Secretariat did - and at 1 1/2 miles to boot [Belmont Stakes] !!!
Secretariat was a God ...
Uh, yes.
WR time in the Lawrence Realization over a poor horse too far back to know. Estimated 100 lengths but that is just because they didn’t know. MOW broke the TR by almost a shocking 7 seconds.
He won the Belmont by 20 lengths over a good horse when the race was shorter at 1-3/8mi. Set WR by about 3 seconds.
The horse was pure racing beast and never spat out the bit with excuses.
Did MOW EVER defeat the rest of the field by 31 1/2 lengths in a race?
Secretariat did - and at 1 1/2 miles to boot [Belmont Stakes] !!!
Secretariat was a God ...
Before you rate Secretariat as the “Second Coming,” remember that he was still be driven by his jockey, all the way thru the finish line although the race had been over at the far turn. Mon o’ War was never ridden that way. In fact, Man o’ War was famous for galloping while other
horses were racing. NEVER was he driven thru the finish in order to set time records or defeat other horses by a greater margin.
All anyone really need look at is the stride of horses like Citation, Secretariat and Man o’ War. Sec.’s stride was 26’, Citation about the same. But Man o’ War had the longest stride in racing history at 28’. For every stride taken on the track, he gains 2’ on Secretariat and 4’ on the average thoroughbred.
By the way, of 21 races run, the same number as Man o’ War, Secretariat’s record was 16-3-1.