As a kid, I watched that happen live.
All these years later, when I see that video, even if it’s the movie ‘Secretariat’, even though I *know* how it ends, I still get goosebumps and cheer him on.
Damn, I’m a weirdo.
31 and 2:24. Anyone who can watch Secretariat run the Belmont and not get chills needs to check to see if they still have a pulse.
Sham, a tremendous horse in his own right, was matching Secretariat at a near world record pace right to the half mile mark when Secretariat accelerated to a pace that no horse has ever matched.
That and the Miracle on Ice I just never tire of.