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Secretariat is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written by Mike Rich and Sheldon Turner based largely on William Nack's 1975 book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, with music by Nick Glennie-Smith and directed by Randall Wallace.
Even after 50 years, Secretariat is the standard against which all horses are measured. His Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont records still stand. 'Even more phenomenal 50 years later': A look ...
Rewatching the broadcasts of all three races from 1973 makes it easy to understand why Secretariat’s legend has stood the test of time. Watch: Secretariat’s record-setting Triple Crown races ...
The Horse God Built: Secretariat, His Groom, Their Legacy (2006) HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-00-200793-1 Nack, William . Secretariat: The Making of a Champion (2002) Da Capo Press ISBN 978-0-306-81133-3
Italian movie following a trio of gamblers who always bet the wrong horses. International Velvet [133] 1978 Drama Tatum O'Neal in an updated version of the 1944 classic. Casey's Shadow. [134] [135] [136] 1978 Drama An aging New Mexico trainer (Walter Matthau) has a lot riding on a two-year-old colt. Run for the Roses [137] 1978 Drama
In the 2010 Disney movie Secretariat, Ron Turcotte's role as Secretariat's jockey is played by Otto Thorwarth, a real life jockey himself. [14]Directed by Phil Comeau, a National Film Board of Canada documentary feature film on Ron Turcotte's life and career, Secretariat's Jockey, Ron Turcotte, had its world premiere in Louisville, Kentucky, in May 2013.
The 1973 Preakness Stakes was the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland held on May 19, 1973. Six horses entered, and Secretariat won by 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths ahead of Sham in front of a record crowd of 61,657 spectators.
Secretariat then took the Laurel Futurity on October 28, winning by eight lengths over Stop the Music. His time on a sloppy track was just 1 ⁄ 5 of a second off the track record. [ 48 ] He completed his season in the Garden State Futurity on November 18, dropping back early and making a powerful move around the turn to win by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ...