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magical thyme

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18. maybe because he was in the here and now

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #15)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:19 PM

Jun 2012

and Man O'War is long gone, so living people saw Secretariat blow away the competition with their own eyes. It's not any official title that I'm aware of, anyway. Just what some bunch of people or other claims.

But Man O'War lives on through his strong influence on the breed. It's almost hard to find a t-bred that *doesn't* trace back to Man O'War.

Note that War Admiral, Buckpasser, Affirmed, Sea Biscuit and who knows how many others on that top 100 list trace back to Man O'War.

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I don't understand how he took that title from Man o' War JonLP24 Jun 2012 #15

maybe because he was in the here and now magical thyme Jun 2012 #18

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without any doubt imo backwoodsbob Jun 2012 #20