Secretariat was as good as a horse can get. I heard the race announcer interviewed last Saturday, he said that Secretariat was so far ahead he simply had to guess at the distance. A good guess as it turned out.
Did you know that Secretariat had a heart that weighed 22 lbs? The typical thoroughbred heart weighs like 7-9 lbs. Sorry had to give a bit of trivia, I work for a horseracing website and LOVE the sport.