I can remember exactly where I was when Big Red won the Belmont, my brother, one of his friends and I were crossing the Verrazano Bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn in my brother's 1965 Cutlass Convertible listening to the call of the race on the radio.
most track records or any records by any athletes do not last 50 years. He still owns all three of the most coveted records in thoroughbred racing. This is special.
To me he is up there with the greatest athletes of all time not 35th according to sports illustrated today. What can be said about secretariat? He was perfection. Everything about him was right. Not a negative in his confirmation, in his looks and his personality, and his charisma and his racing and his ability to create phenomenal mares. He had star power. I think on march 30th 1970 God reached down his finger into that little birthing shed and touched him on his forehead and sent him off as a gift to the world. And thankfully, we all recognized it.❤️❤️❤️❤️
In 1974 He probably would have won the Triple Crown. He was just born in the wrong year, but he was a great race horse. He did break the record for the Preakness and the derby. But Somebody broke the record ahead of him. The one and only secretariat. Ifs are great. In 1972 had it not rained the day of the Preakness Riva Ridge would have won the Triple Crown. She took the derby and the Belmont, but she couldn’t run in the mud unlike her stablemate secretariat who could run in anything. She too was a great racehorse.
@@janetgallo5720 Agree about Riva, but she was a he. Also, Tim Tam in 1958 leading the field in the Belmont, fractures his leg, and finishes 2nd running on 3 legs! So many heartbreaking moments.
Secretariat is an American icon. Fifty years later and his records still stand. The spring, summer and fall of 1973 was Secretariat every day….all day. No horse will ever duplicate his superiority. His only point of reference…was himself.
The old expression records are made to be broken is true in most instances however as Chic Anderson's call expressed Secretariat's Belmont race time may last forever! That's how exceptional his performance was and after 50 years none of Secretariats triple crown race times have been broken securing Secretariats claim as the best race horse to ever set foot on a race track
So many people believe he was a God send , me I just think he was the greatest athlete ever . Losing his first race was understandable being knocked to his knees coming of the starting gate . Losing the Wood because of an absess wasn't his fault either . So being excused for those two races and making up for his losses with setting many track records he was and still the greatest horse ever .
I love sam but I think he didn't traind properly to challenge him i saw Sam having small steps but his brother know how to flow his legs broder than him
He was Big Red! That’s what his owner, Penny Chenery, called him. That’s what people referred to him as. He had a much greater race record than Man O’ War….the horse you are referring to.
@@laurenurban3942 Man O'War's actual race record is better than Secretariat's at 20-1. Secretariat's race record is 16-3-1. BUT Secretariat ran the greatest, incomparable races. And yes, Man O'War was the original Big Red. Man O'War was also a better sire than Secretariat. They both are the greatest horses of the 20th century.
@@patriciaguth6882 MOW didn't really race top horses. That is the difference, and Secretariat's losses weren't because of any flaws in his racing ability. His competition was vastly superior to MOW's. That is simply a fact. MOW didn't belong on the same track as Secretariat. BTW, Secretariat was a far better broodmare sire than MOW, with his bloodline in pedigrees of top horses running today.
@@ValleyoftheRogue You should read your horse racing history better. Anyone who saw MOW run described him in the same way we describe Secretariat. And he still tops Secretariat on lists drawn up by professionals today. Let's not forget some of the great horses he did sire or grandsire such as War Admiral who won the Triple Crown in 1937 and Seabiscuit. Yes, Secretariat's daughters bred some great sires, but it's a horse's being a great sire himself that's the real deal. MOW is still talked about today, 100 years after his triumphs on the track. Can't get greater than that. We don't have to diss MOW to make Secretariat look great. Secretariat is great on his own. Read your horse racing history.
Beautiful Horse
I can remember exactly where I was when Big Red won the Belmont, my brother, one of his friends and I were crossing the Verrazano Bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn in my brother's 1965 Cutlass Convertible listening to the call of the race on the radio.
most track records or any records by any athletes do not last 50 years. He still owns all three of the most coveted records in thoroughbred racing. This is special.
To me he is up there with the greatest athletes of all time not 35th according to sports illustrated today. What can be said about secretariat? He was perfection. Everything about him was right. Not a negative in his confirmation, in his looks and his personality, and his charisma and his racing and his ability to create phenomenal mares. He had star power. I think on march 30th 1970 God reached down his finger into that little birthing shed and touched him on his forehead and sent him off as a gift to the world. And thankfully, we all recognized it.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Janetgallo5720, what you wrote about Secretariat was beautiful..
What an incredible gift God gave us at that time.
RIP Big Red...you were, without a doubt, the greatest!
I can’t help thinking about Sham. He ran the 2nd fastest Derby in history and didn’t win. Unreal!
That's true but if you ain't first, your last!
In 1974 He probably would have won the Triple Crown. He was just born in the wrong year, but he was a great race horse. He did break the record for the Preakness and the derby. But Somebody broke the record ahead of him. The one and only secretariat. Ifs are great. In 1972 had it not rained the day of the Preakness Riva Ridge would have won the Triple Crown. She took the derby and the Belmont, but she couldn’t run in the mud unlike her stablemate secretariat who could run in anything. She too was a great racehorse.
@@janetgallo5720 Agree about Riva, but she was a he. Also, Tim Tam in 1958 leading the field in the Belmont, fractures his leg, and finishes 2nd running on 3 legs! So many heartbreaking moments.
Sham was a great horse who had the bad luck to be up against a legend.
The fact that Sham ran the Derby in under 2 minutes and it STILL wasn't enough to win, tells you just how dominant Secretariat was.
Secretariat is an American icon. Fifty years later and his records still stand. The spring, summer and fall of 1973 was Secretariat every day….all day. No horse will ever duplicate his superiority. His only point of reference…was himself.
He's a WORLD icon. Any racing fan in any country knows his name!!!
I'm loving these Secretariat Triple Crown 50 tributes. Such great newsreel footage never seen before!!! 😊😊😊
Even the Queen of England at that time made a trip to the US just to see Secretariat...
"From one Monarch to another Monarch"
I’ve watched the Belmont stakes at least 20 times. Get goosebumps every time.
Totally concur😢🌹🌹🙏🏼
Every time I see the Belmont, I get a little teary. What an athlete! 🐎
So do I and 10 of thousands more . It doesn't matter to me that he lost a few races . Very few great ones never lose human or animal .
Mythological moment in time, eternal. He stood alone then, and still does.
Wow! Greetings from the Philippines. 👍💙
The old expression records are made to be broken is true in most instances however as Chic Anderson's call expressed Secretariat's Belmont race time may last forever! That's how exceptional his performance was and after 50 years none of Secretariats triple crown race times have been broken securing Secretariats claim as the best race horse to ever set foot on a race track
🐎 🩵 Secretariat is the GOAT
Not only the greatest racehorse that ever lived, but Secretariat also had an ultra-great personality too.
There will never be aniother Secretariat.
So many people believe he was a God send , me I just think he was the greatest athlete ever . Losing his first race was understandable being knocked to his knees coming of the starting gate . Losing the Wood because of an absess wasn't his fault either . So being excused for those two races and making up for his losses with setting many track records he was and still the greatest horse ever .
He persevered through a lot like Sham did, these days he’d be a scratch at the Wood.
I love sam but I think he didn't traind properly to challenge him i saw Sam having small steps but his brother know how to flow his legs broder than him
Narrator, U should not have called him, "Big Red" because there was a horse of his time named, "Big Red..
He was Big Red! That’s what his owner, Penny Chenery, called him. That’s what people referred to him as. He had a much greater race record than Man O’ War….the horse you are referring to.
@@laurenurban3942 Man O'War's actual race record is better than Secretariat's at 20-1. Secretariat's race record is 16-3-1. BUT Secretariat ran the greatest, incomparable races. And yes, Man O'War was the original Big Red. Man O'War was also a better sire than Secretariat. They both are the greatest horses of the 20th century.
Secretariat''s name was "Red." He was known as "Big Red" by the media during his racing career. MOW didn't own the copyright to the nickname.
@@patriciaguth6882 MOW didn't really race top horses. That is the difference, and Secretariat's losses weren't because of any flaws in his racing ability. His competition was vastly superior to MOW's. That is simply a fact. MOW didn't belong on the same track as Secretariat. BTW, Secretariat was a far better broodmare sire than MOW, with his bloodline in pedigrees of top horses running today.
@@ValleyoftheRogue You should read your horse racing history better. Anyone who saw MOW run described him in the same way we describe Secretariat. And he still tops Secretariat on lists drawn up by professionals today. Let's not forget some of the great horses he did sire or grandsire such as War Admiral who won the Triple Crown in 1937 and Seabiscuit. Yes, Secretariat's daughters bred some great sires, but it's a horse's being a great sire himself that's the real deal. MOW is still talked about today, 100 years after his triumphs on the track. Can't get greater than that. We don't have to diss MOW to make Secretariat look great. Secretariat is great on his own. Read your horse racing history.