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A beautiful tribute to an extraordinary man! Thank you❤

If you’re quoting lineage it’s “by”if you’re talking the stallion and “out of” if you’re talking the mare. Get it right. And just in case, a half sister or brother is out of the same mare, not by the same stallion. I hate it when people butcher pedigree language.

Proud and courageous Black jockey's and horsemen dominated the sport of Thoroughbred racing from the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 through 1903, winning 6 Derby's, 1 Preakness and 3 Belmont Stakes. And eventually the key push to exclude Black jockey's came when racist white jockeys - spurred on by racist white track owners--racist white horse owners and the racist white betting public - began violently attacking their Black American counterparts by boxing them out during races, running them into the rail and outright assaulting them with riding crops. All inflicted with the usual impunity by white patriotic, flag-waving hypocrites.

Dude, you can’t pronounce Riva or Turcotte!! What are you doing pretending to teach about Secretariat?

This man might be my soul mate. Top notch research 👏

Eddie your with big red and the lord. You are happy and loved sir yes you are. A great person.

Beautiful confirmation, rest his soul

I have a question. Are MORGANS now not the original Morgan? Or is the GOVERNMENT MORGAN a seperate breed? Please advise.

My uncle Bill Burke owned the 3Bars Ranch and Horse 🐎 3 bars is buried in the front yard with a statue

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Eddie Sweat was Secretariat's best human friend/buddy.

It’s Spectacular Bid.Your are a fake.

I still have a three bar lineage horse just turned 18 years this year old and his an amazing horse best ever !

The draft background explains why Hancocks are known to be rank. They probably if tested the hard ones would have pssm!

Nice to see a story about a typey old-time quarter hose. I'd like to mention though, that it's kind of a modern idea that there was no Percheron in the QH. I'm 72, and I remember lots of conversations about how the QH mixed TB (and Arab, from Old Janus), some later TB, and a dash of Barb for early foot and cow sense. Probably got a little Andalusian in there, too. All in all, like many great Americans, a bit of a chopped salad of a bunch of good ancestors.

I had a free horse from a neighbor. His papers were found and doc bar was his great grandpa. My boy was Docs chock bars jr. His dam was Docs jen n tonic. My name is Jen. He was my heart horse. Liver chestnut beauty who restarted my horse life. He was 22 when he was bought at a benifit for 50 bucks. My neighbors were clueless about horses. Doc escaped and came to my house. Skinny and lonely. They gave him to me. He was the best! Had him till he was 31. Everybody loved him . He was a charmer. And Fast!!! Unlike his grandfather! He had throurobred build and a confident attitude. Miss my Docco boy

Not that it matters much, but I believe the pronunciation is Knee-Are-Co. Good info. Thanks

Their lives are a blessing to the rest of us. These are the stories we need to hear and pass on.

Nice tribute to a huge part of the Secretariat legacy.

He is in a very elite class. Dr Fager, Swaps and the great Spectacular Bid. 44 years later, he still holds the world record for the coveted champions distance of 1 1/4 miles. Every champion since ,Man O War has run that distance. But only the Bid ran it faster than them all. A full 8 lengths faster than Secretariat.

I think that first poc may actually he his son Nasrulla. Stand to be corrected tho...

I will be very happy when horses no longer race at two and young men are no longer sent to war at 18. Too young. Just too young.

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Have the book.

Tell us about them skipper w and silent string horses

Secretariat knew a great horse when he saw one. He ignored other stallions at Claiborne Farm, but he daily challenged Bid to a match race along the fence line between their two paddocks. There is a photo of Bid being led back to his paddock after a session in the shed, and Secretariat is standing there just gazing at him. Stallions don't really get to have friends because they can impregnate mares and they fight with other males. But Secretariat and Bid were besties!

Grooms never get the credit they deserve.. I've been fortunate to work with some good ones... there's an art to it and much more than people realize.... that groom has his or her hands on that horse every day... usually not the trainer.

Joe Hancock was not by a Percheron stallion. He was by the horse John Wilkins and out of the Mundell mare, making him 1/4 Percheron. John Wilkins was by Peter McCue.

Spectacular Bird?

Enjoyed the video, mucho dislike for the cap on your head . Doc bar played a humongous part and I rode many descendants. I preferred sugar bars though.

Man hes related to all the big stars❤

Great history ! Thank you !

Nearco through his sons Nearctic, Nasrullah and Royal Charger is the direct male-main line progenitor of the worlds thoroughbreds. He raced 14 times retiring unbeaten. Owing to the to events leading up to ww2 Tesio sold him to Martin Benson for 60000 to stand in Newmarket England. At stud he had a dominant, fiery disposition so much so that he went through 10 grooms before a man named Ernie Lee came to care for him. The picture you see in the vt is Nearco being led out of a bomb shelter by Lee which was built for him. Lee was the only person Nearco trusted and they remained together right up until the end. During his final days Lee would mix his food then hand feed him. When the time came Lee led him to the veterinary hospital where he was put down. On Nearco's death Lee walked away from racing never to return.

What a beautiful tribute to Eddie Sweat!

Anybody who knows anything about horse racing knows about Nearco. Nearco sired Nasrullah, who sired Bold Ruler, arguably the greatest thoroughbred sire of all time who of course sired Secretariat, the greatest racehorse of them all. Nearco also sired Nearctic, who sired Northern Dancer, influential mostly in European racing. That is just scratching the surface of Nearco. Of course he isn't unknown.

Nearco the Italian Godfather his bloodline have won a lot of races to long to list. Cigar is one he won 16 straight races.

Anyone who knows Thoroughbred bloodlines has heard of Nearco. I'm surprised, however, that you didn't mention his breeder, the great Frederico Tesio, who is one of the most famous breeders and trainers ever in Thoroughbred breeding and racing. Tesio also gave us the great Ribot. Also, the horse's name is Spectacular Bid, not Spectacular Bird. Spectacular Bid won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 1979, and was a multiple Champion and Horse of the Year who descended from Nearco through Nasrullah, Bold Ruler and Bold Bidder.

Thank you for this much deserved tribute to Eddie Sweat.

What a Boy !!! Produced great .. great Champions!! 👍👍👍

One of my mares was free, I was looking through her pedigree I came across doc bar not to many generations back. Its kinda whatever but I thought it was cool :)

It sounded like the narrator was pronouncing Riva Ridge as river ridge. I have Bill Nacks book on Secretariat. A very good read.

Eddie saved Secretariat's life more than once, nursing him 24/7. Without that love + dedication, we might not have seen Secretariat's greatness. I was born + raised in Louisville. Our friend, Dr. Larry Scanlan was picked by Lauren to examine Secretariat before the Derby + prove his soundness. Larry said jokingly, " you'll find out how bad his knees are (on Derby Day).Larry + I were both on the far turn (judges tower + on the fence) for Secretariat's Derby.I knew Secretariat and Riva.They were two of the smartest, kindest, people-loving horses. Fun to be around, loved to play games. They probably got that from Eddie.

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I was 10 years old when secretariat won the triple crown and I wanted to be like Eddie, at the time I didn’t even know his name .

Nikko or Nearco?

I’m so appreciative of this uploading video about Eddie , it’s always a Hero that remains behind at a determined Champion RIP Thank you 🙏🏼 for your care and 💕🐴🐴

Is wasn't River, it was Riva Ridge! Riva was my pick for the classics in 72. I wanted him to beat the crap out of his stablemate in the 73 Marlboro Cup. Oh, well. But, he's still my favourite today. So please pronounce his name correctly.

great job

Had the pleasure of being a friend for a time. Great story teller, great laugh. Sometimes lonely life, wouldn't have traded it for anything else I know. RIP Shorty ✌️

Thank you for honoring Eddie Sweat. He loved Secretariat to greatness. I hope there is an afterlife and Eddie and Secretariat are united.

Who shot those photos of him with this horse in the barn? We all can see that this horse was loyal to Eddie first and foremost. Thats his true friend.