Don't Look Amateurish By Falling Into The 4YO vs 3YO Trap

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

I posted this message on another thread ... but I also feel it's worthy of a thread of its own ...

People ... people ... people ...

... please don't fall into the amateurish trap of comparing performances by 4YOS to performances by 3YOS.

All these folks who use the great races of Spectacular Bid or Seattle Slew or Dr. Fager as yardsticks for comparisons to Secretariat or Bernardini ... are falling into that silly trap.

None of those three great horses did anything extraordinary as 3YOS ... all of their mindblowing races came as 4YOS.

The 3YO Bernardini is every bit as good ... or in fact much better ... than the 3YO Spectacular Bid, Seattle Slew, or Dr. Fager.

The 3YO Secretariat blew the wheels off any horse of any age. Only the evil doings of worldwide socialism prevented us from seeing even more sensational performances from him as a 4YO.

Please ... don't make fools of yourselves by posting such nonsense again.

could you please go further in depth about how the 'evil doings of worldwide socialism' played a role in Secretariat's racing career?