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Records are routinely broken in other sports, but Secretariat’s record-breaking times in the 1973 Triple Crown have never been matched.
There was no bigger surprise victory among the horses on this list than Proud Clarion, which paid $62.20 on a $2 win bet, ...
(WWBT) - 55 years ago today, a Virginia and Horse racing legend ... so there’s a real story here to tell more about that,” said Ladin. Now, Secretariat’s birthday festivities aren’t ...
Secretariat's story has been told again and again, and he is still considered by many to be the greatest horse to ever set foot on a racetrack. As a stallion, however, he rarely received the ...
A little-known fact about Secretariat at the Derby – his times in each successive quarter-mile got faster, meaning the horse and jockey Ron Turcotte were accelerating as the race wore on.
Trained by Hall of Famer Lucien Laurin and ridden primarily by Hall of Famer Ron Turcotte, Secretariat won the Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion 2-Year-Old Male in 1972.
Secretariat Day will be held in Ashland, Virginia on March 30 to celebrate the champion racehorse's birthday. The event will feature live music, food trucks, and a showing of Disney's "Secretariat" ...