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Old 09-16-2010, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ShadowRoll View Post
Okay. Per this addendum to the article, turns out that the screenwriter wasn't the cluless one:

"Editorial response: That's my mistake. I misquoted Rich. 'There are major stakes races open to four- and five-year-olds,' Rich says. 'Those are the races I'd have liked to have seen Secretariat in. I have no doubt he'd have done pretty well.' Kerry"
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

I'm sure that's how it happened.

That is a pretty big misquote.

Likely he's being paid to have the author save face.
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