 2 soon u never make ur move at the top of belmonts stretch and victory gallop ran him down
dahoss65 (August 13, 2008 at 12:43 pm)
You're correct, Kent did start his move too soon. Infact, he started his move somewhat with 3/4s of a mile to go and most people with horse sense or smarts know that a horse only has a good 3/8ths to 1/2 mile all out burst.
AwsiDooger (July 8, 2008 at 1:42 am)
I agree. The more I watch this race I can't fault Desormeaux. He surged to an extreme advantage position and it took a great rally by a very versatile horse to barely nip him.

Meanwhile, I'm always curious about the guys in the infield who turn and celebrate immediately after the horses hit the wire. Do they think Real Quiet held on? He's closest to them so it probably appeared he won.