If the internet existed in 1973 ...

[sighthound]

\"Secretariat was one overhyped, lucky dog.  Sham wasn\'t anything special.  And the rest of this crop couldn\'t fill a Wednesday afternoon at Aqueduct.\"

Yup - that type of stuff was said back then.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secretariat&search_type=&aq=f

Sometimes you can\'t see what you are looking at.

1973 Whitney - watch this, guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik9U4JVrr_Q

[Dana666]

Forget about \"back then\" how about what (mostly, I\'m sure) otherwise intelligent people have posted about Zenyatta over the last few years on this site!

Great post! They all get beat sometime. . .except(?) Zenyatta.

[Boscar Obarra]

I knew a guy that thought Secretariat was overrated.

[Dana666]

Figures.

[sighthound]

Sometimes the best thing is to just sit back and enjoy how good a particular damn horse IS - rather than worry about what could be, if, when, if only, but ....

[P-Dub]

sighthound Wrote:
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> Sometimes the best thing is to just sit back and
> enjoy how good a particular damn horse IS - rather
> than worry about what could be, if, when, if only,
> but ....

Like Zenyatta??