Jockey Jean Cruguet rode Seattle Slew to the Triple Crown, but in looking back over his career, he named another horse as being even better, stating that this colt would have been a 1-9 shot to win the Triple Crown had he remained sound. Instead, a broken leg sent this ultra-talented youngster off to surgery and then to stud, leaving an entirely unexpected new star to write the headlines that spring. Who was Cruguet's choice as a horse who might have been one of the greatest of the great?
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