Dirt over turf is the perspective that matters.....
Turf allows for higher speed finishes unattainable on dirt
And significantly faster track times....
Btw....Turcotte said Sec was better in turf actually..
While we’re having a perspective party
Secretariat .....Perspective looming large and all
Set record for....still unbroken
Preakness
Belmont
Kentucky Derby
That my friends is PERSPECTIVE
Freepers God love em....just can’t help themselves....like Agnew said....
I’m a racing fan. This is a hobby of mine, going over ancient horse racing published material. I read early 1900s DRFs. I’ve studied Man O’War and Secretariat. I have publications from the 1830s and the 1870s, etc.
Secretariat spat out the bit 3x as a 3yo. He didn’t carry as much weight as Man O’War.
Secretariat set (6...since Pimlico reset it) records that year. Out of 12 starts. That’s 50% record rate.
MOW set 8 records out of 11 starts and never lost. That is almost 3x out of every 4 starts he stet a record. Unmatched in history. 3 were track (1 equal), 2 American, and 3 world records.
BTW MOW possibly should be credited with matching another American record (if set by Sir Barton) instead of just Saratoga track...the Whisk Broom II nonsense record screwed a lot of horses out of records they deserve.