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Originally Posted by JJP
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.
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In the 1970's ... 12f was considered as important ... or perhaps more important ... than 10f.
Both Secretariat and Spectacular Bid ran the distances which were carded ... and Secretariat ran them much better.