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Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite
You're completely overlooking the actual record. Spectacular Bid's accomplishments as a 3YO were nowhere near those of Secretariat.
Secretariat smashed all three track records in winning the Triple Crown ... two of those track records still stand today ... 33 years later ... and the other is still a stakes record.
Secretariat also set the world record for 9f ... broke a track record for 12f on turf ... and equalled a track record for 8f in early April of his 3YO year.
Spectacular Bid's only track record as a 3YO came at an oddball distance at Delaware Park. And if winning the Belmont Stakes by a large margin were so easy ... how come Spectacular Bid couldn't do it?
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Nobody is saying winning the Belmont by a large margin was easy. Its more a matter of how relevant is the distance. We don't race at 12 furlongs on the dirt, other than maybe a few starter allowance races at small tracks. I wouldn't consider Jazil to be one of the top three 3YOs this year just because he won the Belmont.
What "oddball" distance was the Bid's record at when he was at Delaware? If its between 6f and 1 1/4 miles, I say its not an oddball distance.
Nobody is saying Secretariat wasn't great. Just maybe the gap between him and Spectacular Bid isn't as great as many believe.