Posted on 06/09/2018 11:24:10 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Secretariat’s historic 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.
Justify is a beautiful horse and may nod at the crowds like Secretariat did, but I won’t be rooting for him today.
With George Soros having a piece of him, I’ll be rooting against a Triple Crown winner today...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/sports/justify-belmont-george-soros.html
Isn’t that a shame? I thought at least one of his owners was a Christian, which is why the horse is named Justify.
I was blessed to see the big horse at Claiborne Farms after he had gone to stud. Actually got to pet him! He was very kind and quiet. I have been in horses most of my life. He was truly the most perfect creature God ever created. As an aside, when people ask me why I am not impressed by much, my reply is always the same. “I have shaken Ronald Reagan’s hand and I have touched Secretariat.”
Wow. Just wow.
Great to watch. One of the comments says he could have fallen down 3 times and still won, haha.
His heart was huge but also the different parts of if were in perfect proportion to each other.
Far more like a MotoGP bike rider in position and performance.
Secretariat was about performance, not posturing.
“Im jealous....we will never see a horse like him again”
Day isn’t over yet.
I was there too!
[...]
Secretariat's 31-length victory roused 30 million viewers. As the Belmont unfolded, golfer Jack Nicklaus fell to his knees before his TV set, cried and pounded his fist on the floor.
His reaction disturbed him. "Why me? I'm not a racing fan," Nicklaus told CBS race commentator Heywood Hale-Broun.
"Jack," he said, "your whole life is a quest for perfection, and you saw it in the Belmont, and it moved you."
Nicklaus nodded.
[...]
One of the best sports moments ever.
I was so nervous that i almost couldnt watch!! What a horse!! And what a jockey!!
I was there. You should have seen him in the post parade. he kept nodding at us, as if he knew it was his crowd.
Paid $2.10 across.
That black and white pole you saw today is 31 lengths from the finish, in honor of Secretariat. That’s his margin of victory.
He still holds the stakes record for all three Triple Crown races.
Secretariat ran every 1/4 mile of all 3 races faster than the previous 1/4 mile. There was no quit in him.
Here’s an amazing thing to consider...Secretariat ran the Belmont in 2:24 flat (still the world record for 1 1/2 miles). Justify ran the Belmont today at 2:28.18. Justify would have finished more than 24 lengths back of Secretariat - he literally would not have been in the TV screen shot when Secretariat crossed the finish...he wouldn’t even have been close to being in the screen shot.
Closer than any of the other horses Secretariat ran against, though.
He set the record for the 1 1/2 mile Belmont Stakes in 2:24. He raced the Woodward Stakes and the Man O War Stakes at Belmont, both again 1 1/2 mile races in 2:25 & 2:24 later that same year.
Over the last few days, there have been quite a few postings with a link to Secretariat’s 1973 win at Belmont. What I don’t understand is why it’s always a grainy black and white version. Here’s a significantly better colour version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_27cCW5bw
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