Secretariat was the 1-10 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes on June 9, 1973. Those who bet on him were happy after the race because the iconic horse, nicknamed "Big Red," didn't just win — he ran away ...

A four months old baby abandoned by its parents has been discovered at the Niger state Secretariat, the Director General of the Niger state Child Rights Agency, Barrister Mariam Kolo told The Nation.

ASHLAND, Va. -- A replica of American horse racing icon Secretariat is making its way to Ashland, Virginia, as part of a cross-country tour celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the 1973 Triple Crown.

As horse racing fans look forward to the running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 10, 2023, a Triple Crown win and perhaps the best race horse ever come to mind. In 1973, Secretariat won the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - This is the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s iconic Triple Crown win. In his 16-month career, he came in first 16 times, was second three times, and third once. He was ...

Fifty years ago today, Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, securing the second requirement to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple Crown winner in one-quarter of a century. When eight horses ...

All 19 horses in Saturday's 151st running of the Kentucky Derby are descendants of the great Secretariat, according to a report by the Louisville Courier Journal. A search of pedigrees found that each ...

Secretariat is widely considered the greatest horse in the history of thoroughbred racing. Winning the Triple Crown certainly helped, but "Big Red" is one of the 12 horses that won the Kentucky Derby, ...

Race fans enter the track beneath the statue of Secretariat on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in 2023. / Sam Upshaw Jr. / Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Secretariat, ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the ...