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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.
The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973.Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away (had the race been longer he would have won by even more), the largest margin of victory in Belmont history, in front of a crowd of 69,138 spectators.
"Big Red" sliced three seconds off of previous track record set by Gallant Man in 1957. Jockey Ron Turcotte famously claimed he lost control of Secretariat during the Belmont and the horse ...
A half-century after Secretariat became Paris, Kentucky's most famous resident, the town has opened a small park dedicated to the Triple Crown winner. Secretariat’s legacy looms large 50 years ...
In a Sports Illustrated feature article, Nack said he took notes compulsively, endlessly, feeling for the texture of the life around the horse. [1] Secretariat was voted the 1972 American Horse of the Year, an extraordinary feat for a two-year-old, and leading up to and through the horse's winning of the 1973 Triple Crown, all of the key people ...
Secretariat’s final race of his career came at the end of his 3-year-old campaign when he won the Canadian International Championship Stakes at Woodbine Race Course in Canada on Oct. 28, 1973.
Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) (married names: Penny Tweedy until 1974 and later Penny Ringquist until 1980) was an American sportswoman who bred and owned Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown.
The Derby is always a big question mark because it is the first time a horse runs 1 ¼ miles but not for Big Red. “I told [Lucien] not to worry about the last quarter [of a mile],” Turcotte said.