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somer, i put up on the other board some time ago about the supposed 'ducking' and plenty to show that it didn't happen. i guess you missed it....i have every t'bred champ book, so i doubt there isn't anything i haven't seen since i read them all.
i just believe horses should be judged by what they did, not what they had no chance to do. man o war still has records on the books. the simple fact that he is still spoken of so highly after all these years speaks volumes.
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Somer is having his own fun time ... making very subjective judgments about horses he knows and likes. It's literally impossible to compare Flying Childers ... a horse who raced 3 times on turf against a total of four opponents in England 300 years ago and 80 years before the breed was even defined ... to Forego ... a horse who raced 59 times on dirt in America 30 years ago against hundreds of opponents. Let him have his fun ... we're all entitled to a hobby ... and there's nothing here to take so seriously. |
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Was Flying Childers the one who liked to graze when the race was starting? That one's my personal favorite.
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Mrs. Brooklynite's maternal grandfather was an officer in Emperor Franz-Joseph's Austro-Hungarian cavalry. Hey ... maybe he knew Kincsem !!! Too bad the old boy has been dead for 60 years. Last edited by Bold Brooklynite : 07-17-2006 at 10:48 PM. |
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If it were 4-mile heats over rolling turf ... I'd have to go with Childers. But 5f on a flat dirt track ... it's Commando all the way !!! |
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The topic of this thread was who was the best dirt horse in America? Most people put Secretariat on the top of their lists when I think that other horses should be filling the top spot such as Man O' War. I know that you can't compare a 3yo to 4yo when they are actually racing against each other most of the time except for the rare occassion when the 3yo actually beats the older horses. The whole point is that I have to compare them OVERALL. SB raced as 2, 3, and 4. Secretariat raced only at 2 and 3. Therefore, I have to compare them accordingly. Now I know that Secretariat couldn't help that he didn't race at four, but I can't and refuse to predict what could have been. I only go with what has been accomplished and FACTS. Therefore, to me, SB had the better OVERALL career as a racehorse mainly because of his amazing accomplishments at four. If I compared SB's best year with Secretariat's best year, SB wins in my eyes. I'm not going to take Bid's wonderful 4yo year away from him just because Secretariat didn't race at four. That would just be crazy and an injustice to SB. You must realize that certain horses peak at different times in their lives. While outstanding as three year olds, I believe that the three big ones in the late 70s (Affirmed, Seattle Slew, and "The Bid") best year were when they were 4yo. Some horses peak in their three year old years and then tail off. Some are better when they mature. For these three greats, they just got better, and better, and better as time went on...like a fine wine. The Triple Crown is a greatest feat in sports to accomplish, but I do not think that you can define a horse's overall greatness by just those three races (Secretariat being the only exception since he didn't race as an older horse...and I'm only talking about the horses in the who won the TC in the 70s). Look at GZ who didn't even race in them. Most people nowadays think that it is all that there is to horse racing but I see racing as much more. Sometimes you have to look beyond the box. I don't think that you can measure a horse's true greatness until you see them run as older, mature ones against other older ones. Then you know what they are really made of. Don't get me wrong...I absolutely LOVE Secretariat. The first time I saw his race, the Belmont Charge, I cried. It still leaves tears in my eyes. That was his day. But SB had his days too where he was a God among horses. Really, Spectacular Bid and Secretariat were very comparable in my eyes. Secretariat-12 furlongs-2:24 Spectacular Bid-10 furlongs-1:57 4/5. Just to look at those times leaves me in awe. Even though you are rough around the edges BB, I must thank you. This has been a very good thread with a lot of very good information in it. I've learned a lot from it. It persuaded me to look up a lot on the history of the various champions of our sport (and no not Secretariat or SB (I already knew a whole lot about them) but others...). Last edited by kentuckyrosesinmay : 07-17-2006 at 11:02 PM. |
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Many racing fans haven't taken the time to become more familiar with the sport's history. To some ... thoroughbred racing began in 1995 or thereabouts. I'm not picking on anyone ... but there was a poster who ranked Silverbulletday as the 4th best filly of "all-time" ... a preposterous notion to anyone who has an understanding of the great fillies of the past. I'd encourage one-and-all to take the time to read up on thoroughbred racing's glorious past ... and I applaud Somerfrost for opening up the scope of these discussions. And ... I've been described in many ways ... but never as "rough around the edges" ... quite the opposite of the "too smooth" descriptor which is sometimes inappropriately directed toward me. |