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He received the Eclipse Award for champion two-year-old colt, and also was the 1972 Horse of the Year, a rare honor for a horse so young. At age three, Secretariat not only won the Triple Crown, but he also set speed records in all three races.
- Secretariat’s fate rested on a coin toss. In the fall of 1969, stable owners Ogden Phipps and Penny Chenery met in the offices of the New York Racing Association for what turned out to be one of the most important coin tosses in sports history.
- Secretariat was named Horse of the Year twice. After losing his very first race, at Aqueduct on July 4, 1972, Secretariat lost just once more in his two-year-old campaign, and even that was due to a controversial disqualification in a race.
- Secretariat lost the run-up to the Derby. Secretariat easily won the first two races as a three-year-old, before running a disappointing third in the Wood Memorial, his final tune-up before Churchill Downs.
- Secretariat set records that are still standing today. As the 1973 Derby began, Secretariat broke out of the gate last, before quickly moving up on the field.
Jun 9, 2023 · The 80-year-old, left a paraplegic following a career-ending fall in 1978, did not need anything else to increase his faith in his horse of a lifetime but before the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the Triple Crown – he got it.
- James Burn
- Lambourn Correspondent
Apr 30, 2018 · Born at 12:10 am, March 30, 1970, the foal who became Secretariat first appeared chunky to stud manager Howard Gentry. As Gentry reported, the young horse was a “Big, strong-made foal with...
Sep 18, 2017 · Penny Chenery, owner of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat, died on Saturday, September 16, as the result of a stroke. She was 95 years old. Born Helen Bates Chenery, Penny entered the Thoroughbred racing world through her father, Christopher Chenery.
- Leslie Potter
Sep 9, 2024 · Secretariat made his debut as a two-year-old in 1972. Trained by Lucien Laurin and ridden by jockey Ron Turcotte, Secretariat quickly showed his potential by winning seven of the nine races he entered that year, sending the horse racing betting markets into a frenzy.
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Jun 7, 2024 · Secretariat was born on March 30, 1970, a year after Riva Ridge, a horse also bred at Meadow Stable, won two Triple Crown races a year before Big Red.
