Re: Did Stu Blow It? (435 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: June 07, 2004 12:29PM
Before you comment about Secretariat "staggering home" after those fractions, check out the fractions he ran. He went 1:09 and change. They went 1:11 on Saturday. I know the track was very fast for Secretariat, but it was also fast on Saturday. They set a track
record earlier on the card. Saturday's race should stop all the hyperbole with Smarty on this message board. I am sorry, I know JB is an icon on this board, but his comments about Smarty being faster than Secretariat are really off base. Smarty is a very fast horse, but Secretariat was one of a kind. 1:09 and change, 2:24. Under pressure. Smarty was pressured on Saturday, but not to a ridiculouos level. 48 and change on that track was not a quick first half. The next half was fast, but not faster than Point Given's fractions and he ran on. Smarty didn't. HE came home in 27. Not championship caliber.