If you care at all about the sport of kings, it is the question you've been asking yourself every since American Pharoah snapped the 37-year drought by winning the Belmont Stakes Saturday and completing the Triple Crown.
How do you think Pharoah would fare against the legendary Secretariat.
To help in the discussion, the Wall Street Journal put together this great video of the two horses' wins in the Belmont side by side.
My opinion? Secretariat would kill him.
More than that, I consider Secretariat one of the 10 greatest athletes of all time. Yes, I know he has four legs. I still consider him an athlete.
And that Belmont run? Well, it's only perhaps the most spectacular two minutes, 24 seconds in sports history, right there beside Franz Klammer's thrilling downhill run in the 1976 Winter Olympics.
You can argue the point, but before you do, check out this documentary done on Secretariat.
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