Why did I guess that only you would react that way to that statement?
You really illustrate again what I'm talking about.
It wasn't a knock as to the intelligence of or knowledge of younger race fans that I was alluding to. Its something you will get someday, its called perpective.
Look, its like this: I have read all about the great depression and the effects it had on America and how people suffered. But no matter how much I read and research, I'm never gonna understand it like people who lived through it.
You just can't convey all the nuances and details in a book, you hadda be there.
I actually think guys like you and Randall would jizz in your jeans if you guys could have experienced racing in the 80's, if I had soome of the old Racing Forms I saved for years and years that were in my parents basement until they moved in 1994 and they got thrown out I would send them to you.
The grade ones used to have large and contested fields and we had rivalries.
Thats what I'm trying to say.
Guys tell me all the time about the 60's and 70's with Kelso, Affirmed, Dr Fager, Kelso, Forego, Seattle Slew, Alydar and Affirmed., Spectacular Bid, Secretariat, Buckpasser, etc.
When Secretariat ran I was watching Sesame Street!!!!!!
I've read about all those horses, and appreciate what I've read, but the guys who saw them REALLY know those horses, and their opinion on them is always gonna be better than mine, and their definition of great is always gonna be different than mine as well.
Someday, you will be talking like this to younger folks yourself.