Most Impressive World Record

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Revolution

How do you know the track wasn't souped up for Dr. Fager? Najran set his record on a weekday, so i doubt the track was souped up.

As for the Bid's record, he did it at age 4. Notice only 1 record is held by a 3yr old, and years ago there were so big races other than the Belmont run at 12f. Nobody has ever come close to it. Not close. Secretariat still holds the Kentucky Derby record, and every single year 20 of the top horses in the world try to break it, and despite the efforts of the track maintenance crew, nobody has come close.

You don't know when the track is going to be souped up. It is usually caused by weather conditions and not track management.

Monarchos came close in 2000. Yet, there is another example of an inferior horse (sorry Monarchos) being the first to break two minutes in the Derby since Secretariat and Sham. Do you now see why the Najran comparison isn't logical?

Bellamy Road equalled Riva Ridge's record when he was a three year old...

It is also interesting that Belmont Park deepened and slowed the track down after Ruffian's death. So, no horse since Ruffian's death has had the chance to do what Secretariat did that day at Belmont. It is impossible. Of course, it may have been impossible anyway, but we will never know. The Belmont track will never be as fast as it was on that day. I'm not saying that it was all the track because it wasn't. Secretariat was just a great racehorse, and maybe the biggest freak that ever lived.

However, Spectacular Bid did more during his career, and was better overall.