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The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf. The event was originally raced at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois as a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program. Churchill Downs, whose parent company owns the land of the defunct ...
- The Beginning
- 1973
- The Belmont
- Laffit Pincay: 'Sham Would Have Been A Champion in Any Other Year'
- 'I Can't Fault Him in Any Way'
The contest for greatest Flat horse of all time is, according to some historians, strictly a three-runner affair. Sea-Bird, who won the 1965 Derby on the bridle and then followed up by winning the Arc – Europe's other most iconic race – is an obvious pretender to the throne, while unbeaten modern-day champion Frankel needs little introduction to yo...
His date with destiny began at Churchill Downs on May 5, 1973 when the emerging darling of not just the sport, but an entire nation, lined up in the Kentucky Derby. "I took him back to last, but on the back side we picked up horses like they were standing still," Turcotte says. "He just kept going and going. Sham was in front of us when we turned f...
The 1973 Belmont Stakes is one of most famous races in US history as Secretariat and old rival Sham, who also finished second in the Preakness, duelled at a gut-busting gallop that only one of them could sustain. "Secretariat is widening now! He is moving like a tremendous machine!" racecaller Chic Anderson bellowed as the three-year-old romped to ...
Laffit Pincay, whose 9,530 victories once made him racing's most prolific jockey, is, as Sham's rider, well placed to comment on Secretariat, even if he was left scratching his head in disbelief at times. "The best I ever saw," he says from California with unflinching certainty. "I knew he would be tough to beat in the Derby, but it was a mile-and-...
Turcotte, who grew up around horses as his father, a lumberjack, used them before mechanical replacements, fell into racing when moving to Ontario with his brother to work as a roofer and is not about to disagree with his former weighing room colleague's assessment of Secretariat. "I took everything one day at a time with him," he says. "My life wa...
- James Burn
- Lambourn Correspondent
Apr 30, 2018 · Secretariat crushed the competition—first by 10 lengths, then 20, and eventually a gob-stopping 31 lengths—to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since 1948.
Feb 21, 2021 · Article by Patricia McQueen: When the calendar turned the page to 2021 on January 1, all Thoroughbreds officially became one year older. That means that Ball Chairman and Border Run are now 33 years old, while Trusted Company is 32.
Nov 13, 2020 · Continuing a series celebrating Secretariat's legacy through his remaining offspring, a 2021 calendar featuring the last living sons and daughters of the legendary 1973 Triple Crown winner is...
Nov 12, 2020 · The youngster of the group is 30-year-old Secret Of The Sea, one of the last Secretariats born in 1990. Six Secretariat grandsons and a granddaughter are also featured in the 2021 calendar. Ball Chairman’s son Perfect Soul joins his dam in the group; the G1 winner and sire is now a pensioned stallion.
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Aug 11, 2024 · Nine 3-year-old colts and geldings will be sent to... Saturday's Best Bet: Clint Maroon can surprise in Secretariat Stakes Saturday’s tenth race from Arlington Park is the G...
