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Nov 18, 2023 · Ron Turcotte was lifted aboard Secretariat for one last valedictory canter, and the crowd cheered as they always did when the red horse came running down the stretch for the final time. “It was a very sad day for me and for Secretariat,” said Turcotte.
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.
- 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
Her name is Penny Chenery Tweedy, and her faith in this horse will galvanize the nation, revolutionize horse racing and, ultimately, change her life’s course entirely. Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner.
Sep 9, 2024 · Secretariat was foaled at Meadow Stable in Caroline County, Virginia and was bred by Christopher Chenery, the owner of the stable. However, it was Chenery’s daughter, Penny Chenery, who would take the reins of Secretariat’s career after her father became ill.
Wallace got an extra burst of energy when Penny Chenery, the owner of Secretariat, visited for the filming reenactment of her horse’s Belmont masterpiece. “We knew Penny was coming, but we didn’t know exactly which days she would be there,” Wallace recalled.
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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.
