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[@cindyrissal3628]

Great praise to Joel...he was very quiet with his whip, even in the heat of the stretch drive. He had enough brains to know that Knicks Go was giving him all he had. Great ride!!

[@yulmacordero7689]

Great job. Exelente trabajo amigo.te mando un beso

[@meganproffitt424]

Rosario doesn’t use the stick on the speed horses that are already winning. This is something he’s known for.

[@kathlynterry8196]

That was a breathtaking win.

[@kwgrid]

And he's gorgeous, too! Love the grays!

[@lindaphillips1481]

I'm with you! I love the grays!!

[@leonivonberg1354]

Wire to wire and not once had to use the whip. Beautiful😍

[@user-rg1gn3lw6o]

The world's best horse, Knicks Go! Let's cheer up! Korean horse racing.

[@duncanbleak3819]

Frontrunning horse of the year. Well done Knicks Go.

[@rosewetzel8284]

Only Life IS Good can beat Knicks Go

[@BigLouJo_XVI]

Can we all just take a moment to remember that this was Medina Spirit’s final race before he died during his workout in the beginning of last December?

[@elgransenor1472]

I’d rate this the best performance by any horse anywhere in the world in 2021

[@patriciaguth6882]

Congratulations Hot Rod Charlie, well-deserved 2021 winner of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award!

[@patriciaguth6882]

Loved seeing Charlie's pony, Lava Man, prancing in the post parade. He still looks good at 20 years old!

[@WesternStatesTrailMuseum]

I know what you mean. Lava Man still thinks it's "all about him" when he's on the track. I adore that horse.

[@patriciaguth6882]

@@WesternStatesTrailMuseum I think he knows he still has a lot of fans out there. He's something special for sure!

[@meagancobb1417]

He looked like he wanted to run the race himself. Lol

[@patriciaguth6882]

@@meagancobb1417 And he probably could have been in the money!

[@jameswormsley460]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@scorpionl6335]

joel, congratulations proud to be dominican. this is the place whrere any body w ability and talent can see, as the sky is the limit. love usa

[@bnegs521]

Remember early in his career when he was twice 75 and 80 to 1? CONGRATS!!

[@ca24denyt5]

i was at keeneland and saw him win at 70-1 in the breeders futurity and then in the juvenile just 4 weeks later and he ran 2 great races except game winner was just too good as a 2 year old.

[@bnegs521]

@@ca24denyt5 That's awesome that you were there for that! I had big money on Knicks God for this race and I said he was going to wore the field!

[@jeffmejia3556]

Velásquez pumping on his mount before stretch run. Bad sign whereas the leader still hadn’t moved yet on his mount. Loved how Rosario moved wide on the turn. He knew who was going to try come up on him.

[@cesarmo469]

I noticed that too . . .

[@thehealthychefri]

JV saved no ground and fanned MS 2 wide on both turns, while, HRC and EQ saved ground inside. MS ran as fast as the winner because of the ground loss!

[@anthonyvargas888]

Knicks runs like a machine, runs same race everytime. Older horse, speed of speed, Greatful for 3-1! What a gift! You can't beat what you can't catch! I would also love to see Life is Good vs Knicks Go at maybe a mile and one eight, that would be a treat to see.

[@rastalove4life]

We will see that this weekend.

[@sharonmartin6986]

Love this horse!

[@VanessaBrown-fb6ue]

what a great RACE...KNICKS GO & EQ trained by BRAD COX...CONGRATULATIONS 2 BOTH HORSES 🐎 ❤❤❤💯💯💯

[@alanb5098]

He came second in this race but first to the finish line R.I.P Medina Spirit

[@eskayuxsh]

R.I.P

[@thepowerfulwolfspirit.2581]

Essential quality will always be my beautiful silver star.😍 He may not have won, but he’s still my favorite horse.😊

[@JIM87ification]

EQ had a great year. He will get the award for 3 year old Colt.

[@bandovreal22]

@@JIM87ification yeah right, never has beaten Medina Spirit. Medina Spirit is the 3 year old of the year

[@agustindejesus7398]

@@bandovreal22bando, no way. Derby was a cheat, then nothing.....finally this one was a lucky second when the good ones did not ran their race. Life is Good would have beat him if entered.

[@JIM87ification]

@@bandovreal22 you make a good point. But the cloud over the derby may hurt him

[@montanamountaingarden476]

@@bandovreal22 Uh no EQ will get it, he has a better record for champion 3yr old male than Medina does. EQ won all but 2 races in his 3yr old year, with wins coming in the Southwest Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Jim Dandy Stakes and Travers Stakes. Medina Spirit had a break between May and August, and he only won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, KY Derby, Shared Belief Stakes & Awesome Again Stakes (beating weak fields in 3 of his 4 wins). Medina also only ever won races when he was loose on the lead the whole race, he couldn't win unless he had the lead or was pressured (as shown in the Preakness). Beating another horse or not isn't even really considered in the voting bc it all comes down to the horse's record for the year. EQ won more prestigious races than Medina Spirit did this year, and it'd probably place a very negative light on the sport rn if they were to give the award to Medina Spirit, when his Derby win isn't even official yet

[@charleslhealy5720]

Awesome jockey. Love the way how he never used his whip going down the final stretch...hand rode the winner

[@montanamountaingarden476]

That's how Joel rides all his frontrunners if he knows they're winning easily

[@ahsanshaikh786]

Look at those fractions! Knicks Go answered all questions about his ability to win at 1 1/4. Medina Spirit was smartly kept off the pace and showed class for second, as did EQ for third.

[@greer2402]

Track was hard as a rock. Every race had fast fractions

[@arlenebeth7029]

Finally something named Knicks winning something

[@ArturoHernandez-lz1if]

Felicidades campeon.

[@tadaharajiku3035]

Congratulations Kinicks Go 🏆

[@alnob1090]

The best races in the World

[@Em-dh2eh]

Not normally a fan of greys, but I LOVE this Colt! Go Knicks Go!

[@johnanthony6191]

incredible pace and he just killed this field

[@oiooi6460]

Fabulous performance

[@nancycowan5030]

I have loved Knicks Go before he started winning, Medina Spirit is a brave strong 2nd and I love him as well, such awesome horses!

[@jamesyoung6003]

Had the race won by half way up the back stretch! Oozes class and won this in a canter.A gold champion. Hard to figure how those 3.5 year olds were to succeed here , not least given the manner of KG's last race.Difficult to perceive that even a triple crown winner would have beaten this fella.Stamped with indicative markings , for an outright fabulous racehorse.

[@jamesyoung6003]

@Sophia Schommer Thank you and re TR.Agree totally.

[@rcg9573]

Yeah, easy to say after the race is over dummy. 😆😆

[@montanamountaingarden476]

He had the race won before the first turn when no one decided to pressure him

[@Jburns4620]

Thanks for the awesome Trifecta!!

[@agustindejesus7398]

Jane, how much? See you at the Mall.

[@sscraddock]

Really good horse. Solid final time.

[@user-zf6ws6wg2q]

Congratulations!!!한국경마 업그레이드 곧 되겠다~

[@sharonmartin6986]

Loved seeing Knicks Go. He got lucky when Brad Cox got him. This horse is magnificent. Much pleasure watching him loving to run. Happy to see Medina Spirit 2 nd. He's a good boy.

[@pocahon8460]

They both got lucky

[@Mrpicis30]

JOEL ROSARIO, THE BEST ONE, ORGULLO DOMINICANO Y DE LATINOAMERICA, BENDICIONES DE DIOS...

[@reconhill8384]

Congratulations BRAD and team

[@wrenster34]

Maryland Bred Knicks Go!!!

[@mossx1867]

Beautiful Horse 🌹

[@racheldoyle7667]

Epic race by K Nicks Go, love Essential Quality too, and RIP to Medina Spirit

[@paintedpony6394]

Wire to wire and never touched by the stick. Wow!

[@gerrin1530]

If I had a great horse Joel would have been the jockey. The way he take care of the horses is second to none. Other jockeys are copying his whip less way to ride

[@rugger104]

And went way wide into the stretch and they still couldn’t touch him

[@pocahon8460]

Could there be a more beautiful colt??? That tail that sail....

[@jdbaes]

RIP Medina Spirit 😓😔🌈

[@annetteb4930]

Wow! Knicks Go still had a lot left at the finish! Beautiful dappled horse!

[@stormymaiden]

Caballazooo......del nivel de Tiznow y hasta de Curlin!!! ...

[@kwgrid]

Knicks Go beat both of their times for the Breeder's Cup Classic. He didn't set a record though. Looks like there were a few horses that ran slightly faster: Skip Away in 1997, Raven's Pass in 2008, and Ghostzapper in 2004.

[@greenworld15]

Knicks go " The demolition machine"

[@moreldomingo7429]

Knicks go to rankings # 1 in the world 128 point

[@manuelenriquerodriguezsilv3461]

El remate de los últimos 400 metros fue fenomenal

[@juancho7807]

Perdio en la partida claramente

[@martincorrea4375]

@@juancho7807 el que se quisiera ganar a knicks go en esta carrera debía romper el récord de pista , este caballo no tiene rivales actualmente en el continente americano.

[@vincentphillips3415]

Great race

[@yosepsmaulana8867]

Strong and fastest horse this year 😎

[@carlosfeliu7885]

Eso lo hacen un buen caballo y gran jinete,,,

[@kennethgoldfarb8614]

That stride is so rythmic ! Ran them into the ground

[@meganproffitt424]

What?

[@davidellis5141]

Knicks Go 🐎 is a 🌟 ! ( Wire To Wire )

[@paulv7554]

If you just focus on EQ and Hot Rod, every time those two face each other, it's almost a carbon copy finish the way EQ gets him.

[@cherylbean521]

Start to finish

[@user-rh5zl8to6i]

닉스고한편의드라마를보는것같군요.슈퍼스타닉스고 짱👍

[@user-qy7np8us1g]

닉스고 최고다

[@seadrifter8975]

Great performance by knicks go? The horse has a fluid running style and beat a classy field quite comfortably

[@VanessaBrown-fb6ue]

KNICKS GO beat a field of 3yr old horses quite comfortably..thats no huge surprise ...he is a much STRONGER HORSE

[@williamdunphy352]

Race Call: Larry Collmus

[@devinparker1748]

EQ had a bad trip but no mattter, . Knicks Go was clearly the best and wasntn to be beaten!

[@dianehawthorne1493]

He is beautiful!!!!

[@8Scorpions]

My girlfriend love the colors of Knicks Go and I loved the 5,8 exacta😁...it was a really good race!!!!

[@brotheldan2009]

I did a $4 exacta $120 it got me

[@Brutalized10]

That horse made me so much money and not even that that was my horse made so much memories miss you Knicks Go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

[@sharonmohon3275]

While I am a EQ fan, my hats off to KG. He ran a flawless race. Did anyone feel that EQ was struggling a bit? He didn’t seem to have that “spark”.

[@dlempriere76]

EQ is a grinder. He was never going to win this race in California.

[@greer2402]

Who is eq and kg

[@erickriv5485]

@@greer2402 , EQ (Essencial Quiality) and KG ( Knics Go)

[@erickriv5485]

Medina Spirit is best horse Essencial Quiality.

[@dd9911]

EQ looked held back too long. The jockey didnt get him in place in time to let him stretch, he even appears board at one point.

[@stylishgambino1781]

Medina show real class he took the widest route in the three path and still got up to get second that to me is more impressive than knicks go who shot to the front and hug the rail all around with no challenges.

[@taroseren]

I knew he’d win idk why people didn’t go with him

[@oralv.stephenson1427]

Intelligently ridden by superstar American jockey, Joel Rosario.

[@erickriv5485]

Medina Spirit the Best 3 years old horses. Very great ride by Johnny Velazquez over Medina Spirit.

[@user-yj7sx2kq1r]

닉스고 우승했네. 추카한다

[@mikeuyeda2330]

Britney Eurton is the best. So classy!!

[@karaamundson3964]

My buddy rattling his hooves

[@sharonw2010]

Glad to see the grey win!

[@eddiedeleon2425]

noong nagpakawala na yung mga humahabol kay Knicks Go at hindi lumampas at naubusan tapos na ang karera inilabas pa sa balya, binagsakan pa ng palo si Essential Quality, to no avail thanks and happy racing

[@eddiedeleon2425]

sa loob loob ko lang or my assumption of the race, thanks

[@heyIMsofaKINGcool]

I hate when the video is almost 7 minutes long but it’s actually over in the first 10 seconds

[@CesarQuinteros-ul9yb]

Lo más hermoso, lo que me enamora es que nunca le pego que caballazo Dios mío…..

[@Laughlin007]

I'd love to see Mage do this in this year's Travers. He can break the 2 minute barrier at a mile and 1/4 if he takes the lead early or sets up behind a fast pace.

[@user-eh8nd5ul9t]

knicks go 3-1???????

[@charzieq8248]

Just shows that Medina can beat EQ even with no cream on his butt !!!! LOL

[@mariabykofsky4502]

Love my Medina Spirit...

[@makennabouillon2836]

no, EQ had a horrible trip. He was bottled up behind Hot Rod Charlie the whole race and never got a clear shot to run. Medina is probably as good as Essential Quality, but certainly not better

[@garyaustin8595]

@Sophia Schommer Agreed. & traffic cost him at least a length or 2. Nobody was beating Knicks today though. 5 year old vs. 3 year olds. Hopefully they'll run next year. Race on.

[@charzieq8248]

@@makennabouillon2836 ok, but Medina was 3 wide all the way , no excuses for EQ, only that he is not as good as Medina and if you remember Medina beat him in the KD too and it was not because of an ointment on his butt it was cause he is better than EQ.

[@dakota6455]

MS was just a half a step slow coming out of the gate. That cost him the race. That and a 4+ wide every step maybe we have a different outcome. But kudos to Knicks Go definitely HOY.

[@nathanael123]

Medina the best 3yo for sure

[@russellbreiter4142]

I agree but essential quality will probably win the eclipse award due to the negative publicity that Medina spirit has had

[@boswindle9050]

@@russellbreiter4142 how? He beat EQ twice now

[@VanessaBrown-fb6ue]

@@russellbreiter4142 I agree & EQ won more GRADE 1 & GRADE 2 races than MEDINA

[@donatuskissoon9365]

This was not the only race where there was a distinct bias towards the middle of the track.

[@YatinRVora]

Funny horse racing commentary

[@jhank0cean]

LETS GO KNICKSSSS BING BONG

[@guadalupesoto6870]

Ganó parando tremendo caballo ah este no se lo ganan más es de otro planeta

[@yuleidysaular4931]

Knicks go probable caballo del junto a essential Quality y joel rosario fuerte candidato al jockey del año con esta victoria

[@mdixonreynolds]

No stopping Knicks Go!

[@justjokinntokin5474]

Man NO horse was gunna catch em....he looked like he had more in the tank

[@PatrickMcCool]

Derby 1,3,4 finishers finish 2,3,4 proving Derby was legit despite what Churchill thinks. MEDINA Spirit deserved better.

[@TailsFan369no2]

Cox on a roll this year

[@pocahon8460]

He is the real deal

[@djstarshooter1648]

Let’s go Knicks Go

[@dillingersam588]

superstar

[@MarioMorales-si5tc]

Tordilho bom ,guapo!

[@lkmorgan1959]

Medina Spirit a game second. ❤️❤️❤️

[@juanramos8836]

Joel.the best.jockey..by..Republica.Dominicana..

[@alexey8930]

Legend

[@pennydickinson7021]

Fabulous

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Horse of the year is settled. But 3 year old horse of the year has heated up more. Would Medina Spirit be in the running even if he is more than likely more than likely to be dq'ed as the KY. Derby winner? Would it matter if each times he has faced EQ and HRC that he beat them? To be continued.

[@montanamountaingarden476]

Medina isn't likely to get the 3yr old honors for the fact that you mentioned, it would shed a very negative light on the sport due to the fact that his Derby win is still under scrutiny. Medina also has beaten very weak fields in his other 3 wins this year, while EQ and HRC both ran against top quality fields all year and dominated them. A horse beating other horses doesn't really factor in here bc it's more about the individual's overall record on the year. If HRC and EQ had embarrassed themselves in the Classic and completely not run at all, then maybe Medina being champion 3yr old would be more realistic. But bc EQ and HRC both put in strong efforts to be third and fourth, they likely still outshine Medina for the honors. EQ has also won more prestigious races this year than Medina did. Medina only won the KY Derby, while EQ won both the Belmont and the Travers

[@RalphStaplesverbal]

I dont think essential quality enjoyed that inside run at all

[@franklincruel6612]

The best hourse at this point

[@xiaocui01]

Knicks go’s running style really reminds me of lady’s secret

[@user-dn6zu5tg8f]

누가 ?닉스고가 2000은 무리라고 하나?나이쓰 닉스고!

[@jeffherd7921]

Fantastic

[@winst0n888]

Lane 1 on the rail was dead. Great job by KG and Joel.

[@VanessaBrown-fb6ue]

JOEL is a very slick rider he knows how to go in the paths of horses and don't get caught period