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re: Happy Secretariat Day! Here is some horse racing nostalgia
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:37 pm to Big4SALTbro
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:37 pm to Big4SALTbro
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Every horse in the derby is related to him
I just read that! Amazing
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Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:38 pm to Globetrotter747
So, what’s your point.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:42 pm to Indiangensing
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I have seen Secretariat sportscentury and it is one of favorites. I wasn't alive but it had to be a spectacle to watch these events live back then...
I was born and raised in KY and the thoroughbred industry is a point of pride for Kentuckians . As I said above I was 11 yrs old and never had a TC winner in my time so all the previous ones were dead legends. So when Secretariat won it was a BFD in all the sports world. However it was not until many yrs later that everyone realized how dominate he was.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:45 pm to Globetrotter747
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Secretariat raced in fields of 13, 6, and 5 in his TC races. AP’s were 18, 8, and 8.
The number of horses in the race is irrelevant for the most part since Secretariat's times in all three races have never been bested...
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:50 pm to GetmorewithLes
Big Red was a once in a lifetime animal. I knew my boy Gambit was a descendant of American Pharaoh, but didn’t realize, like everyone else, he went back to Big Red.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:58 pm to GetmorewithLes
And there’s the difference. There was no breeders cup back in 73 I don’t believe.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:02 pm to Big4SALTbro
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Every horse in the derby is related to him
Is that good? I mean at some point is there inbreeding that would be destructive to the breed?
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:16 pm to Globetrotter747
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American Pharaoh won the Triple Crown and the Breeders Cup Classic. Secretariat raced in fields of 13, 6, and 5 in his TC races. AP’s were 18, 8, and 8. Secretariat won 16/21 starts. AP won 9/11.
My boy Gambit was a descendant of both of these legends.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:28 pm to GetmorewithLes
Damn horse was juicing… test back in the day wasn’t sophisticated enough to catch it
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:40 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Is that good? I mean at some point is there inbreeding that would be destructive to the breed?
Nah, Big Red just got a lot of pussy back in the day
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:47 pm to GetmorewithLes
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The number of horses in the race is irrelevant for the most part since Secretariat's times in all three races have never been bested...
Fewer horses to block your path. Less chance of another horse having a career day and beating you.
Prove Out beat Secretariat by 4.5 lengths at tBelmont a few months after he looked invincible on the same track and distance.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:02 pm to Globetrotter747
Ok the horse sucks…
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:39 pm to EagleEye99
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Nah, Big Red just got a lot of pussy back in the day
That doesn’t really answer the question
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:39 pm to Globetrotter747
No one remembers that Sham beat Secretariet earlier in the year.
When great just wasn't good enough.
When great just wasn't good enough.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 10:13 pm to dukke v
I remember it ! I was a little kid . I said to my dad , “ daddy he is lapping them ! “
Posted on 5/3/25 at 11:51 pm to EagleEye99
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Nah, Big Red just got a lot of pussy back in the day
More like jacked off by a bunch of stable boys.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 4:00 am to GetmorewithLes
“The Belmont, where speed horses go to die”…
Posted on 7/6/25 at 12:55 pm to Madking
How about Risen Star? 2nd fastest Belmont next to his daddy
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