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(March 30, 1970) Secretariat Foaled 40 Years Ago
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| March 30, 2010
| David Schmitz
Posted on 03/30/2010 6:38:50 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: SamAdams76
Secretariat was just special.
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posted on
03/30/2010 11:17:16 PM PDT
by
donna
(SarahPAC has donated money to...(wait for it)...Lindsey Graham!)
To: Cloverfarm
He also had a rare genetic trait that resulted in a heart that was twice the size of a normal Thoroughbred’s.
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posted on
03/31/2010 4:59:54 AM PDT
by
Texas Mulerider
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To: Straight Vermonter
I was driving on vacation and was listening on radio to the race. I could hardly believe the announcer’s description of the massive lead and how it kept getting larger. Unbelievable...even getting it on the radio somewhere near Biloxi.
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posted on
03/31/2010 5:04:20 AM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: Krankor
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posted on
03/31/2010 5:38:44 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: Straight Vermonter
The jockey said that peeked scared him.
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posted on
03/31/2010 5:40:02 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: DogByte6RER
Thank you for posting this. I was 10 in 73 and Secretariat was my hero. I bought and read every book on him I could find. One of my regrets is that I never made the trip to KY to visit him.
He sure did move like a tremendous machine.
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posted on
03/31/2010 5:47:36 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
(Proudly posting without a tagline since 2001)
To: DogByte6RER
Wow. Seems like yesterday...
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posted on
03/31/2010 10:01:49 AM PDT
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: DogByte6RER
"Big Red"
The days are long at Belmont.
Speed they never learn.
And it's many a day since Man o' War
Has looped the upper turn.
The guineas stopped their rubbing,
The rider dropped his tack
When the word went round that Man o' War
Was coming on the track.
The crowd was hoarse with cheering
At ancient Pimlico
The day he won the Preakness-
But that was long ago.
The dust is deep at Windsor,
The good old days are gone.
And many a horse is forgotten,
But they still remember one.
For he was a fiery phantom
To that multitudinous throng-
Would you wait for another one like him?
Be patient: years are long.
For here was a horse among horses,
Cast in a Titan's mold,
And the slant October sunlight
Gilded the living gold.
He was marked with the god's own giving
And winged in every part;
The look of eagles was in his eye
And Hastings' wrath in his heart.
Young Equipoise had power
To rouse the crowded stand,
And there was magic in the name
Of Greentree's Twenty Grand.
And Sarazen has sprinted,
And Gallant Fox has stayed,
And Discovery has glittered
In the wake of Cavalcade.
We watch the heroes parading,
We wait, and our eyes are dim, But we never discover another
Like him.
A foal is born at midnight
And in the frosty morn
The horseman eyes him fondly
And a secret hope is born.
But breathe it not, nor whisper,
For fear of a neighbor's scorn:
He's a chestnut colt, and he's got a star-
He may be another Man o' War.
Nay, say it aloud--be shameless.
Dream and hope and yearn,
For there's never a man among you
But waits for his return.
~Joseph Alvie Estes
I saw three of Secretariat's races. I saw Onion beat him at Saratoga, I saw him set a world record in the Marlboro Cup, and I saw his last race on a freezing cold day at Woodbine. I saw him six times at Claiborne.
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posted on
03/31/2010 10:25:50 AM PDT
by
Nepeta
To: DogByte6RER
I will NEVER forget watching Big Red win the Belmont. I was 13 years old, and was working at the Greater Houston Gun Club. They were holding a bid skeet and trap shooting competition... I had been loading clay pidgeons all day.
During a break in the shooting, I was allowed to walk through the big clubhouse to use the bathroom. As I was walking through, I noticed a crowd gathered around a TV. The Belmont was about to start.
I went over, stood amongst a crowd of adults... and, watched Secretariat RUN AWAY from the field. All these adults were cheering and yelling.... I was amazed.
Now... I attend the Kentucky Derby every year, and keep waiting for some horse to break Big Red’s record.... Still hadn’t happened. :-)
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