STIRRING THE POT; 74 ASHTAQ 2 AS
Every now and then I like to pose a question or two to the entire blogosphere [well at least the people smart and savvy enough to read my columns] on a wide variety of topics.
I love horses [easy pervo not like that] and I am really impressed with Big Brown especially given his mass. That is one big horse! So here's the question "What's the greatest racing horse of all time?" I know this is like asking who's the greatest baseball player or football you get the point. I think you can based on empirical evidence solve this one really easily though.
Have fun and enjoy this jumbo sized day of posts from the staff.
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Depends on how you reckon it. The fastest single race run since WWII normalized for all conditions was MINESHAFT's 2003 Woodward Stakes win. MINESHAFT, of course, ran in the colors of W.S. Farish III, who, as well all know operates the Bush family's blind trust. Just the facts ma'am.
For a combination of speed and soundness the best three were TOM FOOL ('50s), DR FAGER ('60s) and SKIP AWAY(90s).
The best post-WWII 3YO for speed and soundness was neither Secretariat nor Riva Ridge nor Seattle Slew nor Affirmed. It was hands down SMARTY JONES, although BIG BROWN has a chance to surpass SMARTY.
I know you did this to me on purpose Deety because you and Kelso are probably in cahoots but I'm in.
Smarty Jones?
C'mon hermano! The only time I ever cried watching a horse race where an animal wasn't injured was the Belmont in 1973 when Secretariat won by 25. Hands down the greatest horse of all time.
Sorry, Paisan':
That was a weak 5-horse field going 1 1-2 miles. Sham was the only horse who could stand up at 1 1-2 and Pancho Martin had raced Sham into the ground by that point. Secretariat ran his number and the race fell apart.
Secretariat would have beaten Smarty Jones in the Belmont by 2 lengths but would have been ass-fucked in both the Derby and Preakness.
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