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In response to: "Is OD harder than Tevis?"

In 1998 - I was crewing for a horse I had conditioned for Tevis that the 
owner leased to a foreign competitor.

I was waiting at FH for them to come in and to pass the time - I started 
chatting with this older guy next to me who was also waiting.  I 
speculated about which was harder - OD or Tevis - not really expecting 
an answer.

The older guy said he felt it depended on whether the humidity was very 
high at OD or whether the temperature at Tevis was very high.  He felt 
either could be the more difficult depending on the conditions of the day.

I sort of blew him off thinking - what did he know?  I later saw all 
sorts of important people paying attention to this older guy and decided 
to check out who he was.

He turned out to be Mathew Mackay-Smith - the winner of both OD and 
Tevis in the same year(1994 or so) on the same horse.

I'm impressed by the wins as well as someone who doesn't say - I won 
both of them and here's my view.

Mike




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