Apparently other horses with common ownership or common training played football-style in-race “blocking and interference” to give Justify a great chance at a clean win.
That said, Justify prob would have won anyway. Great racehorse.
I quit following horse racing after beautiful Triple Crown filly Ruffian broke her leg and my heart in a spectacular match race against Triple Crown colt Foolish Pleasure. This was at the height of my horse craziness and Ruffian was my girl.
My dad took me to Secretariat’s retirement race when I was a little kid. He looks good in photos, but in RL he looked like he was made out of spare parts. They loped him around the track once before the race for everyone to cheer and you could see he knew we were all there for him. He was so superior it was barely a race. No shit, there I was. (I think these are the worst subtitles I’ve ever seen.)
That horse had an enormous and healthy heart and lungs set. Much bigger than normal. He could simply pump more blood and oxygen than most other thoroughbreds. No wonder he could go the Belmont distance and dominate.
Most horses you recognize by their coloring and head and breed confirmation. . But I could recognize Secretariat by his chest. I couldn’t really get into the Diane Lane Secretariat film because the various horses used to portray Secretariat didn’t look like him. In the chest. No way they could have been that racehorse.
BTW I think Secretariat’s the world speed record for 1-1/2 miles on dirt still stands.
@f00l I just watched a comparison between Man O War and Secretariat at various distances and Secretariat won by a few seconds at every match. I’m still not sure in a true match Secretariat would win, if Man O War enjoyed the same nutritional, veterinary, tack and track advances that Secretariat did. Still stubbornly clinging to my lifelong belief that Man O War was the greatest race horse that ever lived. But it was an interesting comparison.
@f00l@moondrake Y’all might enjoy the Seabiscuit book, if you haven’t already. The video of the match race with War Admiral in 1938 is a fun watch.
Not to mention the story written by Grantland Rice afterward.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I have a Baffert bobble head doll I’ve been trying to sell for years. Maybe it will finally be worth something. But probably not…
Apparently other horses with common ownership or common training played football-style in-race “blocking and interference” to give Justify a great chance at a clean win.
That said, Justify prob would have won anyway. Great racehorse.
/giphy racehorse
It was a good race!
I recorded the last 1 hour of the race, so I can fast-forward a bit & watch it. I don’t watch all the pre-race stuff.
I quit following horse racing after beautiful Triple Crown filly Ruffian broke her leg and my heart in a spectacular match race against Triple Crown colt Foolish Pleasure. This was at the height of my horse craziness and Ruffian was my girl.
My dad took me to Secretariat’s retirement race when I was a little kid. He looks good in photos, but in RL he looked like he was made out of spare parts. They loped him around the track once before the race for everyone to cheer and you could see he knew we were all there for him. He was so superior it was barely a race. No shit, there I was. (I think these are the worst subtitles I’ve ever seen.)
@moondrake
Beeeeeetlebommmmmmmb
@moondrake
What happened to Ruffian really hurt.
Re Secretariat.
That horse had an enormous and healthy heart and lungs set. Much bigger than normal. He could simply pump more blood and oxygen than most other thoroughbreds. No wonder he could go the Belmont distance and dominate.
Most horses you recognize by their coloring and head and breed confirmation. . But I could recognize Secretariat by his chest. I couldn’t really get into the Diane Lane Secretariat film because the various horses used to portray Secretariat didn’t look like him. In the chest. No way they could have been that racehorse.
BTW I think Secretariat’s the world speed record for 1-1/2 miles on dirt still stands.
@moondrake
This is a commemorative image. The original magazine cover for that week had, I think, a field of flowers.
@moondrake
One of the most astonishing facts about the Belmont in 1973:.
I think Secretariat ran each quarter mile faster that the one previous to it.
This is simply not supposed to happen for modern American racing thoroughbreds in a race at that length.
@f00l I just watched a comparison between Man O War and Secretariat at various distances and Secretariat won by a few seconds at every match. I’m still not sure in a true match Secretariat would win, if Man O War enjoyed the same nutritional, veterinary, tack and track advances that Secretariat did. Still stubbornly clinging to my lifelong belief that Man O War was the greatest race horse that ever lived. But it was an interesting comparison.
@f00l @moondrake Y’all might enjoy the Seabiscuit book, if you haven’t already. The video of the match race with War Admiral in 1938 is a fun watch.
Not to mention the story written by Grantland Rice afterward.
I want to start a restaurant called Belmont Steaks and the daily specials will be named for the “runners up” in the day’s race.
@PocketBrain You’re sick. I like you.