Greatest sports achievement of my lifetime:
Posted on 06/09/2021 6:49:31 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
I was there. When he appeared in the home stretch, watching from the rail - he was all alone.
Never seen anything like it before or since.
Also, I hate that video of these old races are of such poor resolution.
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Seems like surely someone would have had an actual film movie camera out there to capture high quality imagery of the event. I wonder if any such footage exists?
heres the call of the race from C.B.S Radio by Ray Haight....
Great horse. He was a true champion and national hero.
Who was the jockey?
i gotta admit this...but its true...i watched this as it happened...i was 14 at the time and after the race was over, i thought..”wait, was that some kind of practice race?””...it was just stunning...
Absolutely - MAGNIFICENT - Animal!
Hands down. The Big Red One.
Interesting to watch the camerawork. At first the cameraman tries to keep all the horses in the frame as they head into the final stretch, but then he decides to keep Secretariat centered as he crosses the line.
Wrong. You mean the Derby.
Too much of Secretariat is all built on this single race.
But yes, a scintillating performance.
Sham went lame later. Was retired in the summer.
No, he did NOT go lame in the Belmont Stk, as some Sec myths promulgate.
Ron Turcotte.
Is that American Pharaoh?
Some alternate video. Still grainy but has a fairly tight shot of Secretariat on the final stretch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u16T05o7JA
A lot of people don’t realize that the horse that he was running against early in the Belmont, Sham, was one of the greatest racehorses of all time. His second place finish in the Kentucky Derby is the second fastest Derby time ever.
I read somewhere that Ron Turcotte — the jockey who rode him — said he was actually competitive, that it was clear that he enjoyed beating other horses and pushed himself to win. He didn't need to be goaded or pressured.
Horse of the gods ping.
Greatest sports achievement of my lifetime:
Do you believe in miracles?!
The Untold Story of Secretariat, from the Vet who Discovered His Secret
https://issuu.com/equestriandirectory.ensomedia/docs/ked-2020/s/10168613
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