Secretariat to me, is the greatest horse. The Belmont Stakes is still after 38 years is a incredible race. but the triple crown that year was. The Kentucky Derby 1:59 2/5, The Preakness Stakes. I still to this day, think he got the record of 1:53 2/5 and like I said, the Belmont Sakes, 2:24 flat and winning by 31. After the triple crown races, he had some incredible races, like the inaugural Marlboro Cup, 1 1/8 in world record time of 1:45 2/5, and another race I love is the Man O' War Stakes, 1 1/2 in 2:24 4/5 on turf, This why Secretariat is my number one Thoroughbred Legend.
Man O' War was what I call a 100% Horse. a great race horse and great sire.
Man o' War was an impressive sire that produced more than 64 stakes winners and various champions. Though many believe that Riddle did not breed the stallion to enough good mares after the first five seasons, only bred on the farm Riddle mares, and he still sired many great horses. Man o' War sired American Flag and Crusader who won successive Belmont Stakes in 1925 and 1926. Although there were no official champions in America at the time, both colts were generally considered the best three-year-old colts of their year, and Crusader was also largely accepted as the best racehorse of 1926. Among Man o' War's other famous offspring were 1929 Kentucky derby winner, Clyde Van Dusen, Battleship, who won the 1938 English Grand National steeplechase, and War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown winner and the second official Horse of the Year. Another of his offspring, Hard Tack, sired Seabiscuit, who was Horse of the Year in 1938. Man o' War's most successful sons at stud were War Admiral and War Relic, and War Relic's branch of the male line survives today. Tiznow, Honour and Glory, and Bertrando are also all sire-line descendants of Man o' War.
I always felted that Sports simulation is a joke. Zenyatta would not have went 19-1 in the 60's , 70's or 80's. Zenyatta beating Ruffian not so fast
I always felted that Sports simulation is a joke. Zenyatta would not have went 19-1 in the 60's