“Secretariat” opens tonight at local theaters. Let’s hope this delightful Disney movie creates many new fans for The Sport of Kings, as well as bringing back those whose interest has lapsed these past ...

OKLAHOMA CITYOKLAHOMA CITY — The jockey who rode Secretariat says the film about the equine star “pretty well” captures the story of what happened during the horse’s famed run to the 1973 Triple Crown ...

In almost any sports movie, die-hard fans are bound to notice a few details the filmmakers flubbed, and “Secretariat” is no exception: Jockeys don’t wear silks at the barn, for instance, and they ...

When a coin for a valuable colt toss favors a fellow horsebreeder and leaves Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) with the less-desirable Secretariat, Chenery happily says, "I got what I wanted." Her smug ...

At last we’re off to the races with the opening of SECRETARIAT – the rousing tale of the 1973 Triple Crown winner and the greatest race horse of all time! What’s terrific about SECRETARIAT is that ...

Being billed as “super secret,” a first screening of Disney’s SECRETARIAT was held Tuesday evening at the Woodland Hills AMC in Southern California and we had one of our LA based friends in the ...

In a world of inspiring real-life sports stories, the tale of Secretariat is one of a kind. It’s too bad the Hollywood version about the legendary racehorse is just another one of the pack.

It didn’t look like Secretariat could pull it off. Coming out of the gate at the 1973 Kentucky Derby, the chestnut colt fell behind all but two horses and dropped more than nine lengths off the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Secretariat was a thing of beauty in an ugly time. That is one reason why his name will last forever. His records might too. That is another reason. "Big Red" was his nickname. He ...

Fandango overview: Based on the novel, Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing ...

Every home has its household gods and in our rather pagan one their names were Ruffian and Secretariat. It was our horse-race-loving mother who taught my brothers and me the litany of these great ...