Sheikh Mo and Bernardini

Originally Posted by oracle80

Secretariat set his record in May of his three year old year. And how do these "experts" that you know figure he can go that fast when he just went 2:01 at a track where the track record is 1:58:1? Belmont's 10 f races are run at a turn and a half as opposed to two turn, which makes it faster by at least a second. So you figure hes got about 14 lengths improvement in him? yeah, ok, sure.

When a track is souped-up ... even a nonentity like Monarchos can shade 2:00 for 10f.

If the track is legitimate ... Bernardini won't come close to the record ... if it's a Monarchos track ... anything can happen.