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Would have finished 22 lengths behind Secretariat (1:57.54-1:54.00).
 
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Starman said:
Would have finished 22 lengths behind Secretariat (1:57.54-1:54.00).

Actually, make it 28: I forgot to use Secretariat's corrected (as of 2012) Preakness time of 1:53.0, which would add six more lengths.
 
Starman said:
Starman said:
Would have finished 22 lengths behind Secretariat (1:57.54-1:54.00).

Actually, make it 28: I forgot to use Secretariat's corrected (as of 2012) Preakness time of 1:53.0, which would add six more lengths.
That's some **** isn't it? Arguably (well, in my book, inarguably) the most dominating athletic performance of my lifetime.
 
In case everyone forgot ...

Morning line: Orb 3-1, Oxbow 5-1, Revolutionary 9-2.
 
It's 35 years since Affirmed-Alydar, still the most exciting thing I've seen (in person) in sports. You could actually feel the grandstand heave as they came around the far turn and into the stretch; simply unforgettable.
 

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