NFT--Secretariat Belmont 1973

[ELCHALJE]

50 years later, Secretariat still holds the track record for the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont.

In the attached video, you may want to listen for the following quotes:

1.  He is running like a tremendous machine.

2.  Maybe the Lord whispered him a go.

3.  When I turn to look, I scare myself.

4.  OK Ronny, just don't fall off.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-KvaeuIIsw

[Bob In PA]

IT NEVER GETS OLD!!!!!!!!! Thanks. Bob

[DJN]

Best call in racing history...

1.  He is running like a tremendous machine.

[AZGiantFan]

This is a good article about how the autopsy of Secretariat revealed a source of his greatness.  At a time when the average thoroughbred's heart weighed 8.5 pounds, Secretariat's heart weighed 22 pounds, and the size was healthy, not due to some pathology.

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/The_Tremendous_Size_of_Secretariat_s_Heart_123

[jimc]

Awesome awesome awesome!!

[uconnjack8]

Really wish Flightline would have run in the triple crown races last year.  He is no Secretariat, but he might have looked like it against a pretty pedestrian 3 year old class.