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Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Number of races AND surfaces! Unless he wins some graded stakes on the turf he'll always come up short against Secretariat (and John Henry, and Kelso, etc.) in my book. Let's see him on the grass, on an off track, etc. Doing it ALL is what defines "ALL-time great" ability for me. Some will agree, others won't, and that's fine.
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I agree with you 100% but I would like to add one thing to your post. I can't consider a horse one of the all time greats unless they run say 10 times in 8 months and win most or all of them. The truly great horses didn't need months between races to perform to their best.
