To: Tula Git
——Secretariat was by far the greatest horse ever——
Was Secretariat great or was the field just mediocre, poor?
97 posted on
06/08/2014 9:21:40 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: bert
Seriously?
I think Secretariat’s Triple Crown races times are still standing records.
98 posted on
06/08/2014 9:25:35 AM PDT by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: bert
Was Secretariat great or was the field just mediocre, poor? The winning time yesterday was 2:25.52 and Secretariat won the Belmont in 2:24. I did a quick online search and each second is equal to roughly 5 lengths. So assuming conditions were the same, Secretariat would have won yesterday's race by 20 lengths.
To: bert
Was Secretariat great or was the field just mediocre, poor?
Secretariat lowered the record by 2 seconds, which roughly translates to 10 lengths back to the previous record holder, Gallant Man (no slouch!). 31 lengths back translates to most of the Belmont winners of the last 15 years.
108 posted on
06/08/2014 12:15:39 PM PDT by
Nepeta
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