Yep. That went along with his huge chest and neck. I’m sure his lungs were magnificent, too.
Ruffian and Forego were both huge.
Hell of a decade to be around Belmont racetrack then. Not only Ruffian and Forego, but THREE Triple Crown winners. All, like Ruffian and Forego, were based at Belmont. Secretariat of course was ‘73. Then Seattle Slew in ‘77, and Affirmed in ‘78. My crazy bad luck was to have worked there in the “in-between” years, ‘74-’76. And so never got to see and be around any of them.