How fast was Secretariat in the Triple Crown Series?

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Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

I've read a few articles that held up Bid's 7f World's Playground win (2yo) as perhaps his best from a final+ variant rating, even better than the Strub world record at 10f.

The final+ variant rating is flawed - for starters, you'd be comparing Santa Anita with a lesser track in that example.

Spectacular Bid was much faster as a 4yo than as a 2yo. He was wickedly fast at all ages.