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He won his second Horse of the Year title, plus Eclipse Awards for champion three-year-old colt and champion turf horse. At the beginning of his year as a three-year-old, Secretariat was syndicated for a record-breaking $6.08 million (equivalent to $41.7 million in 2023), on the condition that he be retired from racing by the end of the year.
In a rare occurrence, two two-year-olds topped the balloting for 1972 American Horse of the Year honors with Secretariat edging out the filly, La Prevoyante.Secretariat received the votes of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America and the Daily Racing Form, while La Prevoyante was chosen by the National Turf Writers Association.
The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973.Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away (had the race been longer he would have won by even more), the largest margin of victory in Belmont history, in front of a crowd of 69,138 spectators.
An autopsy revealed Secretariat's heart was nearly three times larger than the average Thoroughbred's heart. It was estimated to be 22 pounds. If you want your average half-pound heart to swell ...
‘Big Red’ is one of 13 winners of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Why do we know him better than all the others? Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
Secretariat won eight straight races that year, although he was disqualified in the Champagne. He was voted Eclipse Awards as best 2-year-old Male and the more prestigious Horse of the Year.
In a Sports Illustrated feature article, Nack said he took notes compulsively, endlessly, feeling for the texture of the life around the horse. [1] Secretariat was voted the 1972 American Horse of the Year, an extraordinary feat for a two-year-old, and leading up to and through the horse's winning of the 1973 Triple Crown, all of the key people ...
The year before, Copelan had examined another one of Penny Chenery’s horses, 1972 Kentucky Derby winner Riva Ridge, in the days leading up to the race. He'd built a relationship with one of the ...