I haven't thought the ads showed a horse that really looked like Secretariat, but it's next to impossible to find one that has the "it" that he did even if they had a similar body. I don't know how close Baffert's horse would've been.
As for Keeneland as Belmont, I know those that really follow the sport are unhappy about it, but a lot of people will just see pretty horsie + pretty racetrack and be fine with it. Sad state of affairs that something like that will blow right past many of them, but that's just what I expect will happen.
I'm gonna go see it, and I'm gonna tell other people to go see it.
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