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01-26-2010, 12:10 PM
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Fastest thoroughbred of all time?
NOT THE BEST,,,the Fastest...
IMO Dr.Fager was the fastest i have ever seen,Zany Tactics TP 6f,
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01-26-2010, 12:14 PM
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Well if you are talking about overall fastest as a racehorse, I'd say Secretariat hands down.
If you're talking about a sprinter,yeah I'd go with those, maybe Housebuster, but there is also horses who ran VERY fast 4 1/2- 5f races. I guess they'd be faster.
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01-26-2010, 12:23 PM
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Chinook Pass ran 5f in 55 1/5 in 1982. Pretty darn fast.
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01-26-2010, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tzipi
Chinook Pass ran 5f in 55 1/5 in 1982. Pretty darn fast.
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Dr.Fager 's mile with all that weight of 139 was insane!
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01-26-2010, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by only11
Dr.Fager 's mile with all that weight of 139 was insane!
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I never said it wasn't? That was a mile race. I just posted a fast 5f race time.
Thats like me saying Dr fagers mile? Secretariat ran 1 1/2 in 2:24!
If you're saying fastest horse,whats the criteria? What about the 4f record holders? Is a 1 1/2 race not in a "fast" category? That's all I was saying. I agree, Dr. Fagers mile was great! But wasn't Secretariats 1 1/2 Belmont the greatest show of constant pure speed? I think all these are fast anyway 
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01-26-2010, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tzipi
I never said it wasn't? That was a mile race. I just posted a fast 5f race time.
Thats like me saying Dr fagers mile? Secretariat ran 1 1/2 in 2:24!
If you're saying fastest horse,whats the criteria? What about the 4f record holders? Is a 1 1/2 race not in a "fast" category? That's all I was saying. I agree, Dr. Fagers mile was great! But wasn't Secretariats 1 1/2 Belmont the greatest show of constant pure speed? I think all these are fast anyway |
agree,i shouldve been more specific,,
Just think Big Red wasnt even asked in the Belmont for his best..
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01-26-2010, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by only11
agree,i shouldve been more specific,,
Just think Big Red wasnt even asked in the Belmont for his best..
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That's whats scary or even how about if Dr. Fager didn't get weight packed on in that race. Scary times.
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01-26-2010, 01:01 PM
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A horse called Twin Sparks went:
21.79 43.2 66.49 gate to wire going 6 furlongs at TUP.
How fast would these all time greats that you are talking about run on that surface?
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01-26-2010, 04:12 PM
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Dr. Fager, Secretariat, and Ruffian immediately come to mind. I would also think that as a pure sprinter, Artax was about as fast as anything I have seen on the track.
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01-26-2010, 04:32 PM
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Fager, Ack Ack, Precisionist, Ta We, Miesque
there is a big big difference between quick and fast
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01-26-2010, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tzipi
Chinook Pass ran 5f in 55 1/5 in 1982. Pretty darn fast.
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yes but AT Longacres which helped tremendously
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01-26-2010, 06:07 PM
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the ''good doctor''
sadly it woorked against him when facing rabbits
still my favorite horse ever....Dr Fager
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01-26-2010, 06:55 PM
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I never saw many of the "all time greats," but of the horses I have seen live, the one that visually was the most impressive with regards to his speed (and across multiple distances I might add) was GhostZapper. I loved to watch him run.
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01-26-2010, 07:16 PM
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how about a filly? xtra heat. its a shame there aren't any 5 furlong graded sprints. she could get 5 furs with any all time great. it was just that last furlong 
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01-26-2010, 07:25 PM
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Hareeba
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