Majestic Prince - 1969 Preakness Stakes (Full Race)

Majestic Prince and Arts and Letters battle it out down the stretch.

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[BE109]

No disagreement at all, what I was saying was when he wasn't right he was susceptable. When he was himself(meaning no abcess, no low grade fever,etc.) he was a pure steamroller. We agree on this issue,I promise not to bring up Dr. Fager(just a little joke!).

[cf1970]

No worries; I just wanted to make my position clear. I love Dr. Fager; the case you make for him has been eminently fair, and you've done so without denigrating other horses. The fact that you DON'T denigrate is very much appreciated.

Have a great day.

[BE109]

CONT: In the Woodward, he wasn't origionally going to run. Riva Ridge (his stablemate was) was supposed to run. The track came up wet, Riva didn't handle offgoing at all. So Secretariat stepped in without those "zinger" workouts designed to open his pipes. Thus he wasn't 100% percent. source- Bill Nack, who wrote a book on Secretariat.

[cf1970]

Precisely! That's what myself and others have said all along. I have that book, and the explanations are totally logical. We have only offered the facts, they are not "excuses" as many cynical critics of Secretariat would like to believe. I wish they could accept those facts.

Thanks for posting that pertinent information.

[BE109]

You are correct,they are not excuses. He wasn't unbeatable. But when he was on song (which was most of the time), he was incredible.

[cf1970]

That's right, not excuses; but as far not being unbeatable, that's where I'm going to have to respectfully disagree; I truly believe Secretariat WAS unbeatable when totally right. That's always been my contention, without debating it any further. I really don't have the time or energy to get into yet another debate. No offense.

We each have our favorites, and that's certainly good enough for me.

Take care, and thank you for your many comprehensive comments in the videos! You know your stuff!

[711ATOM]

Arts and Letters terrific jockey Braulio Baeza never gotten over losing this one; as he said "I should’ve won that Preakness. Majestic Prince fouled me twice. It took the stewards a very long time to decide. They never take horses down in the Preakness."

[drfager01]

people need respect SECRETARIAT lets appreciate him for his immeasurable victories, ones likely never to be seen again i dont understand the ignorance of some people who are in the miniscule minority, and have the odacity to denegrate SCRETARIAT and question his HEART, the problem with these individuals are, they refuse to accept that SECRETARIAT is one of the 3 greatest horses that ever raced if not the greatest.

[BE109]

CONT: He lost the Whitney to Onion,Secretariat had lost training time battling a low grade fever. What you saw was what is called a "short Horse". Meaning short on conditioning,Secretariat thrived on very fast WO's,usually that saps a horse,not him it opened his pipes.

[BE109]

CONT: Turcotte was distraught after his 1st workout for the Derby(he still had the abcess),when he worked the 2nd time for the Derby, turcotte was relieved because Secretariat was back to his old self. Right after the 1st WO, the groom told him about the abcess.