re: Looking like Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan won't run in the Preakness

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I was never old enough to see Secretariat, he died a year before I was born lol. Watching his sportscentury though was amazingly awe inspiring. He really was something else.

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It's an incredible story. One of my favorites in all of sports. I seriously still get the chills when I watch instagram/tik tok videos of his races.

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The unfortunate thing was that the runner up Sham in all 3 races was a record setter himself and would have won a triple crown probably if he wasn't up again Secretariat.

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1. Still has the fastest time ever at the Santa Anita.
2. 2nd fastest Kentucky Derby time ever
2. One of the fastest (top 5 I think) in the Preakness ever.

That horse was special. It's funny you mentioned that because the day of the Kentucky Derby I was talking to my wife about Secretariat and told her that I felt bad that Shams had to go against him because he was probably one of the greatest race horses ever and he didn't win any of the big three.

He actually finished last in the Belmont though. He was head to head with Secretariat for probably 3/4 of the race (which in itself was incredible) going at a record pace but he just couldn't keep up. That's when the Secretariat is running "like a tremendous machine" line came in from the announcer. The jockey actually let up on Sham and just kind of trotted to the finish.