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Secretariat Awarded Preakness Record at 1:53 After Review (Ruling: '73 Preakness Time is a Record)
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| 06/20/2012
| Matt Hegarty
Posted on 06/20/2012 3:31:38 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER
Nobody will ever touch Big Red.
Ever!!
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posted on
06/20/2012 3:43:32 PM PDT
by
Radagast the Fool
("Be Brave! Be Brave! Be Brave!" -"War Horse")
To: Radagast the Fool
True enough. He was the greatest athlete of our time...all sports.
To: DogByte6RER
I was there in the infield. I believe Secretariat paid 2.10 to win on 2.00 bet.
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posted on
06/20/2012 3:55:55 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: Scott from the Left Coast
True enough. He was the greatest athlete of our time...all sports. Without a doubt the greatest ever.
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posted on
06/20/2012 3:59:29 PM PDT
by
sand88
To: Scott from the Left Coast
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:07:26 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
(The evil that's happening in this country is the cancer of socialism...It kills the human spirit.)
To: Scott from the Left Coast
I thought ESPN naming Big Red one of the great athletes was just another idiotic thing from ESPN when they did it. Never gave it much thought after that. Then a few weeks ago I was going to DVR the movie, and decided prior to that to watch his races. Jumped on YouTube and was blown away by what he did in the Belmont. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Greatest of all sports, but he is top 5 easily.
This is good news correcting the record.
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:07:55 PM PDT
by
Chipper
(You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
To: DogByte6RER; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
Yeah, no plop. [euphemism]
In the third race of his Triple Crown win, he ran each successive quarter faster, still accelerating at the finish. Magnificent.
Thanks DogByte6RER!
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:08:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Radagast the Fool
Yep, the greatest of all time!
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:12:22 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: DogByte6RER
I saw that race.
And got a chance to see the horse.
Wow.
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:15:06 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: Chipper
Then a few weeks ago I was going to DVR the movie, and decided prior to that to watch his races. The races on Youtube are much better than the movie.
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:16:59 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Chipper
was blown away by what he did in the Belmont. So much has been written about the Belmont that even his victory in the Kentucky Derby is almost looked on as an afterthought. A full field of 13 horses to work through...from behind as Secretariat almost always started slow and steady, getting his feet under him and his stride set. He finished with an unimaginable and unmatchable burst of speed and power - 1:59.4 - of course still the record today and left the crowd awestruck that this horse could come from behind and finish the 1 1/4 in under two minutes.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:22:02 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:23:43 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: Scott from the Left Coast
“True enough. He was the greatest athlete of our time...all sports.”
You didn’t see my 10K time last week.
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:24:47 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
("The writing is on the wall - Unions are screwed. reformist2 10:04 PM #27"\)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:26:30 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:34:55 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: onedoug
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posted on
06/20/2012 4:58:30 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
To: DogByte6RER
Both Secretariat and Seabiscuit had an extra gear called “heart”.
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posted on
06/20/2012 5:16:19 PM PDT
by
randita
To: AU72
That’s one of the things I love about FR. Name any newsworthy event in the past 60 years and at least one Freeper was there to see it firsthand.
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posted on
06/20/2012 5:20:12 PM PDT
by
randita
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