tags: Secretariat, horseracing, Triple Crown, streaming video

The second law of thermodynamics: the overall entropy, or disorder, of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium, or at maximum disorder.

I hope that Big Brown wins, and in fact, I think he will win the Belmont Stakes and the first Triple Crown in 30 years. But do I think that Big Brown is of the same caliber as Secretariat? Not a chance. Big Brown is simply the best individual among a very poor group of horses (with the exception of Eight Belles, who is dead). Take a look at what the legendary Secretariat did -- not only did he destroy the field with the largest ever margin of victory for that race, but he set a new track record and a new world record for the distance, too. [5:04].