No question. When I meet my maker I want Red and Sham to guide me to glory in the afterlife

Sham broke down in the Belmont and never raced or even ran again...I don't know any cowards or anyone else who would be inspired by a horse practically killing himself trying to please his rider who beat the crap out of him with the whip every chance he got. There is nothing about Sham that anyone should aspire to except that he was the only one who gave Secretariat a run a couple of times. Very sad and I think Pancho treated that horse very badly out of greed...I feel bad for Sham who should have been treated with dignity instead of blatant greed...Ron Turcotte said he could hear the beating that Sham was taking and said he felt terrible for that horse getting beaten up like that. Pretty bad when you can hear a beating over the sound of 10's of thousands of people cheering. Sham was abused very badly.

He has a big Facebook page

He came from Virginia.

Kierkegaard73 I was at BELMONT with my Dad...

I think Eddie would have lived longer too...he died fairly young. And Secretariat would have probably lived much longer if they'd kept him on a healthy diet instead of over-feeding him. Laminitis is aggravated by too much weight. I'm glad they are starting to understand that disease and finding ways of treating it but I wish they would have known all of this and been able to treat Secretariat instead of putting him down. Greatest race horse and maybe greatest horse ever.

Just my opinion but the instant that Secretariat crossed the finish line at the Derby the official race time was 1:59 and 2/5ths, not the old record. So Sham beat the old record but finished behind the new record which was set the instant Secretariat shattered the old one. So he beat nothing...poor abused horse. (Pancho was a monster to him)

From everything I’ve read by Nack and others who’ve written about Sham and Secretariat, Sham’s trainer Frank Martin was not well represented in the movie. From everything I read, his personality was way different than what was portrayed. Apparently there was some kind of incident at the starting gate in the Derby where Sham lost his teeth.

@@rickbateman2401 Yes, kind of a mystery as to when his teeth got knocked out. Personally think it was during or right after Twice a Princes meltdown in post. Then he gets mugged twice by Navajo coming by stands the first time, Sham had it all, still holds 2nd fastest derby time ever. He just got overshadowed by his great cousin.

WELL, it wasn't his year. He got BROKEN. Never raced again after The Belmont. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes indeed, he was a gallant warrior and gave his all, literally. Personally consider him one of the greatest ever, he dominated in CA before the Wood and should’ve won there despite jockey error. Forever my black stallion

Really, you make me feel so sad, a sense of futility. "just a horse". The common man is doing enough to cause harm, pain and ultimate destruction of all other beings other than humans on this planet. Wildlife, domestic animals, the land, water and air. "emotions at best". Hardly. This magnificent "just an animal" fills me with nourishment for the soul.

Is there anything you do for "common man," Frank? Anything other than be an ass?

Shecky Greene, then Sham.

Shecky Greene?