Fastest Racehorse Ever?
 

We saw Seabiscuit last night which led to this question... I don't see anything at Guinness and other searches turn up garbage. So does anyone know?

I believe Secreteriat has the record for the Kentucky Derby, but i could be wrong.

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see link...

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016464.html

Thx, Ice:)

Thanks for the link. A couple I found:

http://www.peppertreefarm.org/ptf-web1-03_003.htm

and the biggets horse race every year is not in the US, it's in the United Arab Emirates with a $6 million prize for the winner!!!

http://www.dubaiworldcup.com/

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Try Secretariat

Our Phar Lap would've beaten all your donkeys.:glugglug

http://www.equinenet.org/heroes/phar.html

I dunno about the fastest, but I think I have the record for betting on all the slowest :(

Secretariat is by far the fastest that ever lived, and its unlikely to ever have has record beaten.

The reason is that when he died the autopsy revealed that he was bascially a freak of the good kind, his heart was far larger than any horse is supposed to have.

Armed with a supersized ticker, he walked past his opponents. If you haven't seen the film of his greatest win where he won by something like 1/8 mile (you couldn't even see the #2 horse) you missed the greatest race in history.

Yes, his death was a blow to the entire racing world. He stood at stud for a long time, and his progeny carries a lot of the same heart he had. He was plagued with chronic laminitis, and was put down October 4 1989. His Kentucky Derby time was 1:59 and 2/5 seconds. Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont Stakes in 2:24 flat, a world record for 1.5 miles.

Phar Lap actually shared a nickname with Secretariat, they were both called "Big Red". :) It's a shame Phar Lap died when he did, he could have taken the whole world by storm. I'm as sure as most other people that he was poisoned.

We have to remember other great horses in history though.. Kelso, Northern Dancer, Man-O-War, and many others. Secretariat was definitely one of the greats..

You know the word was actually Far Lap, but Davis insisted that all Derby winners had 7 letters in their name. Phar Lap was christened, and it means "Lightning". It was actually a joke made in reference to his incredibly sluggish workout times. It wasn't until later that the key to his incredible speed was discovered. He lived up to his name! :)

yea no doubt, I'll go with Secretariat!