Easy Goer was one of the top racehorses of all time and arguably the best one ever sired by Alydar. In 1988, Easy Goer won the Cowdin and Champagne stakes before finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, winning the award as the 2-year-old Champion. In 1989, Easy Goer had one of the best seasons any thoroughbred can have without being crowned a champion in any category. In his career, Easy Goer won nine grade I stakes races, placed in four others, and never finished out of the money in any race. His worst finish was a third place in the 1990 Metropolitan Handicap where the winner was Horse of the Year Criminal Type and the place horse was Sprint Champion Housebuster.
Easy Goer's career was eerily similar to that of his sire Alydar. Proclaimed as a superhorse even before making his 2-year-old debut, Easy Goer performed as advertised on the racetrack. In his 3-year-old season, Easy Goer dominated in eight of the eleven races in which he ran, nine of which were grade I stakes races. He would have won them all except for the presence of Sunday Silence, who became for Easy Goer in 1989 the equivalent of Affirmed for Alydar in 1978. Sunday Silence narrowly defeated Easy Goer in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Breeders' Cup Classic to claim the 1989 3-year-old Champion and Horse of the Year awards. As a 4-year-old in 1990, Easy Goer succumbed to injury and retirement after only two more victories, disappointing many fans who had looked forward to another year of the Easy Goer/Sunday Silence rivalry, in the same way that many fans were hoping for more Alydar/Affirmed races in 1979 when Alydar was retired due to injury. Easy Goer and Alydar both ended their careers with 14 victories, and each ran their final race on July 4th in the Suburban Handicap at Belmont.
Easy Goer was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1997.
| Easy Goer 3/21/1986 chestnut colt DP: 10-6-30-0-0 DI: 2.07 CD: 0.57 | Alydar 3/23/1975 | Raise A Native 1961 | Native Dancer, 1950 | Polynesian, 1942 |
| Geisha, 1943 | ||||
| Raise You, 1946 | Case Ace, 1934 | |||
| Lady Glory, 1934 | ||||
| Sweet Tooth 1965 | On And On, 1956 | Nasrullah, 1940 | ||
| Two Lea, 1946 | ||||
| Plum Cake, 1958 | Ponder, 1946 | |||
| Real Delight, 1949 | ||||
| Relaxing 5/5/1976 | Buckpasser 4/28/1963 | Tom Fool, 1949 | Menow, 1935 | |
| Gaga, 1942 | ||||
| Busanda, 1947 | War Admiral, 1934 | |||
| Businesslike, 1939 | ||||
| Marking Time 1963 | To Market, 1948 | Market Wise, 1938 | ||
| Pretty Does, 1944 | ||||
| Allemande, 1955 | Counterpoint, 1948 | |||
| Big Hurry, 1936 |
| starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | $697,500 |
| 1989 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | $3,837,150 |
| 1990 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | $339,120 |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | $4,873,770 |
| Date | Track | Race | Finish | Horses | Misc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/1/1988 | Belmont | maiden | 2 no (7) | Lorenzoni, Easy Goer, Tiajuana | ||
| 8/19/1988 | Saratoga | maiden | 1 2½ (8) | Easy Goer, Is It True, Magic Eagle | ||
| 9/9/1988 | Belmont | allowance | 1 5½ (6) | Easy Goer, Winner's Laugh, Icy Jr. | ||
| 10/1/1988 | Belmont |  |
Cowdin Stakes | 1 3 (6) | Easy Goer, Winner's Laugh, Is It True | |
| 10/15/1988 | Belmont | |
Champagne Stakes | 1 4 (4) | Easy Goer, Is It True, Irish Actor | |
| 11/5/1988 | Churchill Downs | |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile | 2 1¼ (10) | Is It True, Easy Goer, Tagel | |
| 3/4/1989 | Gulfstream | |
Swale Stakes | 1 8¾ (6) | Easy Goer, Trion, Tricky Creek | |
| 4/8/1989 | Aqueduct |  |
Gotham Stakes | 1 13 (5) | Easy Goer, Diamond Donnie, Expensive Decision | |
| 4/22/1989 | Aqueduct | |
Wood Memorial | 1 3 (6) | Easy Goer, Rock Point, Triple Buck | |
| 5/6/1989 | Churchill Downs | |
Kentucky Derby | 2 2½ (15) | Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Awe Inspiring | |
| 5/20/1989 | Pimlico |  |
Preakness Stakes | 2 no (8) | Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Rock Point | |
| 6/10/1989 | Belmont | |
Belmont Stakes | 1 8 (10) | Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, Le Voyageur | |
| 8/5/1989 | Saratoga | |
Whitney Handicap | 1 4½ (6) | Easy Goer, Forever Silver, Cryptoclearance | |
| 8/19/1989 | Saratoga | |
Travers Stakes | 1 3 (6) | Easy Goer, Clever Trevor, Shy Tom | |
| 9/16/1989 | Belmont | Woodward Stakes | 1 2 (5) | Easy Goer, Its Acedemic, Forever Silver | ||
| 10/7/1989 | Belmont | |
Jockey Club Gold Cup | 1 4 (7) | Easy Goer, Cryptoclearance, Forever Silver | |
| 11/4/1989 | Gulfstream | |
Breeders' Cup Classic | 2 nk (8) | Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Blushing John | |
| 5/16/1990 | Belmont | |
Gold Stage Stakes | 1 7½ (4) | Easy Goer, Hadif, Yurtu | |
| 5/28/1990 | Belmont | |
Metropolitan Handicap | 3 1¾ (9) | Criminal Type, Housebuster, Easy Goer | |
| 7/4/1990 | Belmont | |
Suburban Handicap | 1 3¾ (7) | Easy Goer, De Roche, Montubio |
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