The most dominant champion of the late 1880's not only ran like a machine with his effortless long strides, but he was raced like a machine, making 27 starts as a 3-year-old alone.

Secretariat winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes remains arguably the most impressive performance in the history of horse racing a half-century later. His victory came by a record 31 lengths over the ...

It’s not often myth is born out of reality almost instantaneously. Secretariat’s record-setting Belmont Stakes victory on June 9, 1973, immediately seemed too fantastical. “Big Red” completed his ...

Fifty years ago today, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by an astonishing thirty-one lengths. A remarkable feat by itself, it also capped a 1973 Triple Crown sweep in which the dazzling copper colt ...

America didn't wait for the 1973 Belmont Stakes to anoint Secretariat a hero. The chestnut's winning combination of looks, power, speed, and charisma captured a nation desperate to find someone who ...

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This was supposed to be the year thoroughbred racing celebrated the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s magnificent Triple Crown triumph as the current crop of 3-year-olds finished their run on center ...

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