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Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races.
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.
In May, 1972 Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby and in June Belmont Stakes, thus fulfilling Mr. Chenery's lifelong dream of producing a great horse. That same year, another Meadow colt, the two-year-old Secretariat had such a dominant fall season that he became American Horse of the Year which was a rare honor
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 ...
As well, Secretariat raced 21 times in his career, including nine times as a 2-year-old (on the way to winning the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year), three times as a 3-year-old before the ...
Thanks in part to the success of Weekend Surprise's son A.P. Indy, Secretariat was the leading broodmare sire in North America of 1992. [6] Her dam Lassie Dear was a stakes winner by Buckpasser, another Horse of the Year and leading broodmare sire. Lassie Dear also produced Group I winner Wolfhound and multiple stakes winners.
As the 150th Kentucky Derby approaches May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, we rank the top 10 horses to capture the Run for the Roses.
Through his combined victories at the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, and Kentucky Derby, Secretariat became the ninth horse to complete the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, [30] and the first horse since Citation in 1948, ending a 25-year period without a Triple Crown winner. [30] Secretariat's times in all three Triple Crown races were ...