re: Secretariat/ Tainted Triple Crown?

Let's see, you offer is this as a possible corroborating point:

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The average Thoroughbred's heart weighs about 8.5 lbs. Secretariat's heart weighed nearly three times that number!

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Let's see, how would we get that information. A necropsy

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the veterinarian who performed the necropsy, Thomas Swerczek, head pathologist at the University of Kentucky, did not weigh Secretariat's heart, but stated, "We just stood there in stunned silence. We couldn't believe it. The heart was perfect. There were no problems with it. It was just this huge engine.

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Hmmm. Something seems off here. Not only does steroid use sometimes cause heart enlargement, it does it in part by causing thickening of the muscle which will actually cause the efficacy of the heart to deteriorate, pumping blood much less efficiently. Yet the vet seemed to think the heart was perfect.