Secretariat vs American Pharoah side by side:

[Kingofalldems]

Video at link.

http://www.wsj.com/video/american-pharoah-vs-secretariat-who-would-win/513B9634-15E8-4108-B3F7-DEB54AF09F4B.html

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. No contest...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/120455453#post1

[Herman4747]

2. This is ridiculous. Absolutely no contest!!

American Pharoah would be at least a dozen lengths behind!

[twogunsid]

3. Lucky for American Pharoah....

Secretariat wasn' t running in the 2015 Belmont!

[a kennedy]

4. Still get goosebumps over that Secretariat race.....wow....

a thing of beauty. Whew,

[lovemydog]

5. Very fun to watch.

I didn't realize American Pharaoh was only two seconds off of Secretariat's legendary run.

[twogunsid]

6. Gary Stevens thinks AP would win against Secretariat

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/06/10/losing-jockey-american-pharoah-if-challenged-would-have-broken-secretariats-record/#.VXjVLL5A7gk.facebook

[Kingofalldems]

7. Don't know about that.

Secretariat was hand ridden in the Belmont. Actually we'll never know. Both great horses.
I hope I am around to see AP's offspring in action.

[twogunsid]

8. After he ran Sham into the grave he was hand-ridden....

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....Turcotte hustled Secretariat into the first turn and Sham was breathing down his neck. I've heard from old-time Belmont people that the track was hard as an interstate in '73, too.

It's fun and interesting to compare horses from different eras. Secretariat was great. AP is great. Spectacular Bid was the greatest horse.

[GoCubsGo]

9. The final quarter mile DID remind me of Secretariat's Belmont win.

But, Secretariat was a once in a lifetime horse. Amarican Pharoah is pretty damn special, too. However, I don't know if he's really at Secretariat level.

[TZ]

10. I think that Belmont

Will never be matched. However for people like me, who were too young to see Secretariat or remember AP's Belmont run is the greatest Belmont /TC performance we've seen

[twogunsid]

11. A Realistic Look at American Pharoah and Secretariat

When American Pharoah became just the 12th horse to sweep the Triple Crown — one year after Steve Coburn, co-owner of California Chrome, proclaimed the feat impossible — much of the talk centered not on the colt’s spectacular accomplishment, but rather on his place in history.

The Wall Street Journal even released a video that proved Secretariat’s time of 2:24 in the 1973 Belmont Stakes was faster than American Pharoah’s time of 2:26.65 in this year’s edition of the Test of Champions. (I’m anxiously awaiting a follow-up video confirming that Ted Williams’ MLB-leading .406 average in 1941 was higher than the .341 mark of last year’s batting champ Jose Altuve.)

Look, I get it: We love to compare athletes of different eras — it’s one of the joys of being a sports fan. Heck, in the last few weeks alone, I’ve heard more arguments for and against LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the best NBA player ever than I’ve seen Caitlyn Jenner stories. That’s a lot of arguments.

But why do the horse racing debates have to be so, well, dumb?
- See more at: http://www.twinspires.com/blog/2015/6/13/realistic-look-american-pharoah-and-secretariat#sthash.9ZW8nhup.BWMgIYFR.dpuf