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Originally Posted by miraja2
To me....your streak is more impressive.
Again, I guess I'll be one of the very few people rooting against her attempt to break this record. I still don't see why people would cheer for a horse like this to break Citation's record. It just doesn't make sense to me. To me it is pretty cool that a horse THAT good, from THAT long ago still holds a share of a record like that. I think it would be a shame to see that go away because of a horse like this.
If some mighty New Mexico bred steps up and stops her streak, I would be happy to cheer for Pepper's Pride in any future races in which she enters. But to cheer for her to top horses like Citation and even Cigar......no way.
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I understand the sentiment completely. I want the Citation's and Secretariat's of the world to be associated with revered records of the sport.
That said, I'll be rooting solidly for Pepper's Pride.
To me, it's apples and oranges to Citation's co-held streak.
And to history, if she gets it, it will be as well.
Any serious baseball fan knows
Joe DiMaggio does NOT own the longest professional baseball hitting streak.
Joe Wilhoit does. 69 games over 56.
Wilhoit's accomplishment was tremendous and great. Pro baseball is and was pro baseball.
But, history and logic favors the Joe DiMaggio record, and Wilhoit is a little known asterisk.