SECRETARIAT

Secretariat was born on March 30, 1970 in Virginia, son of Bold Ruler out of Somethingroyal. The big chestnut would race for two years winning 16 of 21 starts and $1.3 million dollars. Ridden by Ron Turcotte, owned by Meadow Stable and trained by Lucien Lauren. Secretariat would become America's horse, creating memories and history as he flew.

In 1972 Secretariat won two year-old colt of the year. Even greater things were to come in 1973, winning both the Triple Crown and horse of the year. In the first leg of the Triple Crown Secretariat would win the Kentucky Derby in world record time of 1:59 2/5, a record that still stands today. One of Secretariat's most memorable accomplishments came in the 1973 Preakness Stakes with simply a stunning move on the clubhouse turn to take the lead and never look back. Big Red had a habit of taking the lead and not looking back.

The highlight of Secretariat's racing career came in the running of the 1973 Belmont Stakes. It truly was the defining moment of beauty that was Secretariat. It is the race by witch all races are measured, then and now. It was not only the world record time of 2:24 or the 31 lengths the "big hearted chestnut" won by. It was exactly what all of America wanted to see, perfection.

Sadly Secretariat would die due to laminitis in 1989. Upon autopsy, it was found that Secretariat's heart was two times the size of the average thoughbread. Big Red painted memories with "goose-bumps" and "tears of joy" that in reality would last about two minutes but in our hearts would last forever.

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