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Originally Posted by BarryRX
In 1973, Big Red beat 12 horses in the Derby. He beat 6 horses in the Preakness, of which only 2 were in the Derby, and he beat 4 horses in the Belmont of which only one was in both the Derby and the Preakness and two were in the Preakness. What I see as the big difference is that California Chrome had to compete in the Belmont against 10 other horses versus the 4 other horses that Big Red had to beat. Of course, had he been able to run the Belmont in 2:24 it wouldn't have mattered how many horses were racing against him.
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Barry, whether Big Red competed against 4 horses, 11 horses, or 20 horses in the Belmont it would not have made a difference. The '73 Belmont has gone down in history as the greatest thoroughbred race ever and will continue that way forever IMHO.
We are merely comparing a really good runner (Calif. Chrome) to perhaps the greatest runner of all time.
Just boggles my mind that this owner of CC could mouth off so badly in front of the entire world at probably the worst possible time. He will come to understand that his theory is so very wrong.