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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Man O' War left New York three times -- twice to run in Maryland and once to run in Canada in a match race against Sir Barton (who was rumored to be off form and injured)
Other than the Preakness -- which Man O' War won by 1.5 lengths -- he faced very minimal competition.
2nd start at age 3: Two rivals
3rd start at age 3: match race
4th start at age 3: match race
5th start at age 3: match race
6th start at age 3: Two rivals
7th start at age 3: Two rivals
8th start at age 3: match race
9th start at age 3: match race
10th start at age 3: 3 rivals
11th start at age 3: Match race
He faced just one older horse his entire career -- Sir Barton -- who was widely rumored to be injured and off form.
Racing was in desperately bad shape at the time because of anti-gambling laws ...and Man O' War fiested on one of the smallest foal crops in racing history.
He did have great early speed -- and that's a tremendous asset when you're racing in glorified walkovers or 3 horse fields.
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I heard Sir Barton was rumored to be injured and off form in that race. Can you confirm?