He has a better record than Secretariat after one race. That is about it. Secretariat is generally beyond compare.
Ronnie Turcotte told the best Secretariat story...when they were entering the far turn at Belmont, its dead quiet out there...and he could tell the big colt was really putting out an effort....and that with every powerful stride, Secretariat was literally “growling”...he said he talked in his ear “that’s it Red, nice and steady boy” over and over. There were still quite a few doubters before his Belmont Stakes that day, and it was if the horse was literally saying..”Ok, you pr$#@ks wanna see something??...watch this!!”...a performance for the ages,... never be equaled.
I know. The Belmont is always a let down to me now when I recall Big Red’s run. Still makes me cry when I see it.