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Originally Posted by Mithra
Can anyone explain why none of these horses can match Secretariat?
The horse set the record in '73, why the fuck can the modern horses not beat that when they have every advantage in terms of more generations to improve genetically, much better steroids, 30+ years to get better at training methods etc...
Modern day athletes are all better than their predecessors and we don't breed them like we do horses so what is the deal?
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Everything you stated is arguable. I agree with it though, I have sat there for hours arguing with elders that modern day athletes are better and they all disagree.
Secretariat holds no world records as far as times. He holds the 1 1/2 north American record, but thats it. He may have been more domminant in his time because the competition was easier