"He's moving like a tremendous machine!"

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by hurricanefrank

I'll always believe that his Belmont Stakes tour de force was the single greatest race of my lifetime. Andy Beyer a few years back calculated his speed figure to be 139 in that race. That is beyond phenomenal. He was the best.

I assume he's done that with other great horses/races to see what would happen. Did he just mention Secretariat's Belmont in isolation or is there a place to read that sort of pre-Beyer event through his figures perspective? Man O'War, Citation, etc?

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I assume he's done that with other great horses/races to see what would happen. Did he just mention Secretariat's Belmont in isolation or is there a place to read that sort of pre-Beyer event through his figures perspective? Man O'War, Citation, etc?

It could be in more than one of his books. I would be interested in Spectacular Bid's 4 YO season.It would be hard to imagine any horse other than Big Red averaging the figs he must have had that year.