Originally Posted by Cardus

You're out of your friggin' mind. Did you see Summer Bird's explosive last furlong? He would have done OK against Secretariat. He wouldn't have won, but it wouldn't have been the drowning of all drownings.

And, if Mine That Bird had those ridiculous (1:09 4/5 and 1:20 and change) fractions to close into, who knows what could have happened if he ran in the 1973 Belmont?