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Originally Posted by Casino
Broad Brush,not that easy,Bid was just as fast.Bid also traveled anywhere in the country won and set track records,Slew's only trip to the west coast he lost to JO Tobin and i know the excuse of he was a tired horse after the TC,Bid ran a month later after the Belmont and set a track record.Are you in agreement he was better then Affirmed?
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Hello Casino, The Bid could not set as fast a pace as Slew could.
In a real race others push the front runner and that softens them up
for others late. In a match race they only have to beat one horse.
The Bid would either have to let Slew go early (a sure loss) or
go with him. This would mean he would run faster then he normally does early
which would take his punch away late. Slew would win.
A couple of other points you made:
Slew's Belmont-June 11th...the Swaps-July 3rd...3 weeks.
The Bid's Belmont-June 9th...Delaware Alw---Aug 26th..almost 3 months.
The track record was nothing..1-41 3/5. It is held by another horse now.
As for the Affirmed question, tough call. I think the Bid was better.
But, Affirmed was a smart horse..he liked to "camp" on the lead.
He just was not flashy.