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[Smoke'n Mack]

Smoke'n Mack, we got something in common, I've always loved anything written or recorded about Big Red.. He was Perfection, or at least as perfect as We will ever see...a Freak of nature. I love the Stuff Bill Nack has done. Maybe somebody will breed a Beagle That Good someday? Lol that's kinda my goal..

Oh by the Way A Son of Secretariat , Risen Star won the Preakness and The Belmont in 1988, in the 2nd fastest time.. second to Daddy, but that time will never be Beat.....2:24..
The Derby that Year was Huge, easy for the best horse not to be in a position to win.
He had a few other good offspring, but he was never gonna reproduce himself!

I must have overlooked Risen Star, good to know. The horse truly was a freak. His Belmont time is absurd. Just goes to show you though, any horse/animal can have a bad day, I think he raced 6 times after that Belmont and was beaten twice. That's my next thing, these horses today aren't trained and ran like the horses were in Secretariat's day. He ran 21 races combined in his 2 and 3 year old seasons. 21!! To compare, the Belmont was Tonalist's 5th race of his life, with only two more on the schedule. Until someone trains their horse to run 3 races in 5 weeks and not be tired, I'm not sure I'll ever see a Triple Crown winner. And I'm not sure that anyone is going to put their horse under that much stress now as much of a racket the stud barn is.

How about Sham too, that horse was incredible in his own right. His heart weighed 18 pounds. Had he not been in the same crop of 3 year olds as Secretariat, he no doubt would have joined the triple crown winner's list.

[Moore Beagles]

I heard a vet describe the large hearts as a bigger motor....lol
Sham would have done it, he was a great Horse, just a wrong year, like Alydar..
Heres Risen Star in the Belmont
If you haven't seen it, its pretty good, He crushes em by 18 lengths.. Not Sure what His Jockey was doing in the Derby, but He moved him way to late or else He might have pulled off the Triple Crown.

http://youtu.be/yhqFUQtaWkI

and Here's his most famous Daughter

http://youtu.be/sBjOwUc-Ho4

[Smoke'n Mack]

Heres Risen Star in the Belmont
If you haven't seen it, its pretty good, He crushes em by 18 lengths.. Not Sure what His Jockey was doing in the Derby, but He moved him way to late or else He might have pulled off the Triple Crown.

http://youtu.be/yhqFUQtaWkI

That's awesome.

[Rcoff]

Moore Beagles wrote:
Heres Risen Star in the Belmont
If you haven't seen it, its pretty good, He crushes em by 18 lengths.. Not Sure what His Jockey was doing in the Derby, but He moved him way to late or else He might have pulled off the Triple Crown.

http://youtu.be/yhqFUQtaWkI

WOW! Thanks for sharing.