Kincsem was a girl
And 54 of 54
Not too shabby
Had Citation not run old out of owner greed I guess....who knows
People poo-poo Man O’War based on opponents.
Yet interestingly, never apply that standard to Kincsem or Ruffian.
Kincsem only ran in France and England once, respectively. Those are big-league. Great. All 52 of the other 52 were run in Austria-Hungary - never, ever a hotbed of thoroughbred greatness. Bush league. That’s like Hallowed Dreams and her “record” run. (Citation did not set an American record win streak, BTW - hopefully that lie has mostly been dispatched by now.)
Kincsem was royally bred while undoubtedly beating up on her inferiors.
And, she had 6 walk-overs. Her real “streak” was 48.
Citation should have done better, but he has a pretty good excuse. He did very well as is with a big injury and lay-off. Nothing to be ashamed of.