man o war was a great horse, yeah. but unless you face two horses against each other, you're not gonna know who was better. racehorse shoes were generally cast in silver until about 1950. they were very expensive and some had special turn-grippers so horses wouldn't slip. compared to horseshoes used on racehorses now, there's about 1/3oz difference. ONE THIRD OF AN OUNCE. :-) now enough to slow ol' man o war down, i promise. when you said on your page that Seabiscuit and Secretariat carried 115 lbs, that was wrong. each race assigns weights to the horses called imposts. they are different each race and are determined by the horse's progress in racing. seabiscuit carried as much as 132 lbs in some of his races. track surfaces and conditions varied. sometimes it was muddy while other times it was compact and fast. like i said before---the only way to tell which horse is better is a match race.
