1973 Preakness (UPDATE: Maryland accepts 1:53.0)

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I'm not really sure how you can historically rate Kinscem. There seems to be such little to go on, and yeah, it's probable that she is overrated, it is also possible she was just a horse that was ahead of the breed at the time.

She only won a single important race --- she came into it with a perfect 37-for-37 record and was the 5-2 longest shot on the board in a 3-horse field -- and she got an 8lbs weight break from 2nd place going 2.5 miles.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

1. Secretariat
2. Kincsem...always catch hell for this one but check her out!
3. Man O War...despite the fact that I feel he ducked Exterminator.
4. Citation
5. Native Dancer

and there's some who criticize native dancer because he never faced tom fool. not exactly consistent....
and yeah, you catch hell for kincsem for good reason.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

and there's some who criticize native dancer because he never faced tom fool. not exactly consistent....
and yeah, you catch hell for kincsem for good reason.

So Cal Cool (for those who remember him) and I are the only two who respect Kincsem...different eras are always subjective (was Ty Cobb better than Pete Rose?).

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

So Cal Cool (for those who remember him) and I are the only two who respect Kincsem...different eras are always subjective (was Ty Cobb better than Pete Rose?).

i remember socal...but it's difficult enough comparing two horses who ran during the same time period...it's impossible with a hungarian mare who's more myth than reality.