horses are not getting faster, the reason humans get faster and better is they can learn, horses can't. They are more heavily medicated now, and technology has sped up surfaces, according to your numbers domestic dispute would have beat citation, who o by the way ran faster than this years winner, PLEASE. and as far as breeing goes,fifty years ago they bred the best to the best, now the breed any allownce horse to any mare,the last 3 derby winners have been sired by mediocre runners,who have not replicated the success in very few other runners Marias mon,OUR emblem, Distorted humor. face it you idiots would have given Secretariat a pair of 6,s going into the derby