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Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite
All true ...
... and that only reinforces my point about comparing what Spectacular Bid did as a 4YO ... to what Secretariat did as a 3YO ... which is what another poster is prepared to do ... and then use it to make incorrect inferences.
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This is exactly right. It is basically impossible to compare the two horses' overall careers because the Bid ran at 4 and Big Red did not. They are both so great that any comparison of their 2 and 3 year old campaigns ends up splitting hairs to some degree (as this thread demonstrates) but I am in 100%agreement with Bold Brooklynite on this one.
In my opinion, along with the points that BB has already made, is the fact that in the three biggest races in the sport, Big Red's performance was better than the Bid's in all three, and Sec was running against Sham who was, in my opinion, better than ANY of the 3yo that the Bid competed against.
Don't get me wrong the Bid was one of the all time bests. I would definitely have him in the top 5 horses of the last 50 years, but he was simply not better than Big Red.
If you want to compare a horse favorably to Secretariat based on their 2yo and 3yo campaigns you would have better luck with Citation than with the Bid.