Secretariat
8 February 2009
1970 was a year of legends, no two ways about it. With the phenomenal competition of Secretariat and Sham as two of the top horses of any era people forget other horses in that Triple Crown series. Sham would have been heads and shoulders above the competition in any other year and ran his heart out in the Belmont trying to stop a force that racing has not seen since. In the 1973 Kentucky Derby when the gates opened Shecky Green set a scorching pace that was sizzled further when
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24 January 2009
Such is the case of Sham as he tried desperately to end Secretariat's bid for the Triple Crown and in any other year would have been a likely Triple Crown winner himself. Affirmed and Alydar, Sunday Silence and Easy Goer are among the names that are linked forever.Sham never had a chance at a Horse of the Year title or 3 year old champion due to the overwhelming dominance of
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