As soon as he got along side the lead horse, on the outside, it was over. He was never outrun in a stretch. Without question, the greatest horse in history.
I was lucky enough as a 12 year old boy to be in attendance at Woobine and watched Secretariat in his last race. I was a mere 7 feet from the champ as he walked by on his way onto the track. What a thrill to watch as he crossed the wire in front.Part of the reason I become a Jockey!!! Thanks Big Red!!!
Kentucky Derby record is 1:59 2/5....held by Secretariat Preakness record is 1:53.....held by Secretariat Belmont Stakes record is 2:24....held by Secretariat The greatest athlete of all time!!!!!
❤ WHAT AN AMAZING ATHLETE, WHAT A MIND BLOWING 🏁 RACE TO SEE THE BEST RACE 🏇 HORSE EVER ... TO FINISH HIS LAST RACE IN TRUE SECRETARIAT FORM.....WINNING 6 LENGHTS OVER ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL RACE HORSES 🏇 🏇.............. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LOTS OF LOVE 💘💕❤💖💗💓💘💕❤ FOR SECRETARIAT AND RON T. HER JOCKEY....YET I HEARD HE WAS DISQUIFIED FROM RIDING SECRETARIAT IN HIS LAST RACE.❤ GOD BLESS THEM & ALL SECRETARIAT'S OWNERS AND HANDLERS AND FANS OLD &, NEW. WATCHING SECRETARIAT RUN THESE RACES.....AND HOW HE FINDS THE HIDDEN GEAR......THAT GOD PUT IN HIM.....WHICH HELPS HIM WIN 🏆 BY MANY LENGHTS AHEAD OF THE REST ........SIMPLY AWE INSPIRING. ❤. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO.....AND THANK GOD FOR 🙏 LETTING US GET A TASTE OF HEAVENLY SPEED.....JUST WATCHING SECRETARIAT FLY BY THE OTHER RACE 🐎 HORSES......LIKE THEY WERE STANDING STILL.... MAKES MY DAY EVERY TIME I REWATCH ONE OF HIS EPIC RECORD BREAKING RACES.LOVE AND PRAYERS....AND R.I.P. = "RACE IN PEACE".... "BIG RED".......AKA: BEST RACE HORSE 🏇 EVER.❤.
@@jogman262 He was only getting started. A horse of his caliber was way too valuable to continue to race, but thoroughbreds don’t fully mature until they’re 4-5 years old. If he had not been retired and been allowed to continue to race, God only knows what kind of times he might have ran.
❤ YES, DISNEY DID A GREAT JOB REMAKING SECRETARIAT'S EPIC 3O SOME LENGHT WIN AT THE BELMONT RACE TRACK IN JUNE OF 1973.......AND USING SOME ORIGINAL RACE FILM FOOTAGE ....❤ REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART ❤AND SOUL AND ALWAYS MAKES MY DAY.... TAKES ME BACK TO WATCHING THE ORIGINAL RACE ON MY PARENTS 📺 TV HERE IN S.C........AND IT GOT MY TO STAND UP....JUMP UP AND DOWN AND CHEER HIM ON ...".GO BIG RED."GO....THANK YOU ALL FOR THESE TIMELESS SECRETARIAT RACES......AND THE TRUELY AWESOME "SECRETARIAT HEART ❤ OF A CHAMPION 🏆"💙❤♥ ....MOVIE /DOCUDRAMA.....BY DISNEY. LOVE AND 🙏 PRAYERS.
"And the crowd is standing, and they're cheering, because this is his last race... Secretariat into the stretch in a blaze of glory, Secretariat, ladies and gentlemen, he's all yours, he's on top now by about 10 or 12 lengths..." And then the Canadian and Ontario flags flying. Very nice film. Fitting for such a great horse. Says something when fans grab clumps of the sod just so they could say they were there for Secretariat's last run... Fwiw, I don't care what Ron Turcotte did to get a 5-day suspension. He should've been allowed to ride Secretariat that day. He could have served his term anytime-
The stewards had too much power. 5 days did not need to include a race of such magnitude. A real shame that Turc didn't get a chance to ride him in the finale.
❤ SECRETARIAT ALL HEART AND WINGS ON HIS HEELS. SORRY RON DIDN'T GET TO RIDE.....STILL THE OTHER JOCKEY DID A GREAT JOB. 👍. JUST GOES TO SHOW SECRETARIAT KNEW HOW TO RUN HIS RACES...AND BLOW THEM ALL AWAY. THANKS FOR THIS AWESOME LAST RACE VIDEO. HE'S STILL UNBEATEN .....ONE OF A KIND.....GOD MADE A SUPERHORSE TO ENCOURAGE US WHEN THIS WORLD 🌎 NEEDED A 🏆CHAMPION. MAY HE RUN IN PARADISE AND NEVER GET TIRED OF WINNING. I HEARD SECRETARIAT HAD RAN IN CANADA TO BEGIN WITH? SO, SEEMS ONLY RIGHT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RUN THERE AGAIN AND FINISH EXTREMELY WELL. GOD BLESS 🐎 HORSE 🏇 RACING.....AND GREAT MEMORIES OF SECRETARIAT ❤. THANK AGAIN FOR THIS PRICELESS VIDEO OF SECRETARIAT'S LAST GREAT RACE. LOVE AND PRAYERS. AND I READ HIS HEART WAS 2 AND 1/2 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE REGULAR THOROUGHBREADS. WITH BOLD RULER AS HIS SIRE AND SOMETHING ROYAL AS HIS MOTHER......HE JUST HAD TO BE THE KING OF ALL RACE 🐎 HORSES. VERY SAD THAT RON WASN'T ALLOWED TO RIDE "SECRETARIAT:AKA: BIG RED".....IN THIS LAST RACE. I BELEIVE ❤ THEY WILL BE RACING AGAIN IN HEAVEN TOGETHER. GOD BLESS . LOVE AND PRAYERS. P.S. SECRETARIAT: HEART OF A CHAMPION MOIVE IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO SECRETARIAT AND THOSE WHO LOVED AND TOOK CARE OF HIM.❤.
He wanted to run for God. He should have been let run forever. Now God has him, you will not get to make him go away when the Horseman ride him to the End.
Yes it is incredible, I've been around horse racing all my life and I've never seen a horse like secretariat come even close to what he's done for racing. I'm 74 years old and still love the racing game. No horses in the future will ever beat Secretariat record none
I am crying too! I cry anytime I see him. He was powerful and perfect but most of all, so painfully innocent too. The only time in this world, when something so pure and honest actually wins.
Jared Padalecki 4 The Fans -BeanieMoose. i get choked up. the last race, the steam coming from his nostrils, and the lit board in the background. he was unique. love watching belmont_ you see the ease of his movements.
Lol, Secretariat was just playing with them. This was his last race and I can just hear the jockeys orders. Win the race but dont you dare let him go full out and take a chance of harming himself. We have already seen what this horse can do in the Belmont. He has Nothing to prove !
I was 13 when I watched secretariat win the triple crown with my Dad...I'm not even a guy who goes to the track but out of all the greatest games in all sports I've ever seen,,watching secretariat run in any race is my greatest thrill.. Secretariat is by far the greatest!
Never before, never since, never again , will anyone tapping on their keyboard see a horse as great as Secretariat.... Since Big Red retired, over 2,000,000 horses have been born ( ya that's two million ) and no horse has beat his time yet!!!
Or even come remotely close. Secretariat is easily the greatest athlete that ever walked the earth. No one ever dominated their sport the way Secretariat dominated horse racing. I firmly believe Secretariat could have won the triple crown every single year well into the 1980's had he been allowed to do so. The great Seattle Slew and Affirmed wouldn't have stood a chance against Secretariat
Winning one of the triple crowns is a feat in itself, winning the Triple Crown is glorious. But what amazes me most is that horse running each quarter faster than he did the last, it was in itself miraculous ! It just doesnt happen, unless your Secretariat !
@@atomexpires yes that's true. Horses ran alot more races back then. Red lost 3 times. Once in his first race as a two year old. He was dqed once. His habit of running from the back came from getting bumped around in his very first race. Overall he was 16-3 including the triple crown where his track records still stand.
@@atomexpires Are you talking about when he had an abscess pre-triple crown races or when he was raced post triple crown when he was ill and ran with a fever? Not trying to start an argument, but this is known.
I did my junior thesis in high school on Secretariat, needless to say I got an A because he was such a great subject to work with. I watched him win the Derby and cried happy tears when he won the Belmont, there will never be another!
My heart was pounding just watching this video. I knew that he would win but, I was still screaming "Go Big Red! Go! Secretariat come on!". I love Secretariat and he will always be the champion horse. He is God's horse. The horse that God made for himself. God made this horse to give us a glimpse of what perfection looks like then at the end of the journey, he took him as his own but, he still kept Eddie Sweat by Secretariat's side!
Vince Young ... In a world where intellect alone is coveted and rewarded while the Heart is silenced, Secretariat awakens our Hearts... where our best comes from. Maybe the so called "second coming" was already here and it had to be a horse. :)
Savannah..We humans fail GOD (except HIS SON JESUS CHRIST).You bet HE made Secretariat to be "HIS CHOSEN" but also to share with us what seeing perfection can do for us both emotionally andspiritually in HIS divine way using HIS vast animal kingdom to do so.I am so grateful for the memory of Secretariat, and miss him so. He was euthanized on my 45th birthday, Oct. 4, 1989. Thank youand to all the others who experience the "tug of the heart string"when we watch as you say, "GOD'S horse."
I can’t believe that when I was only 8 or 9 I met this horse. He was big. I mean BIG. My mom worked for the daily Racing Horse and she would always go to the races. Siting at the press house while she had her friends take me to see the race horses down stairs in the stables and once day in Santa Anita I met this horse and I actually touched him. I was scared but I touched him. Didn’t know at the time who he was but I told mom and her friend said to my mom I take her to met Secretariate. She got to pet him. And well it was a great honor for me. Very great honor to have met a King
He raced like there weren't any other horses in the race. It was like, lets see how fast I can run today without even considering there was any competition.
No, I believe he knew. He knew what he was doing. Without arrogance, almost humbly. He just would win. Except at Belmont. There he felt like running! 🏇
Should have used this as the epilogue/closing credits of the movie. Cold, dark and rainy day in Canada, Secretariat moves into the final stretch breathing steam, leaving the rest of the field in the gloom, and running into history.
It really sucks that Ron was suspended that morning he should have been the one to ride for his last race. Eddie did a fantastic job, I heard him say in a documentary he told his wife if I don't win they will tar and feather me right there. SECRETARIAT THE HIGH KING OF HORSE RACING .
Aqueduct stewards had suspended Ron for 5 days following a ride aboard Speak Action....a 2 year old filly. I think that today, they would have let him ride and served the 5th day of the suspension on another day. Eddie was a nervous wreck, worried that if he lost, he would be the jockey responsible for Secretariat losing his last race. But Ron Turcotte had said the horse was so good, anyone could ride him and win, and Eddie Maple was a more than capable jockey!! Ron got to be on him at Aqueduct for his farewell appearance on the track when he just paraded before the crowed who turned out on a cold overcast day to see him. Secretariat seemed confused when after parading on the track, the announcer saying "The horse, is on the track" instead of the usual "The horses are on the track" after the Call To Post, because he was just brought back to the winners circle where a few pics were taken, then his saddle taken off, and Eddie Sweat led him away. It was a happy and sad day. I was there as a kid, and took some pics from the rail with my Kodak Instamatic camera.
And I always loved when they turn for home here, at 2:25 of the video....where because of the cool rainy weather, Secretariat looked like a steam locomotive as his nostrils exhaled the cool Canadian air at Woodbine to the time of his gait.....it always mede me think of Larry Adams, who rode Shecky Greene, saying that when Secretariat blew by, "He looked like the Red Ball Express".
I sometimes wonder if his suspension had anything to do with Canada wanting Kennedy Road to beat Big Red! Eddie maple was a last minute replacement but did a GREAT job! So if the intent was bad it didnt work!
My hero is Secretariat. The most supernatural being ever born on this planet was a horse...not a man. The perfect "10"..physically, mentally and supernatural abilities that will never be matched. He was only 3 years old when he was retired. Imagine what would have been. I will always be in awe that God's perfection was a horse. We will never see anything again on Earth that will match Secretariat.
I can't watch any of his races without crying. I heard an interview once with a man who was there at that last race, and he said, "I truly believe we saw Pegasus that day."
So beautiful, agile, graceful and a staunch champion until the end. Loved the feel of the heat that set his legs on fire. He truly could have carried Apollo around the world with the sun in Apollo's hand. God bless and rest this gorgeous supernatural being.
Look at people jumping over the stands and running up to the track as Secretariat goes down the stretch!! I had never seen that before. Absolutely amazing! It's like when the Beatles came to America and the crowd went wild.
Great performance by a great horse, a perfect swan song for Secretariat. I love how you can see his breath down the stretch, that cool autumn air of Canada, perfect.
Even after all these years later I am still moved to tears by this horse Secretariat. God I love to watch him run even now wishing he was still here amongst us physically and not just spirit. He belongs to God now but once we were privileged to have seen him run.
Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" in the flesh!! My wife and I visited Churchill Downs last month and saw Secretariat's stall there. Both our dads passed on over 25 years ago. They loved "the ponies" along with a nice shot or two of Kentucky bourbon. Here's to Secretariat, Jimmie T., and the Junester and all you horse racing fans in the US and Canada! Love you all!
When it kicked in, Secretariat went flat-out turbo. Absolutely incredible. Watch it and still can't believe it really happened. His majestic power is surreal.
Good to know that the horse Flightline carries the bloodlines from Bold Ruler down through Seattle Slew and Secretariat. Keeping a racing tradition going for sure.
I love Big Red he was the greatest race horse ever to grace our planet ❤ Rest in Power Big Red you will never be beaten 💙 or replaced. You live on in our hearts and minds forever... and the track records!
Leta Jagoe he wouldn’t let himself lose on his last race, he was a smart horse he probably knew that would be his last race and he knew he wanted to win it, he didn’t have to cause he still would’ve died a legend but he wanted to win his last race
@@tylermorro6663 he lost his first ever race, and then 3 more as a 3 year old. He was also relegated to second in one of his winning races due to a foul, but I don't count that one as a loss.
Kennedy Road was a great horse but it seems Secretariat regarded him as a pace horse for the first 3/4 of the race. I honestly believe the jockey just kept Secretariat right behind the leader until it was time to drop the last gear, but I think Secretariat wanted to pass much earlier
He lost his first race because of jockey error. Lucian and Ron knew Big Red could run his own race. He was that perfect. He knew when to change lead hoof and kick it into turbo. Ron was there because of rules and just let him do his thing.
Absolutely - both the jockey and the horse knew exactly at what point the reins would be thrown away and the fun would start - had I been able to even ride behind him, I would have cherished that race for life
@@johnlackey1244 I'd call the maiden loss bad racing luck rather than jockey error. He got slammed between horses right out of the gate, I don't see how that is the jockey's fault. Feliciano may have placed Secretariat poorly going through traffic, I don't remember...it was only a 5 1/2 f. sprint.
There will never be another horse like Secretariat, I am honestly sad that he passed it is such a shame. But he will always be in memory. He was so fast and he was a god.
..and here I am, early in the morning and saw this video while having coffee May 12th; click on it, of course, because it is Secretariat (and I have seen this video before)..better and more uplifting than most of what I've been viewing on TH-cam recently - thank you, Big Red, for making my day//
Tiger Woods got people the world over into golf who were only casual viewers. Secretariat did the same for horse racing. I was 12 when he won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown and remember it being a really big deal. A horse for the ages. A one of a kind creature in the world.
I'm reminded of Tolkien's love of horses, and how he derived the name of one of Rohans' principle characters. A conjunction of two Anglo-Saxon words, combining "Horse" and "Joy". That's the feeling one gets' watching Secretariat race with such excitement and joy..... "eowyn".
He just had another gear that the other horses didn't. Imagine the other horses thinking they are hanging with him until he dropped the hammer. Once he did the other horses became demoralized and faded. Glad we have all the footage because we will never see another like him!
brentbeardsley655, yes, he had "another gear": a heart that just happened to be over twice the size of a "normal" horse! Secretariat was simply a wonderful freak of nature and God's whimsy. (D'ya suppose She/Her/ Them did have any whimsey?) 😁
@@aileen694 agreed. That heart helped for sure but he was just blessed with incredible speed. The move at the Preakness stands out in my mind. When he decided to run he made the other horses look like they were standing still. Sham was a great horse and a worthy adversary but no horse ran like Secretariat did in 73.
@@dabking3611 LOL! In response to you screaming at me:. Flight line is A beautiful horse with exceptional natural talent, Secretariat's records still stand today in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. Get back to me when flightline breaks those. Also, Secretariat had a fever the day he lost to Onion. That is not difficult to find.
@@maryc8552 To those people who say "But Onion beat Secretariat!!!!" I just point them to the Marlboro Cup, where Secretariat and Onion faced off again, except Secretariat was sound. And he beat Onion like a rented mule. Usually shuts them right up.
Kennedy Road was a great racehorse and was a 5 year old at the time of the race. He was injured in a previous warmup race about a week prior and was not at 100 %. Drop off at the stretch and finished eighth I believe.
What an incredible horse. I’m really so sorry. He did not raise in his fourth year because I think we would’ve seen what he could’ve done as a mature horse, but a decision was made and we have what we have, which is an unbelievable amount of footage of this magnificent horse. I think a Pegasus, because he seems to fly at the end after every race. And how beautiful what a gorgeous face he has his whole body. Everything about him is stunning.
I would say the 70s was the best decade for horse racing. You had the queen of racing who was ruffian. Then you had the immortal greatest racehorse there was Secretariat. And you had the prince of racing who was Seattle slew. I was born in 91 but secretariat really is my #1 champ
There were three Triple Crown winners in the '70s, Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed, plus Alydar, Ruffian, Riva Ridge... you could make a pretty good case that from about '72 to '78 was the pinnacle of horse racing in America.
Thanks for posting this. The audio and actual event are great. I only wish a better/enhanced copy existed. The time of day, the colors of running on turf, and that cold October day where you could see his breath coming down the stretch all lend itself to a surreal cinematic quality which was apt for this legend's last race.
I was there that day, and it was surreal. He seemed to be toying with the field and then when Maple let him go, he electrified the announcer, Daryl Wells, to the point where his voice nearly cracked from excitement. We knew we were witnessing history. The weather was horrible, but that only added to the enormity of his victory. The greatest finale ever by an athlete.
There he goes there he goes another great call,secretariat switches into another gear 0-60 and gone. Absolutely sensational. We still love and miss you big red thanks for the memories. There he goes.
First time seeing this race. Now that's how a phenom ends a career, basically hanging around and then just putting on the after burners. Wow, just wow.
I love this horse! Secretariat! Even his name is spectacular! Such a beautiful and magnificent animal! It’s a shame he died as young as he was! Big Red!🌟
It was a damn shame that Ron Turcotte, a Canadian, could not ride Big Red in his final race that Sunday in the Canadian International Championship in Toronto. Turcotte had been given a 5-day suspension for 'careless riding' at Aqueduct a couple of days before. You would think they could lift the ban for that one race. Ronnie had ridden him in every one of his previous 18 races. Now having said that, as others have similarly noted, anyone could have ridden Secretariat that day and finished first, me included, and I'm 200 lbs!
Pure power ! Just burns them all at will. What I loved about Secretariat was that he toyed with the other horses....would let them run with him, and in their own horse sense/language they knew it I think. And then it was like when Sec got pissed off that they dare even think they could run with him he would just burn em all and crush em.
There are those who will argue that Secretariat was NOT the greatest thoroughbred to ever race, citing Man O War and one or two others as greater. I say, well, we'll never know. HOWEVER, for those of us who were old enough to appreciate what we were watching, the 1973 Belmont Stakes remains as one of the most remarkable events of a lifetime, and cements Secretariat as a phenomenon for the ages. It is very difficult to describe the feeling of watching horse-racing perfection. MILLIONS of people were challenged to process the incomprehensible. OVER 1 1/2 MILES, HE RAN EACH QUARTER FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS!
Speaking of souvenirs (i.e. clumps of sod) of Secretariat's final race, many bettors did not cash their winning pari-mutuel ticket that day, keeping it as a souvenir instead. The Woodbine racetrack printed the tickets bet on Secretariat with the words "Big Red" on them instead of his cloth number. Since he went off at 1 to 9, he only paid $2.10 anyway on a $2 wager...so the mutuel ticket was worth more as a souvenir than the 2.10 $CAN, lol. Stories in the newspaper the next day said bigger bettors, apparently, made their big wagers, but also purchased a second $2 ticket for just that reason. Great memories of the greatest thoroughbred ever...
Last race and his victory aside I find this footage absolutely breathtaking. The dwindling daylight coupled with the dreary overcast weather..the people running towards the rail in a way that has never ever occurred and out of the darkness comes a locomotive with steam bellowing
The Greatest horse/athelete to ever live the steam coming out him gives me goosbumps. Jack Nicklaus said it best. I stirve for perfection every time on the course never able to achieve it...I just saw perfection (Belmont Stakes 1973)
As soon as he got along side the lead horse, on the outside, it was over. He was never outrun in a stretch. Without question, the greatest horse in history.
You can see the steem coming out of his nose for the win.
I was lucky enough as a 12 year old boy to be in attendance at Woobine and watched Secretariat in his last race. I was a mere 7 feet from the champ as he walked by on his way onto the track. What a thrill to watch as he crossed the wire in front.Part of the reason I become a Jockey!!! Thanks Big Red!!!
I'm extremely jealous, I'm sure seeing this horse in person was an amazing experience.
Where did you ride?
How many people were there that day, Jay?
I was 11 that time when I went there
That would have been something. That close to a champion.
Kentucky Derby record is 1:59 2/5....held by Secretariat
Preakness record is 1:53.....held by Secretariat
Belmont Stakes record is 2:24....held by Secretariat
The greatest athlete of all time!!!!!
Joey Ur soooo right ! Ty
❤ WHAT AN AMAZING ATHLETE, WHAT A MIND BLOWING 🏁 RACE TO SEE THE BEST RACE 🏇 HORSE EVER ... TO FINISH HIS LAST RACE IN TRUE SECRETARIAT FORM.....WINNING 6 LENGHTS OVER ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL RACE HORSES 🏇 🏇..............
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ LOTS OF LOVE 💘💕❤💖💗💓💘💕❤ FOR SECRETARIAT AND RON T. HER JOCKEY....YET I HEARD HE WAS DISQUIFIED FROM RIDING SECRETARIAT IN HIS LAST RACE.❤ GOD BLESS THEM & ALL SECRETARIAT'S OWNERS AND HANDLERS AND FANS OLD &, NEW. WATCHING SECRETARIAT RUN THESE RACES.....AND HOW HE FINDS THE HIDDEN GEAR......THAT GOD PUT IN HIM.....WHICH HELPS HIM WIN 🏆 BY MANY LENGHTS AHEAD OF THE REST ........SIMPLY AWE INSPIRING. ❤. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO.....AND THANK GOD FOR 🙏 LETTING US GET A TASTE OF HEAVENLY SPEED.....JUST WATCHING SECRETARIAT FLY BY THE OTHER RACE 🐎 HORSES......LIKE THEY WERE STANDING STILL.... MAKES MY DAY EVERY TIME I REWATCH ONE OF HIS EPIC RECORD BREAKING RACES.LOVE AND PRAYERS....AND R.I.P. = "RACE IN PEACE".... "BIG RED".......AKA: BEST RACE HORSE 🏇 EVER.❤.
RESPECT. Say less
Case closed, 50 years ago 😊
Can you dig it...
The MOVE Secretariat makes entering the final turn is similar to the MOVE he made in the first turn of the Preakness. INCREDIBLE!
Powerful horse even in his final race.
@@jogman262 He was only getting started. A horse of his caliber was way too valuable to continue to race, but thoroughbreds don’t fully mature until they’re 4-5 years old. If he had not been retired and been allowed to continue to race, God only knows what kind of times he might have ran.
Exactly what I was thinking! 🐎
❤ YES, DISNEY DID A GREAT JOB REMAKING SECRETARIAT'S EPIC 3O SOME LENGHT WIN AT THE BELMONT RACE TRACK IN JUNE OF 1973.......AND USING SOME ORIGINAL RACE FILM FOOTAGE ....❤ REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART ❤AND SOUL AND ALWAYS MAKES MY DAY.... TAKES ME BACK TO WATCHING THE ORIGINAL RACE ON MY PARENTS 📺 TV HERE IN S.C........AND IT GOT MY TO STAND UP....JUMP UP AND DOWN AND CHEER HIM ON ...".GO BIG RED."GO....THANK YOU ALL FOR THESE TIMELESS SECRETARIAT RACES......AND THE TRUELY AWESOME
"SECRETARIAT HEART ❤ OF A CHAMPION 🏆"💙❤♥ ....MOVIE /DOCUDRAMA.....BY DISNEY. LOVE AND 🙏 PRAYERS.
powerful
"And the crowd is standing, and they're cheering, because this is his last race... Secretariat into the stretch in a blaze of glory, Secretariat, ladies and gentlemen, he's all yours, he's on top now by about 10 or 12 lengths..."
And then the Canadian and Ontario flags flying. Very nice film. Fitting for such a great horse. Says something when fans grab clumps of the sod just so they could say they were there for Secretariat's last run...
Fwiw, I don't care what Ron Turcotte did to get a 5-day suspension. He should've been allowed to ride Secretariat that day. He could have served his term anytime-
The stewards had too much power. 5 days did not need to include a race of such magnitude. A real shame that Turc didn't get a chance to ride him in the finale.
And the people running up to the rail to get a closer look at him as he went by.
❤ SECRETARIAT ALL HEART AND WINGS ON HIS HEELS. SORRY RON DIDN'T GET TO RIDE.....STILL THE OTHER JOCKEY DID A GREAT JOB. 👍. JUST GOES TO SHOW SECRETARIAT KNEW HOW TO RUN HIS RACES...AND BLOW THEM ALL AWAY. THANKS FOR THIS AWESOME LAST RACE VIDEO. HE'S STILL UNBEATEN .....ONE OF A KIND.....GOD MADE A SUPERHORSE TO ENCOURAGE US WHEN THIS WORLD 🌎 NEEDED A 🏆CHAMPION. MAY HE RUN IN PARADISE AND NEVER GET TIRED OF WINNING. I HEARD SECRETARIAT HAD RAN IN CANADA TO BEGIN WITH? SO, SEEMS ONLY RIGHT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RUN THERE AGAIN AND FINISH EXTREMELY WELL. GOD BLESS 🐎 HORSE 🏇 RACING.....AND GREAT MEMORIES OF SECRETARIAT ❤. THANK AGAIN FOR THIS PRICELESS VIDEO OF SECRETARIAT'S LAST GREAT RACE. LOVE AND PRAYERS. AND I READ HIS HEART WAS 2 AND 1/2 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE REGULAR THOROUGHBREADS. WITH BOLD RULER AS HIS SIRE AND SOMETHING ROYAL AS HIS MOTHER......HE JUST HAD TO BE THE KING OF ALL RACE 🐎 HORSES. VERY SAD THAT RON WASN'T ALLOWED TO RIDE "SECRETARIAT:AKA: BIG RED".....IN THIS LAST RACE. I BELEIVE ❤ THEY WILL BE RACING AGAIN IN HEAVEN TOGETHER. GOD BLESS . LOVE AND PRAYERS. P.S. SECRETARIAT: HEART OF A CHAMPION MOIVE IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO SECRETARIAT AND THOSE WHO LOVED AND TOOK CARE OF HIM.❤.
I loved Seattle Slew and Affirmed and American Pharoah, but Secretariat was in a class all his own. The best!
Have you been to his grave?
I missed the chance 20 some years ago but saw the white barn he was born in,outside of Richmond, Va.@vickimingus9281
That's how a true champ goes out. What a great athlete.
And on the sixth day, God made Secretariat!
He wanted to run for God. He should have been let run forever. Now God has him, you will not get to make him go away when the Horseman ride him to the End.
And on the 8th day God made Secretariat.....best job ever.....
How did the time compare w track record? Seemed like a long distance
@@mortimerzilch9437 Not sure for that race. Would be interesting to know.
Absolutely incredible...There will never be another.
Yes it is incredible, I've been around horse racing all my life and I've never seen a horse like secretariat come even close to what he's done for racing. I'm 74 years old and still love the racing game. No horses in the future will ever beat Secretariat record none
Ron Turcotte was too lucky a guy to get to ride Big Red, y'know? Yes, Arcaro won 2 Triple Crowns, but neither was on Secretariat. Wow...
Never!!!!!
Gods horse. Wow. Well put
Except for Grand Slam Winner American Pharaoh who is descended from 1973 Triple Crown Winner Secretariat.. right?
Most beautiful athlete in our time.
Love him so dearly; there was no greater horse than Secretariat!!!!
Why do i cry every time I see this? Beautiful last race
I am crying too! I cry anytime I see him. He was powerful and perfect but most of all, so painfully innocent too. The only time in this world, when something so pure and honest actually wins.
I cry too, it's so thrilling.
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Jared Padalecki 4 The Fans -BeanieMoose. i get choked up. the last race, the steam coming from his nostrils, and the lit board in the background. he was unique. love watching belmont_ you see the ease of his movements.
You cry because you are seeing perfection.
People actually running across the track wanting to get close to their hero, legend, athlete. Once in a lifetime. RESPECT
2:09 Secretariat is like "k it was fun keeping you company, but I got a race to win. Cya"
Lol, Secretariat was just playing with them. This was his last race and I can just hear the jockeys orders. Win the race but dont you dare let him go full out and take a chance of harming himself. We have already seen what this horse can do in the Belmont. He has Nothing to prove !
I was 13 when I watched secretariat win the triple crown with my Dad...I'm not even a guy who goes to the track but out of all the greatest games in all sports I've ever seen,,watching secretariat run in any race is my greatest thrill.. Secretariat is by far the greatest!
Bold, beautiful and powerful - what an amazing horse.
I remember Secretariat as a 5 year old child and hearing my dad talk about how great this horse was and he was ever so right.
I liked how some people were running up to that last rail before Secretariat got to the finish.
He was astonishing......sad he had to retire......
+margaret brown I would have been one of them! haha
Margret I felt the same way! He was a peoples Champion as well !!!
He was a "phoenom"
I did hear, that some people ran out on the turf course, and got hand fulls of grass.
Never before, never since, never again , will anyone tapping on their keyboard see a horse as great as Secretariat.... Since Big Red retired, over 2,000,000 horses have been born ( ya that's two million ) and no horse has beat his time yet!!!
Or even come remotely close. Secretariat is easily the greatest athlete that ever walked the earth. No one ever dominated their sport the way Secretariat dominated horse racing. I firmly believe Secretariat could have won the triple crown every single year well into the 1980's had he been allowed to do so. The great Seattle Slew and Affirmed wouldn't have stood a chance against Secretariat
@@jasondulier3559 Yes!! Completely agreed.. Nice words..
Monarchos(may have spelled hat wrong) was half a second slower then secretariat
Winning one of the triple crowns is a feat in itself, winning the Triple Crown is glorious. But what amazes me most is that horse running each quarter faster than he did the last, it was in itself miraculous ! It just doesnt happen, unless your Secretariat !
Well Flightline will most definitely challenge this!!!
MY MIND IS BLOWN! Secretariat was & always will be the GREATEST athlete the racing community's has seen & will see EVER!
Yes!!!! For Ever and Ever!
I just imagine being one of those other jockeys, or even horses, with the hopeless task of trying to catch this beast as he roars away.
Horses have beaten him during his career. He wasn’t undefeated. I don’t mean to sound rude. I just wanted to point that out
Adam Spires didn’t he lose because he was sick and they pushed him to race anyways?
@@atomexpires yes that's true. Horses ran alot more races back then. Red lost 3 times. Once in his first race as a two year old. He was dqed once. His habit of running from the back came from getting bumped around in his very first race. Overall he was 16-3 including the triple crown where his track records still stand.
His last race. th-cam.com/video/Ow2LcVdijt8/w-d-xo.html
@@atomexpires Are you talking about when he had an abscess pre-triple crown races or when he was raced post triple crown when he was ill and ran with a fever? Not trying to start an argument, but this is known.
Coming around that last turn with the steam blasting from his nostrils, he really was a "tremendous machine."
There's not a horse on earth that can compare with Secretariat. Not then, not now. He was truly a champion. Always will be.
I did my junior thesis in high school on Secretariat, needless to say I got an A because he was such a great subject to work with. I watched him win the Derby and cried happy tears when he won the Belmont, there will never be another!
God sure blessed that horse. Greatest of all time..
My heart was pounding just watching this video. I knew that he would win but, I was still screaming "Go Big Red! Go! Secretariat come on!". I love Secretariat and he will always be the champion horse. He is God's horse. The horse that God made for himself. God made this horse to give us a glimpse of what perfection looks like then at the end of the journey, he took him as his own but, he still kept Eddie Sweat by Secretariat's side!
Vince Young ... In a world where intellect alone is coveted and rewarded while the Heart is silenced, Secretariat awakens our Hearts... where our best comes from. Maybe the so called "second coming" was already here and it had to be a horse. :)
Savannah..We humans fail GOD (except HIS SON JESUS CHRIST).You bet HE made Secretariat to be "HIS CHOSEN" but also to share with us what seeing perfection can do for us both emotionally andspiritually in HIS divine way using HIS vast animal kingdom to do so.I am so grateful for the memory of Secretariat, and miss him so. He was euthanized on my 45th birthday, Oct. 4, 1989. Thank youand to all the others who experience the "tug of the heart string"when we watch as you say, "GOD'S horse."
Me too, but I had the EXTRA excitement of forgetting what happened, WOW!!!!!!!!
How is that I watch this 1000 times and still get the goosebumps.
You too? I get goose bumps watching the Triple Crown Races as well! This horse was legendary!
I can’t believe that when I was only 8 or 9 I met this horse. He was big. I mean BIG. My mom worked for the daily Racing Horse and she would always go to the races. Siting at the press house while she had her friends take me to see the race horses down stairs in the stables and once day in Santa Anita I met this horse and I actually touched him. I was scared but I touched him. Didn’t know at the time who he was but I told mom and her friend said to my mom I take her to met Secretariate. She got to pet him. And well it was a great honor for me. Very great honor to have met a King
Haven't seen this. Thanks for posting! Simply the GOAT!
😭Tears of Pure Joy, what a Gift it was to watch Secretariat run & perform 🙏🙏🙏
This is one horse that will always put chills down your spine.
He raced like there weren't any other horses in the race. It was like, lets see how fast I can run today without even considering there was any competition.
agree :)
Exactly.. I dont think he ever thought to beat any other but his best..
No, I believe he knew. He knew what he was doing. Without arrogance, almost humbly. He just would win. Except at Belmont. There he felt like running! 🏇
Should have used this as the epilogue/closing credits of the movie.
Cold, dark and rainy day in Canada, Secretariat moves into the final stretch breathing steam, leaving the rest of the field in the gloom, and running into history.
Let's be honest, there's a massive list of things the movie could have done much better.
It's that breathing steam part that gets to me. He's a monster coming down.
I swear to God. I watched this 30 times and I swear Secretariat looked back the horse he passed to to the lead like "Not Today".
It really sucks that Ron was suspended that morning he should have been the one to ride for his last race. Eddie did a fantastic job, I heard him say in a documentary he told his wife if I don't win they will tar and feather me right there.
SECRETARIAT THE HIGH KING OF HORSE RACING .
julie hertz why was Ron suspended?
Aqueduct stewards had suspended Ron for 5 days following a ride aboard Speak Action....a 2 year old filly. I think that today, they would have let him ride and served the 5th day of the suspension on another day. Eddie was a nervous wreck, worried that if he lost, he would be the jockey responsible for Secretariat losing his last race. But Ron Turcotte had said the horse was so good, anyone could ride him and win, and Eddie Maple was a more than capable jockey!! Ron got to be on him at Aqueduct for his farewell appearance on the track when he just paraded before the crowed who turned out on a cold overcast day to see him. Secretariat seemed confused when after parading on the track, the announcer saying "The horse, is on the track" instead of the usual "The horses are on the track" after the Call To Post, because he was just brought back to the winners circle where a few pics were taken, then his saddle taken off, and Eddie Sweat led him away. It was a happy and sad day. I was there as a kid, and took some pics from the rail with my Kodak Instamatic camera.
And I always loved when they turn for home here, at 2:25 of the video....where because of the cool rainy weather, Secretariat looked like a steam locomotive as his nostrils exhaled the cool Canadian air at Woodbine to the time of his gait.....it always mede me think of Larry Adams, who rode Shecky Greene, saying that when Secretariat blew by, "He looked like the Red Ball Express".
I sometimes wonder if his suspension had anything to do with Canada wanting Kennedy Road to beat Big Red! Eddie maple was a last minute replacement but did a GREAT job! So if the intent was bad it didnt work!
@@taxisteve929 what year was Secretarit at Woodbine race track?
My favorite big horse is Secretariat...favorite small horse...Seabiscuit...both amazing animals!
I really dont even like horses that much but everytime i see big red i tear up its crazy how special of an animal he was
My hero is Secretariat. The most supernatural being ever born on this planet was a horse...not a man. The perfect "10"..physically, mentally and supernatural abilities that will never be matched. He was only 3 years old when he was retired. Imagine what would have been. I will always be in awe that God's perfection was a horse. We will never see anything again on Earth that will match Secretariat.
I can't watch any of his races without crying. I heard an interview once with a man who was there at that last race, and he said, "I truly believe we saw Pegasus that day."
So beautiful, agile, graceful and a staunch champion until the end. Loved the feel of the heat that set his legs on fire. He truly could have carried Apollo around the world with the sun in Apollo's hand. God bless and rest this gorgeous supernatural being.
Amen....to that!
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who gets teary eyed watching him run.
I do too... I always get teary eyed watching Secretariat race.. He was just so incredibly special...
Look at people jumping over the stands and running up to the track as Secretariat goes down the stretch!! I had never seen that before. Absolutely amazing! It's like when the Beatles came to America and the crowd went wild.
The greatest horse of all time and did you know his heart goes like 3 hearts in one
Big red forever
Big Red's secret weapon: A huge red heart almost as big as he was! More pump in this thump.
Yep!
More accurately his heart was nearly 3 times the size a normal horse weighing 22 pounds. Normal horses hearts are 8.5 pounds.
2021 and first time seeing this. Thanks for posting this video. Wow what an absolutely amazing horse.
Great performance by a great horse, a perfect swan song for Secretariat. I love how you can see his breath down the stretch, that cool autumn air of Canada, perfect.
That’s how a real one leaves this earth, happy and a champion❤️ so upsetting that he’s gone but i still have part of his family in my life
❤ the roar of the crowd enhanced his desire to win. He was a showman who loved this game. ❤
God's perfection. When I say OMG, I really mean Oh, my God. Secretariat the immortal horse. Amazing, beautiful, and perfect horse. I love him.
Even after all these years later I am still moved to tears by this horse Secretariat. God I love to watch him run even now wishing he was still here amongst us physically and not just spirit. He belongs to God now but once we were privileged to have seen him run.
Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" in the flesh!! My wife and I visited Churchill Downs last month and saw Secretariat's stall there. Both our dads passed on over 25 years ago. They loved "the ponies" along with a nice shot or two of Kentucky bourbon. Here's to Secretariat, Jimmie T., and the Junester and all you horse racing fans in the US and Canada! Love you all!
Seeing fans running out to get a closer look was amazing!!! Rock star horse.
Was Secretariat undefeated? I won't be surprised! Amazing is an understatement for this horse!
Sadly no he lost to onion and prove out in the Whitney stakes
2:09 good lord look at that acceleration.
+CapAnson12345 Big Red was/is the greatest.
Yep and that's all after running about 10f or so that he still had that much left in the tank after running over 1 1/4 miles!!!!
When it kicked in, Secretariat went flat-out turbo. Absolutely incredible. Watch it and still can't believe it really happened. His majestic power is surreal.
Big Red was once clocked at 49mph!!
@@foots-qt4pk wow!!
Yes I cry when I see this! Long live Secretariat!
Secretariat the one and only, there will never be another like him😢
Secretariat the "Coming from behind to beat you all" GOAT....was there ever any doubt? lol
Good to know that the horse Flightline carries the bloodlines from Bold Ruler down through Seattle Slew and Secretariat. Keeping a racing tradition going for sure.
He said…….I’m done screwing around. Time to get serious.
I love Big Red he was the greatest race horse ever to grace our planet ❤ Rest in Power Big Red you will never be beaten 💙 or replaced. You live on in our hearts and minds forever... and the track records!
near the middle, I actually thought Secretariat would lose.... Wow, I've never been more wrong in all my life.
Yeah true same with me too
I thought the same thatbhe will fall on the 2nd position..
Leta Jagoe he wouldn’t let himself lose on his last race, he was a smart horse he probably knew that would be his last race and he knew he wanted to win it, he didn’t have to cause he still would’ve died a legend but he wanted to win his last race
Losing was never an option for the immortal Secretariat. The GOAT
@@tylermorro6663 he lost his first ever race, and then 3 more as a 3 year old. He was also relegated to second in one of his winning races due to a foul, but I don't count that one as a loss.
Greatest athlete to ever walk this earth
What a wonderful memory to have been there! Second best is to watch it over and over here! I tear up every time.
He was just so wonderful. What a great way to go out. The greatest race horse ever.
Kennedy Road was a great horse but it seems Secretariat regarded him as a pace horse for the first 3/4 of the race. I honestly believe the jockey just kept Secretariat right behind the leader until it was time to drop the last gear, but I think Secretariat wanted to pass much earlier
He lost his first race because of jockey error. Lucian and Ron knew Big Red could run his own race. He was that perfect. He knew when to change lead hoof and kick it into turbo. Ron was there because of rules and just let him do his thing.
Absolutely - both the jockey and the horse knew exactly at what point the reins would be thrown away and the fun would start - had I been able to even ride behind him, I would have cherished that race for life
@@vickimcchesney1335 don’t you know it. Big Red will be one of the first I look up on the other side. Heaven would be a ride on the GOAT.
@@johnlackey1244 I'd call the maiden loss bad racing luck rather than jockey error. He got slammed between horses right out of the gate, I don't see how that is the jockey's fault. Feliciano may have placed Secretariat poorly going through traffic, I don't remember...it was only a 5 1/2 f. sprint.
The visible breath puffing out of him ! He looked like a locomotive
There will never be another horse like Secretariat, I am honestly sad that he passed it is such a shame. But he will always be in memory. He was so fast and he was a god.
and he left him in his wake; dirt or grass, doesn't matter!
Big Red was just incredible. It's like Big Red is just coasting through much of the race and turns it on towards the finish.
..and here I am, early in the morning and saw this video while having coffee May 12th; click on it, of course, because it is Secretariat (and I have seen this video before)..better and more uplifting than most of what I've been viewing on TH-cam recently - thank you, Big Red, for making my day//
Tiger Woods got people the world over into golf who were only casual viewers. Secretariat did the same for horse racing. I was 12 when he won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown and remember it being a really big deal. A horse for the ages. A one of a kind creature in the world.
I'm reminded of Tolkien's love of horses, and how he derived the name of one of Rohans' principle characters. A conjunction of two Anglo-Saxon words, combining "Horse" and "Joy". That's the feeling one gets' watching Secretariat race with such excitement and joy..... "eowyn".
What a privilege to have witnessed such a superb horse.
He just had another gear that the other horses didn't. Imagine the other horses thinking they are hanging with him until he dropped the hammer. Once he did the other horses became demoralized and faded. Glad we have all the footage because we will never see another like him!
Well said. :) truly special!
brentbeardsley655, yes, he had "another gear": a heart that just happened to be over twice the size of a "normal" horse!
Secretariat was simply a wonderful freak of nature and God's whimsy. (D'ya suppose She/Her/ Them did have any whimsey?) 😁
@@aileen694 agreed. That heart helped for sure but he was just blessed with incredible speed. The move at the Preakness stands out in my mind. When he decided to run he made the other horses look like they were standing still. Sham was a great horse and a worthy adversary but no horse ran like Secretariat did in 73.
Every time I see Big Red race I tear up and get goosebumps, he was simply the BEST!
@Joanie Yes! There will never be another Big Red!
@@dabking3611 LOL! In response to you screaming at me:. Flight line is A beautiful horse with exceptional natural talent, Secretariat's records still stand today in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. Get back to me when flightline breaks those.
Also, Secretariat had a fever the day he lost to Onion. That is not difficult to find.
@@maryc8552 To those people who say "But Onion beat Secretariat!!!!" I just point them to the Marlboro Cup, where Secretariat and Onion faced off again, except Secretariat was sound. And he beat Onion like a rented mule. Usually shuts them right up.
@@johnhunter2294 Good point.
Had the great privilege of being at that race. What a Champion!
So where did Kennedy Road come in? Not 2nd.....
Kennedy Road was a great racehorse and was a 5 year old at the time of the race. He was injured in a previous warmup race about a week prior and was not at 100 %. Drop off at the stretch and finished eighth I believe.
No single horse will ever match the big S. I watch him in the Belmont at least once a week - raises goosebumps every single time
What an incredible horse. I’m really so sorry. He did not raise in his fourth year because I think we would’ve seen what he could’ve done as a mature horse, but a decision was made and we have what we have, which is an unbelievable amount of footage of this magnificent horse. I think a Pegasus, because he seems to fly at the end after every race. And how beautiful what a gorgeous face he has his whole body. Everything about him is stunning.
I'm Secretariat's number one English fan ❤❤
I would say the 70s was the best decade for horse racing. You had the queen of racing who was ruffian. Then you had the immortal greatest racehorse there was Secretariat. And you had the prince of racing who was Seattle slew. I was born in 91 but secretariat really is my #1 champ
There were three Triple Crown winners in the '70s, Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed, plus Alydar, Ruffian, Riva Ridge... you could make a pretty good case that from about '72 to '78 was the pinnacle of horse racing in America.
Secretariat was so huge, Olga Korbut and Even Knievel had to standby for him.
Love that! Love Olga and Knievel even when Secretariat turned them into his bridesmaids.
Lol. I guess you have to be pretty old these days to appreciate that quip.
Thanks for posting this. The audio and actual event are great. I only wish a better/enhanced copy existed. The time of day, the colors of running on turf, and that cold October day where you could see his breath coming down the stretch all lend itself to a surreal cinematic quality which was apt for this legend's last race.
I was there that day, and it was surreal. He seemed to be toying with the field and then when Maple let him go, he electrified the announcer, Daryl Wells, to the point where his voice nearly cracked from excitement. We knew we were witnessing history. The weather was horrible, but that only added to the enormity of his victory. The greatest finale ever by an athlete.
There he goes there he goes another great call,secretariat switches into another gear 0-60 and gone.
Absolutely sensational.
We still love and miss you big red thanks for the memories.
There he goes.
GOAT !!! There will never be another like "' Big Red "!!!
There will never be another Secretariat that horse was just born to win !
First time seeing this race. Now that's how a phenom ends a career, basically hanging around and then just putting on the after burners. Wow, just wow.
I love this horse! Secretariat! Even his name is spectacular! Such a beautiful and magnificent animal! It’s a shame he died as young as he was! Big Red!🌟
True, I'm glad he wasn't one of those horses with a name like Squid Trinket.
It was a damn shame that Ron Turcotte, a Canadian, could not ride Big Red in his final race that Sunday in the Canadian International Championship in Toronto. Turcotte had been given a 5-day suspension for 'careless riding' at Aqueduct a couple of days before. You would think they could lift the ban for that one race. Ronnie had ridden him in every one of his previous 18 races. Now having said that, as others have similarly noted, anyone could have ridden Secretariat that day and finished first, me included, and I'm 200 lbs!
Pure power ! Just burns them all at will. What I loved about Secretariat was that he toyed with the other horses....would let them run with him, and in their own horse sense/language they knew it I think. And then it was like when Sec got pissed off that they dare even think they could run with him he would just burn em all and crush em.
There are those who will argue that Secretariat was NOT the greatest thoroughbred to ever race, citing Man O War and one or two others as greater. I say, well, we'll never know. HOWEVER, for those of us who were old enough to appreciate what we were watching, the 1973 Belmont Stakes remains as one of the most remarkable events of a lifetime, and cements Secretariat as a phenomenon for the ages. It is very difficult to describe the feeling of watching horse-racing perfection. MILLIONS of people were challenged to process the incomprehensible. OVER 1 1/2 MILES, HE RAN EACH QUARTER FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS!
Agree with your comments but Secretariat ran each quarter faster in the Kentucky Derby not the Belmont. He was perfection !
Secretariat was definitely the greatest.
What a magnificent horse , just a pleasure to watch him race ! Never be another like him !
When the Lord comes back it wouldn't surprise me if He was on Secretariat..
As someone put it in a previous race, " A tremendous machine"
Notice on the final stretch...in that cold air....how Secretariat’s breath looks like a locomotive! What an animal 🙏🙏
Speaking of souvenirs (i.e. clumps of sod) of Secretariat's final race, many bettors did not cash their winning pari-mutuel ticket that day, keeping it as a souvenir instead. The Woodbine racetrack printed the tickets bet on Secretariat with the words "Big Red" on them instead of his cloth number. Since he went off at 1 to 9, he only paid $2.10 anyway on a $2 wager...so the mutuel ticket was worth more as a souvenir than the 2.10 $CAN, lol. Stories in the newspaper the next day said bigger bettors, apparently, made their big wagers, but also purchased a second $2 ticket for just that reason. Great memories of the greatest thoroughbred ever...
I feel very safe in saying there will never be another horse to match Secretariate.
I was there. The special text on the para-mutual tickets that day read "Big Red", what an awesome day.
Last race and his victory aside I find this footage absolutely breathtaking. The dwindling daylight coupled with the dreary overcast weather..the people running towards the rail in a way that has never ever occurred and out of the darkness comes a locomotive with steam bellowing
That horse took it personally, " let's race"
A amazing racehorse who truly dominated the racetrack dirt and turf, I love this horse there will never be another like him ever!!!
“Next: Olga Korbut and Evel Knievel.” I miss “Wide World of Sports.”
Like a big steam locomotive; condensation pouring out of his nostrils as he buries the filed behind him. Geez what a horse!
The Greatest horse/athelete to ever live the steam coming out him gives me goosbumps. Jack Nicklaus said it best. I stirve for perfection every time on the course never able to achieve it...I just saw perfection (Belmont Stakes 1973)
My mom loved to watch him run...
Miss ya everyday Mom...
He really was a horse with afterburners. Was very simple to notice the difference in speed when he took off.
Greatest race horse 🏇 ever! May be one of the greatest athletes ever?