Re: Invasor? (428 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: July 01, 2007 08:56PM
fkach Wrote:
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> Michael,
>
> One of the problems with going back as far as
> Swaps is that few if any of us actually saw those
> horses run or are very familiar with the
> competition and quality of the impressive final
> times they might have put up.
>
> I have no doubt that Swaps was a great horse, but
> the only person I ever met that actually saw most
> of the old time greats swore up and down that
> Count Fleet would have destroyed all of them.
just an educated guess fk, as all this is. look at those numbers though - 130 lbs, 1:58 3/5 .... some of the Cal tracks were super fast back then, so again, it's all just speculation. makes for great conversation though.