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Originally Posted by Gander
So what is being said is competition makes a great horse great?
What if Secretariat had no competition and faced only bad horses, yet won his races by 10-12 lengths virtually every time with a few mediocrely good efforts that still resulted in small margin wins?
What if Affirmed didnt run against Alydar, instead faces horses as slow as Barcola? Yet he beat these Barcola types by 10 lengths under hand rides?
Would he still have been great? Its not really a horse's fault who shows up next to him.
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no, not just competition. and many have said, myself included, that obviously a horse can't control what he faces.