secretariat Stories - And Down The Stretch They Come
A Refreshing Change Of Pace
The first week of February provides a double dose of American sporting traditions. The first, obviously, is the lead-up to this Sunday's Super Bowl, the crown jewel of televised sports events in the country. The Super Bowl isn't just a hugely popular TV event; it's the highest rated program on...
What Happened to the Handicap?
This past Saturday, Bob Baffert's Misremembered won the 73rd running of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap and, in the process, joined a long list of horses to have won this prestigious event. Horses like John Henry, Spectacular Bid, Alysheba, Ack Ack, and Seabiscuit, to name of few. But while the...
1973 Belmont Stakes
"Secretariat is widening now...he is moving like a tremendous machine! Secretariat by twelve! Secretariat by fourteen lengths on the turn!"-Track Announcer Chick AndersonIn 1948, Citation won the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and The Belmont Stakes to become the eighth Triple Crown winner in...
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