Sham was a great horse - he may still have the second-best times in all three TC races - but Big Red has the fastest in all three.
Oh, Lordy, yes! Any other year would have been his. His Derby is still the 2nd place record.
He and Riva Ridge's lives were lived in Secretariat's shadow, which is sad.
Sham is the only other horse to run a sub-2 minute Derby.
Think about it....of all the horses that have run in the Derby, Sham ran the fastest - on the day that another horse ran faster. 🤔