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War of the Triple Crown Flashback or man might have been the second winner of the Triple Crown

In 1920, when Man o 'War was a three years, the Triple Crown was not seen as the holy grail of horse racing. After all, Sir Barton last year became the only horse that had captured the three jewels of the Triple Crown at that time, so that the prestige of performing this feat that has accumulated in recent years had not yet time to develop. In fact, at that time, was not called even the Triple Crown.

Nicknamed "Big Red" as well as the Secretariat called 50 years later, Man o 'War lost only once in his career race 21, and it was like a toddler on a horse called stomach. Man o 'War had a slow start and was winning but fell short half-life. He never lost again.

Why skipped the Kentucky Derby

It is likely that Man o 'War would have been the second Triple Crown winner if not for his owner, who believes that the test distance of 1 - ¼ mile Kentucky Derby was too much, too soon for a girl three years.
As a result, his first start of season three years was the shortest game is 1-1/8 miles Preakness off a layoff of eight months, a course of action would be absolutely unheard of today, winning, and the establishment of a path. He went on to take The Belmont Stakes, and established an American record for the distance of 1-3/8 miles.

Sometimes people are so caught up in the spectacular Secretariat length of 31 Belmont victory that people forget the other Big Red 20 length victory in Belmont, who was born until the end of 1/16th of a mile. It is true that only face an opponent, which shows how much she intimidates you.
The shortest distance was 1-3/8 miles, but the time for that period was spectacular, running a 2:14, while it decreased until the end. Remember that times were much slower then, possibly due to training methods, but subjects were generally slower.

So dominant and feared that only once after his Preakness victory he faced a maximum of three rivals, with the rest of their careers in front of one or two more.

After the Belmont

As the summer progressed, it was establishing his legend by dominating the eight races more, including an incredible 100 length win in the realization of 1-5/8 miles Lorenzo won under moderation.

On October 12, 1920, as would be the last race of his career, Man o 'War achieved the second best option for the Triple Crown by easily defeating last year's winner of the Triple Crown, Sir Barton. In a 1 - ¼-mile match race at Kenilworth Park Gold Cup, Man o 'War took the lead immediately, while he lurked behind Sir Barton a length to pass the thread first.

This was his only race captured on film and video shows as they came around the turn now Man or War "was in complete control, leading the winner of the Triple Crown in 15 lengths under strong restrictions, galloping home an easy 7-length winner.

After this victory over Sir Barton, Man o 'War was father retired from studies and other famous horses such as Kentucky Derby winner 1929, Clyde Van Dusen and War Admiral, who was the winner of the Triple Crown 1937.
Man o 'War was ranked No. 1 in the ranking of the magazine Blood Horse top 100 thoroughbred champions of the U.S. Century 20.

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