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Originally Posted by pgardn
Seconded.
What a great animal. Im glad I had the chance to see him.
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I will likewise agree...everything I saw about Smarty told me he was special...as usual, lots of folks jumped off the bandwagon after the Belmont, but as we've said many times, only one horse that ever set foot on the track could have survived that second half mile and continued on...and I don't expect to live long enough to see a horse like Secretariat again! Smarty lost to a good horse, at that horse's preferred distance, after a suicidal second half mile...if anything, he gained stature in that brave effort...I rank him #83 and consider him truly special!