Michael Geraghty - Afleet Alex - Limited Edition

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14 x 19 limited edition print (only 500 available) of race horse Afleet Alex

This print is signed by the artist and numbered.

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Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland. As the field reached the quarter pole in full flight of the 2005 Preakness, Stakes, Afleet Alex narrowly escaped disaster. Race leader Scrappy T reacted unexpectedly to a left-handed tap by jockey Ramon Dominguez and darted right into the path of a circling Afleet Alex.

In a moment that none who saw it would ever forget, the two colts clipped heels and Afleet Alex stumbled badly. Jockey Jeremy Rose was jettisoned far up his neck as Alex had nearly gone to his knees.

Yet in a miraculous feat of athleticism by both horse and rider, within a stride Afleet Alex had regained full balance, recovered momentum, and dashed away from Scrappy T for an amazing 5 length victory. Amazingly, Afleet Alex had not only overcome a calamitous moment, but would run the fastest Preakness in 8 years!

Three weeks later in the Belmont Stakes, Afleet Alex validated his greatness -- and place in history -- while covering the final quarter :24 2/5 seconds --- a final split time faster than even Secretariat had run the mile-and-a-half Belmont.