Secretariats top rival was Sham...who ran all 3 races,,,Seattle Slews top rival was Sanhedrin...who ran all 3 races...and Alydar ran all 3 races against Affirmed...so, who knows.
There wouldn’t have been a fresh horse that would have defeated those three TC winners.
yes but lets remember that Secretariat holds the fastest record at the Belmont regardless, even amongst horses that only ran that race. Amazing...
Sham and Alydar would have won this years TC, crushing the field.