Re: Smarty Jones is the Next Secretariat (544 Views)
Posted by:
derby1592 (IP Logged)
Date: May 21, 2004 02:13PM
MO,
I respect your opinion but I have to disagree if you are saying that Sham was a "garbage can." He was certainly one of the best horses never to win a triple crown race running the second fastest derby ever when finishing second to Secretariat and then a very game second in the Preakness. He just happened to be chasing the best at his best. In the Belmont he finally cracked under the pressure of the big red machine but not until he had battled through blazing early fractions to help push Secretariat into a record-smashing performance and into the history books.
If Sham had come along in any other year, he might have won the Triple Crown...
Chris
P.S. IMO Rock Hard Ten does not look like a "garbage can" either.