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Originally Posted by kathy and al
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.
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I agree with you. That's why I said that if chrome had run the race in 2:24 like big red did, it wouldn't have mattered. I was just responding to the people that think the same horses should run in all three races. That didn't happen in 1973 either. Chrome is a good horse, but not great. I doubt if we will ever see the combination of great speed and great endurance that we saw in Secretariat.