TC winners defeated small fields...

[TheEdge07]

Seattle Slew vs 7
Secretariat vs 4
Citation vs 7
Count Fleet 2
Assault vs 6
Whirlaway vs 3
War Admiral vs 6
Omaha vs 4
Gallant Fox 3

1/4 of these races might as well been match races..

CC vs ?

[ronsmac]

Seattle Slew vs 7
Secretariat vs 4
Citation vs 7
Count Fleet 2
Assault vs 6
Whirlaway vs 3
War Admiral vs 6
Omaha vs 4
Gallant Fox 3

1/4 of these races might as well been match races..

CC vs ? You forgot Sir Barton, he beat 2 in the Belmont.

[proximity]

maybe they should move the race to presque isle? :rolleyes:

[tanner12oz]

Not to take away from the iron horses of the past but todays runners would need to beat 2-3 times more horses in the tc then the previous tc winners

[Overlay]

You forgot Sir Barton, he beat 2 in the Belmont.
Affirmed was also omitted. He beat four others (including Alydar, of course) in his Belmont.

[SandyW]

So when CC win The Belmont he will be the horse that beat the most horses to win the triple crown.

[precocity]

maybe they should move the race to presque isle? :rolleyes:
:D :D

[MargieRose]

Seattle Slew vs 7
Secretariat vs 4
Citation vs 7
Count Fleet 2
Assault vs 6
Whirlaway vs 3
War Admiral vs 6
Omaha vs 4
Gallant Fox 3

1/4 of these races might as well been match races..

CC vs ?

Hmm...Most of those three-year-old "crops" must have been "weak," since, it seems, so many of the rest were unable to compete! :eek:

[OTM Al]

Hmm...Most of those three-year-old "crops" must have been "weak," since, it seems, so many of the rest were unable to compete! :eek:

Thing is, this is exactly what needs to happen. Weak group with one outlier is the best chance for a TC win..

[HUSKER55]

when CC wins then he will set yet another record, beating the largest field.

[MargieRose]

when CC wins then he will set yet another record, beating the largest field.

Exactly!! :ThmbUp:

[pandy]

They faced less horses because the other owners/trainers thought they were unbeatable. Is California Chrome unbeatable?

[cj]

Intense Holiday now out, field is shrinking. If more contenders were trained by Pletcher, it might be a match race by post time.