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Originally Posted by randallscott35
Are we rewriting history here, Sham finished last in the Belmont. How would he win by 18.? LOL
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I agree totally with BB here...come now Randy, you trip handicap don't you?? Sham was by far the best mere horse in the race, only the god of all horses was better! Sham had run two excellent races, the Derby with a mouthful of blood throughout only to watch Secretariat grow smaller and smaller in front of him, Sham's connections made the only choice they could, they decided to take the race to Big Red in the Belmont. They would send Sham and play "catch me if you can"...unfortunately, the Great Horse decided he felt like showing speed that day, you can't run the first 6 furlongs in 1:09.4 and possibly finish a 12 furlong race!! Unless you are Secretariat of course! Sham ran out of gas, or maybe Secretariat finally simply broke his heart midway on the backstretch and struggled home last...who wouldn't?? Without Secretariat in the race, Sham would have opened up a huge lead while running non-suicidal fractions and had plenty left to the line...this was a great horse in his own right! He simply had the worst timing in thoroughbred history!! I think enough of him to rank him #39...most any other year, he wins the TC!