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Originally Posted by randallscott35
Are we rewriting history here, Sham finished last in the Belmont. How would he win by 18.? LOL
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Well now we are REALLY speculating, but I think it is fairly reasonable to argue that Sham would have won the Belmont if Big Red had not been there.
Sham would not have been running balls out for the first 6f in a desperate attempt to keep up with Secretariat, and therefore would not have been completely fried at the end of the race. Of course this is IMPOSSIBLE to know for sure, but I think BB's claim that Sham would have won the Belmont is not necessarily wrong just because Sham finished 4th.
The fact remains that he was better than any 3yo that the Bid faced in '79.