Can you imagine if King Glorious ran racing 40 years ago?
I can just see it now.
After the 1948 triple crown was earned by Citation a long time passed without another one. Say KG has his way around 1970 with changing the triple crown. Some of the greatest racing in this country might not have happened.
Shecky Greene wins the 1973 derby blitzing six furlongs in 109.1.
Sham wins the Preakness setting a new track record in 134.3 whole holding off a desperate late challenge from Secretariat.
Finally, we have the true test of champions three months later in the Belmont. Secretariat, not as sharp as he might have been otherwise, nevertheless runs Sham off his feet as he wins the Belmont in spectacular fashion, stopping the timer in an amazing 147.3.
Or wait, since the Preakness was originally a half furlong shorter than the derby, maybe the Preakness would have been run at 5.5 furlongs. Shecky Greene and Mr. Prospector duke it out in a duel for the ages, astonishing the crowd with their incredible combination of both speed and stamina!
Or was that Affirmed and Alydar in the Belmont I'm thinking of? I guess we wouldn't have known that race either, so it doesn't really matter.
While we are at it, I think we should add a two year old turf sprint to the Breeders Cup.
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