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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
Jun 3, 2024 · It has been 51 years since Secretariat’s Belmont Stakes, and not only has his time of 2:24 for the mile and a half lasted longer than all those iconic records that were believed to be unbreakable, no one has come even remotely close to it.
- Steve Haskin
- 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.
Jul 19, 2023 · From his first race as a two-year-old to his final race as a three-year-old, Secretariat consistently displayed a unmatched performance. In his debut race at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1972, Secretariat showcased his speed and determination, winning by an impressive length.
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.
Jun 30, 2023 · The annals of horse racing are adorned with many luminaries, but none shine quite as bright as the legendary Secretariat. Known fondly as “Big Red,” this remarkable equine was born on March 30, 1970, and it wouldn’t be long before he galloped into history.
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Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.
