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| | Sire | Bold Ruler | | Grandsire | Nasrullah | | Dam | Somethingroyal | | Damsire | Princequillo | | Sex | Stallion | | Foaled | 1970 | | Country | United States
 | | Colour | Chestnut | | Breeder | Meadow Stud | | Owner | Meadow Stable. Racing silks: Blue, white blocks, white stripes on sleeves, blue cap. | | Trainer | Lucien Laurin | | Record | 21:16-3-1 | | Earnings | $1,316,808 | | Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | | Major Racing Wins | Sanford Stakes (1972)
Hopeful Stakes (1972)
Futurity Stakes (1972)
Laurel Futurity (1972)
Garden State Futurity (1972)
Bay Shore Stakes (1973)
Gotham Stakes (1973)
Arlington Invitational (1973)
Marlboro Cup (1973)
Man o' War Stakes (1973)
Canadian International (1973)
Bold Ruler (1954-1971) was an American thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. ...
Nasrullah (1940-1959) was a Brittish thoroughbred racehorse, and sire of 15 champions. ...
Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
Princequillo (1940-1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in France and born in Ireland. ...
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Christopher Tompkins Chenery (September 16, 1886 - January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racings U.S. Triple Crown champion, Secretariat. ...
Helen Penny Chenery (born 1922) is an American sportswoman known as the First Lady of Racing who owned Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. ...
Lucien Laurin, born March 18, 1912 in Joliette, Quebec, Canada - died June 26, 2000 at Key Largo, Florida, was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. ...
The Sanford Stakes is a Grade II 6 furlong sprint race for two-year-olds run at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
The Hopeful Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
The Laurel Futurity is an American thoroughbred horse race from Laurel Park, Maryland. ...
The Gotham Stakes is a race for three year old thoroughbred horses. ...
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1¼ miles (approximately 2,000 metres). ...
The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September of 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
The Man O War Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses of either gender aged three-years-old and up. ...
The Canadian International Stakes is a $2 million Grade I Canadian stakes race on Turf for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1973)
Preakness Stakes (1973)
Belmont Stakes (1973) The American Classic Races consist of: 1) Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky held annually on the first Saturday of May; 2) Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland held annually in May on the Saturday two weeks after the Kentucky Derby; 3) Belmont Stakes at...
The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...
The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
| | Racing Awards | 9th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1973)
U.S. Horse of the Year (1972 & 1973)
Leading broodmare sire in North America (1992) | | Honours | U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1974)
U.S. Postage Stamp (1999)
#2 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Statue at Belmont Park & Kentucky Horse Park
Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park Secretariat Street in Napa, California Buried whole The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
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The list below shows the leading sire of broodmares in North America for each year since 1924. ...
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...
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In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational theme park located in a rural area of Lexington, Kentucky in the United States. ...
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1¼ miles (approximately 2,000 metres). ...
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| | Infobox last updated on: December 9, 2007. | Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Secretariat won the 1973 Triple Crown, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, and set still standing track records in two of the three races in the Series, the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24). Like the famous racehorse Man o' War, Secretariat was a large chestnut and thus was given the same nickname, "Big Red". is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
Man o War, (March 29, 1917 Nursery Stud farm, Lexington, Kentucky - November 1, 1947, Faraway Farm) is considered by most to be the greatest thoroughbred racehorse of all time. ...
Secretariat was out of the dam Somethingroyal and sired by Bold Ruler, a grandson of Nearco. He was born at Meadow Farm in Caroline County, Virginia. Owned by Penny Chenery, he was trained by Canadian Lucien Laurin and ridden by fellow Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte. Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
Bold Ruler (1954-1971) was an American thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. ...
Nearco (brown horse, bred 1935) was an Italian thoroughbred race horse by Pharos out of Nogara; he was bred by Federico Tesio, who also bred Ribot. ...
Christopher Tompkins Chenery (September 16, 1886 - January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racings U.S. Triple Crown champion, Secretariat. ...
Caroline County is the name of several counties in the United States: Caroline County, Maryland Caroline County, Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Helen Penny Chenery (born 1922) is an American sportswoman known as the First Lady of Racing who owned Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. ...
Lucien Laurin, born March 18, 1912 in Joliette, Quebec, Canada - died June 26, 2000 at Key Largo, Florida, was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. ...
Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte (born July 22, 1941) is a world-famous jockey. ...
Background
The story of Secretariat began with the toss of a coin in 1968 between Christopher Chenery of Meadow Stables and Ogden Phipps of Wheatley Stable. The idea of a coin toss came from Phipps, the owner of Bold Ruler, and Bull Hancock of Claiborne Farms as a way to get the very best mares for Bold Ruler, and when the toss went their way, to add well-bred fillies to their own broodmare band. Bold Ruler was considered one of the important stallions of his time. He had a fine balance between speed and stamina, having had a frontrunning style but the stamina to go 1 1/4 miles; he finished 3rd in the 1957 Kentucky Derby. After his racing career, Bold Ruler was retired to Claiborne Farms but still was controlled by the Phipps family. This meant he would be bred to mainly Phipps' mares and not many of his offspring would find their way to the auction ring. Phipps and Hancock agreed to forgo a stud fee for Bold Ruler in exchange for getting to keep one of two foals produced by the mare he bred in successive seasons or two mares he bred in the same season. Who obtained which foal or even received first pick would be decided by a flip of a coin. Christopher Tompkins Chenery (September 16, 1886 - January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racings U.S. Triple Crown champion, Secretariat. ...
Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 - April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, Court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, Thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist. ...
Wheatley Stable was a Thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. ...
Claiborne Farm is located in Paris, Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous thoroughbred horse farms in the state and in the nation. ...
In 1968, Chenery sent two mares named Hasty Matelda and Somethingroyal to Bold Ruler, and in 1969, a colt and filly were the result. In 1969, Hasty Matelda was replaced by Cicada, but she did not conceive. Only one foal resulted between Bold Ruler and Somethingroyal. As stated in the original agreement, the winner of the coin toss could pick the foal he wanted but could only take one, while the loser would get the other two. Both parties assumed Somethingroyal would deliver a healthy foal in the spring of 1970. The coin toss between Penny Chenery and Ogden Phipps was held in the fall of 1969 in the office of New York Racing Association Chairman Alfred Vanderbilt II, with Hancock as witness. Phipps won the toss and took the weanling filly out of Somethingroyal, leaving Chenery with the colt out of Hasty Matelda and the unborn foal of Somethingroyal. Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
A foal is a young horse of either gender; a female foal is called a filly, while a male foal is called a colt. ...
Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
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Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
On March 30, at 12:10 a.m., Somethingroyal foaled a bright red chestnut colt with three white socks and a star with a narrow blaze. By the time the colt was a yearling, he was still unnamed. Meadow's secretary, Elizabeth Ham, had submitted ten names to the Jockey Club, and all ten were denied for one reason or another. Approval finally came with the eleventh submission, a name Ham herself picked from a previous career association, Secretariat. is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Somethingroyal was the dam of Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all time. ...
A colt or filly with its mother A Colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. ...
As a 2 year old Secretariat lost his first race at Aqueduct Racetrack when he was forced to take up on the backstretch and then could not make up the ground. After that loss, Secretariat then won 5 races in a row, including three important 2-year old stakes races, the Sanford Stakes and Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, and the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. In the Hopeful, he made a huge move, passing 8 horses in 1/4 mile to take the lead and then drawing off to win by 5 lengths. He then ran in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont, where he finished first but was disqualified and placed second for bearing in and interfering with Stop the Music, who was declared the winner. Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in the New York City borough of Queens. ...
The Sanford Stakes is a Grade II 6 furlong sprint race for two-year-olds run at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
The Hopeful Stakes is a horse race for 2 year old thoroughbred colts and geldings. ...
Saratoga Race Course is a famous horse-racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
The VATC Futurity Stakes is a weight-for-age horse race. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
The Champagne Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old colts and geldings run over a distance of 7 furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse during September. ...
Secretariat avenged that loss in the Laurel Futurity, winning by 8 lengths over Stop the Music, and completed his season with a win in the Garden State Futurity. He was named Horse of the Year at 2, becoming the first horse ever to be so honored. Only one horse since then, Favorite Trick in 1997, has won that award as a 2 year old. Secretariat also won the Eclipse Award for champion 2 year old. The Laurel Futurity is an American thoroughbred horse race from Laurel Park, Maryland. ...
Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...
The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ...
Preparing for the Derby Secretariat started off his 3 year old year with a win in the Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct. In his next start, the Gotham Mile, Secretariat won by three lengths, running 1:08 3/5 to the 3/4 mile mark and finishing in a very fast 1:33 2/5. However, he "bounced" in his next start, finishing third in the Wood Memorial to Angle Light and Sham. The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
The Triple Crown
The Kentucky Derby Despite the loss in the Wood Memorial, Churchill Downs bettors made Secretariat the 3-2 favorite over Sham in the 1973 Kentucky Derby. Secretariat broke last but gradually moved up on the field in the backstretch, then overtook his rival Sham at the top of the stretch, pulling away to win the Derby by 2 1/2 lengths. Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
On his way to a still-standing track record (1:59 2/5), he ran each quarter-mile (approximately 400 m) segment faster than the one before it. The successive quarter-mile times were: 25 1/5, 24, 23 4/5, 23 2/5 and 23. This means he was still accelerating as of the final quarter-mile of the race. It would be 28 years before any other horse would run the Derby in less than 2 minutes (Monarchos in 2001). Monarchos was the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 2002. ...
The Preakness Stakes In the Preakness Stakes, Secretariat broke last but then made a huge, last-to-first move on the first turn. After reaching the lead with 5 1/2 furlongs to go, Secretariat was never challenged and won by 2 1/2 lengths, again with Sham finishing second. The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
The time of the race was controversial. The infield teletimer displayed a time of 1:55. The track's electronic timer had malfunctioned because of damage caused by members of the crowd crossing the track to reach the infield. The Pimlico Race Course clocker, E.T. McLean Jr., announced a hand time of 1:54 2/5. However, two Daily Racing Form clockers claimed the time was 1:53 2/5 which would have broken the track record (1:54 by Cañonero II). Tapes of Secretariat and Cañonero II were played side by side by CBS and Secretariat got to the finish line first on tape, though this is not a reliable method of timing a horse race. The Maryland Jockey Club, which managed the Pimlico racetrack and is responsible for maintaining Preakness records, discarded both the electronic and Daily Racing Form times and recognized 1:54 2/5 as the official time. However, the Daily Racing Form, for the first time in history, printed its own clocking of 1:53 2/5 next to the official time in the chart of the race. Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. ...
The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. ...
Canonero II (1968-1981), properly spelled Cañonero II, was a Venezuelan champion thoroughbred race horse. ...
The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. ...
Subsequently, Tank's Prospect (1985), Louis Quatorze (1996), and Curlin (2007) have all run 1:53 2/5, equalling the time attributed to Secretariat by the Daily Racing Form. Farma Way won the 1991 Pimlico Special in 1:52 2/5, setting the current track record. The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. ...
As Secretariat prepared for the Belmont Stakes, he appeared on the covers of three national magazines, Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated. He had become a national celebrity. The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
(Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...
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The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...
The Belmont Stakes
 Secretariat's statue at Belmont Park Only four horses joined Secretariat for the June 9, 1973, running of the Belmont Stakes, including Sham, who had finished second in both the Derby and Preakness, along with three other horses thought to have little chance by the bettors, Twice A Prince, My Gallant, and Private Smiles. With so few horses in the race, and with Secretariat expected to win, no "show" bets were taken. Before a crowd of 67,605, Secretariat and Sham set a fast early pace, opening ten lengths on the rest of the field. After the 6 furlong mark, Sham gave up, ultimately finishing last. Secretariat astonished spectators by continuing on the fast pace and opening up a larger and larger margin on the field. He hit the 1 1/4 mile mark at 1:59 flat, which was faster than the track record at the time, and just after passing the 1/4 pole, jockey Ron Turcotte looked back and saw that there was no competition. In the stretch, Secretariat opened a 1/16 mile lead on the rest of the field. At the finish, he won by 31 lengths (breaking the margin-of-victory record set by Triple Crown winner Count Fleet, who won by 25 lengths) and ran the fastest 1 1/2 miles on dirt in history, 2:24 flat, which broke the stakes record by more than 2 seconds. Secretariat's world record still stands, and in fact, no other horse has ever broken 2:25 for 1 1/2 miles on dirt. If the Beyer Speed Figure calculation had been developed during that time, Andrew Beyer calculated that Secretariat would have earned a figure of 139, one of the highest figures he has ever assigned. [1] Bettors holding 5,617 winning mutuel tickets on Secretariat never redeemed them, presumably keeping them as souvenirs. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (825x550, 57 KB) from Image:Belmont6 1999-05. ...
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Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
Sham (1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger then life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. ...
Count Fleet, born March 24, 1940 at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States and died there on December 3, 1973, was a thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion in 1943. ...
The Beyer Speed Figure is a system for rating the performance of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America designed in the early 1970s by Andrew Beyer, the syndicated horse racing columnist for The Washington Post. ...
Andrew Beyer is an American expert on horse race betting who designed what has become known as the Beyer Speed Figure. ...
Secretariat became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and the 9th in history.
After the triple crown Secretariat never duplicated his Belmont Stakes performance, but continued to run impressively after the Triple Crown. He shipped to Chicago and easily won the Arlington Invitational at Arlington Park. He went to Saratoga, long known as the "graveyard of favorites", and succumbed to the jinx, losing the Whitney Stakes to Allen Jerkins-trained Onion by a length. He then won the inaugural Marlboro Cup against a field that included 1972 Derby and Belmont winner, Secretariat's stablemate Riva Ridge, top California stakes winner Cougar II, Canadian champion Kennedy Road, and Onion. Secretariat ran 1:45 2/5 for 1 1/8 miles, a world record at the time. Arlington Park is a horse racetrack in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. ...
The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September of 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
Riva Ridge (1969-1985) was a American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse owned and bred by Christopher Chenery, who, before passing away in January of 1973, witnessed the colts outstanding two-and-three-year-old racing campaigns. ...
Secretariat suffered another loss to an Allen Jerkins trainee, Prove Out, by 4 1/2 lengths in the Woodward Stakes in his next start. He then tried grass for the first time in the Man o' War Stakes and won, setting a still standing track record time of 2:24 4/5. The Woodward Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses three-year-olds and up. ...
Final race Secretariat's owner entered into a syndication deal that precluded the horse racing past age 3. Accordingly, Secretariat's last race would be in the Canadian International Stakes against older horses. Secretariat won with another impressive performance. With jockey Ron Turcotte out with a five-day suspension, Eddie Maple rode Secretariat to victory. He won the 1⅝ miles race by an impressive 6 1/2 lengths, a tremendous accomplishment on grass where large winning margins are much less common than they are in the Belmont Stakes on dirt. The Canadian International Stakes is a $2 million Grade I Canadian stakes race on Turf for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Edward Eddie Maple (born November 8, 1948 in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. ...
Altogether, Secretariat won 16 of his 21 career races and finished in the money in 20 of 21 starts.
Secretariat was again named Horse of the Year, as well as winning Eclipse Awards as the champion 3 year old and champion male turf horse.
Honors and retirement Secretariat became a beloved figure with fans and non-fans of horse racing coming to see Big Red at Claiborne farm, where he stood at stud from 1974 through 1989, living in the same stall which was once home to his sire, Bold Ruler. Secretariat sired a substantial number of major stakes winners, including 1986 Horse of the Year Lady's Secret, 1988 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Risen Star, and the 1990 Melbourne Cup winner Kingston Rule, who still holds the race record. He also sired General Assembly, who won the 1979 Travers Stakes at Saratoga while setting a still-standing race record of 2:00 flat; Andrew Beyer has said that General Assembly's speed figure in that race was one of the fastest in history. Like Secretariat in the Belmont, General Assembly never duplicated that performance in another race. The criticism of Secretariat's as a stallion was mostly due to his inability to produce offspring as great as he was — (and perhaps due to his expensive syndication deal); expectations were clearly unrealistic, and when viewed objectively, Secretariat was a very successful stallion. He sired as many as 600 foals during his retirement. Ladys Secret, born on April 8, 1982, was an American champion thoroughbred filly race horse. ...
The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
Risen Star, (1985-1998), was a champion thoroughbred race horse. ...
The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ...
Kingston Rule was an American-bred racehorse running in Australia. ...
The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
His blood flows through many other notable racehorses, including 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones, and he is most noted as a broodmare sire, being the broodmare sire of 1992 Horse of the Year and successful sire A.P. Indy, Secretariat's grandson through his daughter Weekend Surprise, who was sired by another Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew. AP Indy is the sire of 2007 Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches, the first filly to win at Belmont since 1905. Secretariat is also the dam-sire of the great stallions Storm Cat (by Storm Bird), through his daughter Terlingua, herself an excellent racemare, and of Gone West, through his daughter Secrettame. Smarty Jones (born February 28, 2001) is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. ...
A.P. Indy (born 1989) is a champion stallion Thoroughbred racehorse. ...
Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
For thematic conception of ascension, see Rags to Riches. ...
Storm Cat (born in 1983) is an American stallion thoroughbred racehorse whose breeding fee is currently tied for highest in the world. ...
Storm Bird (1978-2004) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse in Ireland. ...
In the fall of 1989, Secretariat was afflicted with laminitis, a painful and often incurable hoof condition. His condition failed to improve, and he was euthanized on October 4. He is buried at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. He was given the rare honor of being buried whole; usually only the head, heart and legs of a winning race horse are buried, the rest cremated.[1] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Claiborne Farm is located in Paris, Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous thoroughbred horse farms in the state and in the nation. ...
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Before his burial, he was necropsied at the University of Kentucky; Dr. Thomas Swerczek, the veterinarian who performed the necropsy, found that Secretariat's heart was the largest he had ever seen in a horse — approximately twice the size of a normal horse's heart. Dr. Swerczek states in correspondence:
"Certainly, after performing autopsies on several thousand thoroughbred horses, including mares and stallions, no other horse came close to Secretariat’s heart size. The second largest heart I found was the heart of Sham, who actually broke the Kentucky derby record, but still lost to Secretariat. Sham’s heart weighed 19 pounds. The third largest heart I found was stallion Key to the Mint, which was 16 pounds. The majority of all others were smaller, in the range of 10 to 12 pounds. Bold Ruler, the sire of Secretariat had an average size heart. The heart size seemingly is inherited from the female side of the pedigree. When I performed the autopsy on Secretariat, which was necessary because of insurance and we needed to determine the cause of the laminitis, the cause of destruction, I did a cosmetic autopsy. The reason being I did not want to dismantle such a remarkable specimen and the farm personnel and handlers were present to immediately collect all organs in large plastic bags which were immediately returned to the farm to be buried with the body. Normally, with other horses we can keep all organs and the body for further study, or to preserve large specimens, like the heart, but I was not allowed to do this with Secretariat. For this reason, all specimens were immediately collected and returned to the farm, and I did not get a chance to weigh the heart. However, by comparing it to numerous other hearts I got actual weights on, I am certain the weight was between 21 to 22 pounds. So I considered the heart weight officially as 21 pounds. The heart was in perfect shape, not diseased in any way, but just considerably larger than any other horses I autopsied." [2][3][4][5] A normal heart size for a thoroughbred is 8½ pounds. This information on heart size led the way for new research to be conducted on factors leading up to great thoroughbreds and the size of their hearts. The hypothesis known as the "X factor" claims that an enlarged heart size is given by the dam to her foal, even as she acquired it from her sire. Devotees of this theory claim that Secretariat was a successful broodmare sire because his heart size genetics might be passed on to fillies he sired, who in turn would pass it on to their foals. However, it should be noted that this research is still preliminary and that there is still much work left to do before the hypothesis can be confirmed.
While there is now an extensive literature debating whether the X factor and heart size has a connection to athletic performance in racehorses, there is nonetheless reason to doubt the veracity of Dr. Swerczek's particular story about Secretariat. The story of Phar Lap's enlarged heart, which was detected after an autopsy performed after that horse's mysterious death, was well publicized (it appears in the Encyclopedia of American Racing, published in 1959), and would have been known by any important equine veterinarian who worked with racehorses. Further, Dr. Swerczek admits that he did not actually weigh the heart, and no pictures exist of the alleged organ. Also, what are the odds that the horse with the alleged second largest heart would be another 1970 foal who was Secretariat's chief rival in the Triple Crown races? As Secretariat is a popular horse, the desire to say that he had "heart" in the metaphorical sense is understandable; whether he had "heart" in the literal sense is unproven.
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ESPN listed Secretariat 35th of the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century, one of three non-humans on the list (the other two of which were also racehorses). In 1974, Secretariat was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
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In 2005, Secretariat appeared once more in ESPN Classic's show Who's No. 1?. In the list of "Greatest Sports Performances" (by individual athletes), the horse was the only non-human on the list, his run at Belmont ranking second behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ...
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