“Secretariat” has a great story to tell — one seemingly made for the movies — and if it loses a little something in the telling, it isn’t the horse’s fault. Directed by Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”), ...

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 ...

Forty years ago, the legendary race horse Secretariat ran the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby in 1:59.40, propelling him on his way to a Triple Crown victory five weeks later, capped by an incredible ...

Jockey Ron Turcotte hangs on as Secretariat romps along the final stretch before winning the Triple Crown in 1973. Secretariat’s 2:24 Belmont time is safe; no other horse has run under 2:26 (even that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than any Kentucky Derby in the last half-century, Saturday’s festivities at Churchill Downs will illustrate why horse racing is the rare sport without a simmering GOAT debate.

Maybe we should calm down about the “superhorse” talk regarding American Pharoah, because the speed figures are in and he’s below average. I believe in the figures. I have a friend who devised his own ...

It's a good thing the connections of Secretariat had their confidence built up by their star's performance in winning the Kentucky Derby (G1), because they needed every bit of it to fend off the ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Oscar Performance, the likely Secretariat Stakes favorite over an expected six rivals, has not won two Grade 1 races and is just shy of $1.5 million because he is an ...