19 Dec 17
Originally posted by @handyandySecretariat was a horse, silly Andy!
Secretariat
People are being talked about not horses! 😉
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21 Dec 17
Originally posted by @very-rustyObviously you never saw Secretariat.
Secretariat was a horse, silly Andy!
People are being talked about not horses! 😉
-VR
https://www.si.com/longform/belmont/index.html
22 Dec 17
Originally posted by @handyandyYea Andy Secretariat was a horse! 😉
Obviously you never saw Secretariat.
https://www.si.com/longform/belmont/index.html
-VR
23 Dec 17
Originally posted by @very-rusty
Yea Andy Secretariat was a horse! 😉
-VR
In 1994, Sports Illustrated ranked Secretariat #17 in their list of the 40 greatest sports figures of the past 40 years. In 1999, ESPN listed him 35th of the 100 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century, the highest of three non-humans on the list (the other two were also racehorses: Man o' War at 84th and Citation at 97th). Secretariat ranked second behind Man o' War in The Blood-Horse's List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. He was also ranked second behind Man o' War by both a six-member panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press and a Sports Illustrated panel of seven experts.
On October 16, 1999, in a ceremony conducted in the winner's circle at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, the U.S. Postal Service honored Secretariat with a 33-cent postage stamp bearing his image. In 2005, Secretariat was featured in ESPN Classic's show "Who's No. 1?" in the episode "Greatest Sports Performances." He was the only non-human on the list, with his run at Belmont ranking second behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. On May 2, 2007, Secretariat was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, marking the first time an animal received this honor. In 2013, Secretariat was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in honor of his victory in the Canadian International 40 years earlier. Secretariat was also the focus of a 2013 segment of 60 Minutes Sports. In March 2016, Secretariat's Triple Crown victory was rated #13 in the Sports Illustrated listing of the 100 Greatest Moments in Sports History.
-- From Wikipedia
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30 Dec 17
Originally posted by @handyandyPft. If Secretariat counts, Red Rum is better. And Frankel.
Obviously you never saw Secretariat.
https://www.si.com/longform/belmont/index.html
30 Dec 17
Originally posted by @shallow-blueSecretariat could run rings around both of them.
Pft. If Secretariat counts, Red Rum is better. And Frankel.
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30 Dec 17
Originally posted by @fmfYou need to look at who Kallis scored his runs against.
Jacques Kallis. He scored 13,289 Test runs @ an average of 55.37, including 45 centuries, and also took 292 wickets and 200 catches. Best allrounder cricket has ever seen.
Sobers best all rounder in cricket history.
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30 Dec 17
Originally posted by @handyandyThought Man o War was generally regarded as the best ever US racehorse, as the quoted article seems to confirm. Maybe a very long time ago, so forgotten!
Secretariat could run rings around both of them.
Red Rum would do well to compete for speed with any of them, being a 'chaser' (jumps)
31 Dec 17
Originally posted by @blood-on-the-tracksAccording to Wikipedia (see above), Sports Illustrated ranked Secretariat #17 in their 1994 list of the 40 greatest sports figures of the past 40 years. In 1999, ESPN listed Secretariat 35th of the 100 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century, the highest of three non-humans on the list (the other two were also racehorses: Man o' War at 84th and Citation at 97th).
Thought Man o War was generally regarded as the best ever US racehorse, as the quoted article seems to confirm. Maybe a very long time ago, so forgotten!
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31 Dec 17
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Originally posted by @handyandyWell, the first list is irrelevant as Man O War was outside the remit
According to Wikipedia (see above), Sports Illustrated ranked Secretariat #17 in their 1994 list of the 40 greatest sports figures of the past 40 years. In 1999, ESPN listed Secretariat 35th of the 100 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century, the highest of three non-humans on the list (the other two were also racehorses: Man o' War at 84th and Citation at 97th).
As for the 2nd, probably biased because Secretariat much more into modern times.
If I were looking to compare the 2 as racehorses, I would stick with lists exclusively analysing horses! Like the one quoted on the wiki page of both horses, 'The 100 Top US Racehorses of 20th Century'
That, plus the fact that Man o War has a better 'career record' of wins