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Originally Posted by elhelmete
Yeah I know, those small fields really make the 1973 Preakness and Belmont look like ham-and-egg races.
FFS....
And you'd be the first one to denigrate the race competition if it had 6 contenders and 3 no-hopers.
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While horses not running as often as they used to and leaving us to guess their "greatness" based on a 4-race campaign is mostly definitely a 2000s issue, people should check the field sizes most of the 1970s legends faced in their best performances. Memory can be deceiving.
Of course someone will say "no one wanted to face them". Well okay, same thing now.
