Interesting simulation

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

What was Spectacular Bid doing in last early -- about 40 lengths off of the early pace?

He's a horse that ran 7 furlongs in 1:20 and change as a 2yo and ran 7 furlongs in 1:20 flat off of a layoff in the Malibu.

He also won in wire-to-wire fashion eight different times in his career -- not including his walkover win in the Woodward.

I'll Have Another beating Spectacular Bid and Sunday Silence is as absurd as the simulation they did where Zenyatta beat Citation, Affirmed, and other greats.

spectacular bid was absolutely that-a spectacular horse. he lost the belmont, and we all know why..and suffered only one loss after, to affirmed. he was the last truly great horse that we've seen. others have had their moments, but when you consider what he did all three years he ran, it's simply amazing. many rank secretariat ahead of him because secretariat had such an astounding triple crown run-but i'd say over all, the bid was better. especially when you consider the ratio of starts to wins/losses.

[Calzone Lord]

Secretariat was better than anyone else in the triple crown series. Whirlaway was probably the closest to him over the series. Whirlaway made a pretty decent crop look like Donkeys and he ran very, very fast in the KY Derby.

Count Fleet didn't have much competition and didn't run big until the Belmont, where he ran a giant race and injured himself...never running again.

[Danzig]

i believe count fleet won the belmont by 25-the record til secretariat came along. very disappointing that he didn't race after that. no telling what else he would have accomplished.


and i'd have to think war admirals belmont would get a mention as a really good effort-considering he injured himself breaking from the gate. it was a bad enough injury that they thought he might have to be retired.