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I was at the Belmont in 73...I was 7

I’m jealous 😆👏💜

Sham and Secretariat were actually first cousins, shared a broodmare grandfather. Sham had a rough trip in Derby after almost ripping two teeth out in starting gate and made the trip bleeding the whole way. He too set the record that day which still stands as 2nd fastest ever. He’s a legend in my book, my personal favorite.

Me too! I watch those three races at least 5-6 times every year.

@@frndofbear -- I'm with you and Berlin. Definitely.

Same here, I really love Secr.!

I walked into a bar in lakewood ohio with my parents having a paper route $ 1.00 picked secretariat's #

I watch the 73 Triple Crown every day! Next year is the 50th Anniversary! Can’t wait!

He will forever be remembered

Tracy Davis so awesome!

I agree and I get goosebumps every time I watch this race. It's become like a popular quote from a movie - Go ahead and make my day., we're gonna need a bigger boat.

My heart is in my throat every time I see the Belmont. I cry at the end of it. 31 lengths!

Pavaroti

And poor Sham. A horse that would've won the triple crown running away almost any other year

@@ShadeXH -- So true! A great horse whose bad luck found him in Big Red's shadow.

Kimberly M., You are so right cutie pie.

Gord Merritt I agree.

Just like poor Alydar in 1978. Probably would have won the Triple Crown if he's been born one year later.

i do not think there will ever be a horse that will run faster in every quarter than the previous......Secretariat.

Ditto! Big Red was magnificent.

@@frndofbear to me if sham had raced for the crown in 1979 he would have had lots of great battles with spectacular bid no denying that

Yup, he was something to behold!

Sham was the second.

Richard Craig He was the best horse to ever set foot on a track. I was fortunate that I got to visit him often after he retired. He was amazing.

Richard Craig the only reason Big red has the record is because Man o War never ran it. Man was the greatest race horse ever.

How many track records does MOW hold?

Richard Craig 5. Plus the record for largest margin of victory 100 lengths.

The facts are that to make an honest comparison you have to have an even playing field. In the early 1900's there were no starting gates, track surfaces were very different, timing methods were inexact. No one says MOW was not a great stallion, but the records he holds are for the most part are for races that no longer exist. Although MOW won at Pimlico and Belmont the races at the time were shorter in length than today. Secretariat has the track record at all three of the triple crown events and there is no contesting that as fact.

I was 7 months old when Citation won. And 25 when Secretariat won. In all my life between there had not been a Triple Crown winner. Think what we were thinking as Secretariat won the Derby, and then the Preakness. Could ths be the year. Would I finally see a triple crown winner?

Tracy Davis whirlaway!

Sea Biscuit!

Tracy Davis and Phar Lap

Tracy Davis and Ruffian

Yep, he kicked in the turbo. That's the large heart gene at work.

Indeed, he put 10.5 lengths on triple HOY Forego after giving him a 5 length head start.

I was lucky enough to be at that race. That horse was unbelievable. I doubt any horse ever breaks those records

Secretariat West all the best I was at the Derby when they cross the finish line rip Big Red

If thoroughbred racing and those that partake in it interest you, you might enjoy First Mount, a short novelette that I read recently about a young jockey’s travails at making the weight to get his first ride and what he’s willing to endure to get it.

Indeed, such an iconic voice.

Yeah will always be eclipsed by Secretariat.

@@nancyjanzen5676 I know. Makes me sick... I love Secretariat too... But I never quit loving Riva

You'll get over it; had it not rained at Old Hilltop two weeks later, RR's commanding win in the Belmont would have immortalized him forever!

Sad, but when certain horses are extremely popular like Secretariat, Seabiscuit, Citation & Man O War, the rest are only sometimes mentioned but most are forgotten when they also deserve admiration. People talk about Seattle Slew, American P and a couple of others but I think the 4 I mentioned are talked about the most.

I agree

Yeah, Mine That Bird was just a baby himself.

Radwolf2006 AJ, This clip is only about the Kentucky Derby.

Best stud ever...? that belongs to Seattle Slew...!!!

@@sherylejeffers9491 know your history, kid. The Canadian was the greatest stud ever.

Andrew Gordon -- Yeah, but this was all about KY Derby winners.

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Northern Dancer was one of the most important race horses ever to live. The bloodlines he created are still running and winning today. He had cancer and unfortunately cut his life short and his bloodline.

Julie Enslow And poor Sham was a fraction behind. No respect for poor Sham.

@@algorel4763 I do believe people noticed Sham, but he never got his due measure. In the Derby, his record as second best, still stands. Meaning that had he run in any other Derby, he would have won. I will go so far as to bet had he run in any other year, he would have had a Triple Crown. He was that good. But Secretariat broke his heart in the last race and he faltered never to run again.

They mentioned it while in shock at the end of the Belmont... Also ESPN mentioned it as well as other sports casters, that Secretariat's time in all 3 triple crown races will probably never be broken!!!❤

You're right. They should've mentioned it in this documentary as well. No matter. The world knows what the real deal is and who the greatest thoroughbred of all time still is! Big Red❤

That´s true. Belmont Stakes has been nicknamed "The Test of the Champions" Regards from a venezuelan citizen who emigrated to Chile searching a better way of life.

RecRat 1976 , that was one hell of a race !

Yes, Swale won the 1984 Kentucky Derby. Swale, was also a Son of Seattle Slew, and half brother to A.P. Indy, who won the 1992 Kentucky Derby, named 1992 Horse of the Year, and who also was a Son of Seattle Slew! Talent, is in the genes!😎🐎

Dave, dancer was the grestest, its all in the record.

fklifter1 I consider him still one of the greatest horses of all time. I see traits of him in dual grand national winner Tiger Roll

And that Belmont was run at Aqueduct remember on a sand surface.ND did get a badly beaten 4th.

@@redbaronreborn3372 He finished 3rd and if you seen the race you could see him fighting the jockey to let him run and Hartack was holding him back using up energy . I'm not saying he would of won but it might of made a big difference.The horse raced 18 times and never finished out of the money.I also believe he may have been hurt.He raced almost all of his races with a patch over his cracked hoof.Like Ron Turcotte said in the life and times of Northern Dancer he ran the race on pure guts alone and still finished 3rd.Even the great Secretariat never won all his races'

I totally agree

In an early 2 yr old race he got mugged at the start. After that he let the rest sort themselves out until the Belmont. That day he broke with the pack.

Of course it does. Don't just watch the first three minutes. :)

mac those horses were great but secretariat was and still is the greatest

John Terry, this clip is about Kentucky Derby races only.

@mac, Secretariat was the BEST, and that is why the 1973 Triple Crown Winner is shown, and talked about so much!!!!😍 Also, you said that Seattle Slew, Affirmed, and Easy Goer were good Horses!! WRONG, Affirmed (1978 Triple Crown Winner), Seattle Slew (1977 Triple Crown Winner), and Easy Goer (Prevented Sunday Silence 1989 Triple Crown Bid at Belmont), were "OUTSTANDING" Horses!!!😎 Spectacular Bid (ALMOST won the 1979 Triple Crown at Belmont), was an OUTSTANDING Horse, and SHOULD have been a 1979 Triple Crown Winner!!!!🤔 The other Horses, Citation, Count Fleet, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Sir Barton, and Gallant Fox, and a few more, were the OUTSTANDING Triple Crown Winners between 1919-1948!!!🤗 Now, we have American Pharoah (2015 Triple Crown Winner), and Justify (2018 Triple Crown Winner), who are just as equally OUTSTANDING Racehorses!!!!!😉

@mac, it took me a year to respond, because unlike You, I have a LIFE, and I am busy with more important matters!!! Secretaries fans are NOT vicious, and we are certainly NOT insecure!!! Why would we be insecure, about the GREATEST Horse, Secretariat, that EVER lived?????🤔 EVERY Year, during Horse Racing Season, Secretariat is ALWAYS talked about, more than any Other Horse. Yes, Man O' War was an OUTSTANDING Horse, but he did NOT win the Triple Crown......Secretariat DID!!!! Man O' War's Owner would NOT race him, in the Belmont race. If he had, Man O' War WOULD have Won, to become a Triple Crown Champ!! His Son, War Admiral, won the 1937 Triple Crown!!!! The Belmont Race, is called "The Test Of Champions" for a Reason! That is why between 1919-2018, there have ONLY been (13) Triple Crown Winners, and sadly, Man O' War is NOT one of them!!!!!! Secretariat won the Belmont, by (31) Lengths, in true CHAMPION style, without breaking a Sweat, to become the 1973 Triple Crown Champ!!!! So, this makes Secretariat (aka Big Red), the GREATEST, just like the Boxer, Muhammad Ali!!! If You don't like Secretariat, that is YOUR problem......I really don't care!!! But, I LOVE Secretariat, and so do MILLIONS, and MILLIONS of other People!!!!!!! One more thing, Smarty Pants, get your facts straight, regarding the Racehorse, Easy Goer!! Easy Goer RACED against his rival, Sunday Silence, DURING the 1988-1989 Season, so he could NOT have raced in 1973, as YOU stated in your latest Comment to Me!!!😂 Instead of being Pissed off at Secretariat Fans, you NEED to brush up on your Horse Racing facts!!! Maybe, you NEED to take another Year off, and STOP taking your ANTI-Secretariat Medication!!!!!😆 Big Red, will ALWAYS be the GREATEST!!!!

nope. disagree... I was at Belmont when Red won the Belmont... I saw it with my own eyes.... and while I agree it was the single best performance I have ever seen... he was not the greatest horse I ever saw... that was... still is... and always will be... Ruffian. She not only won all of her races.. she shattered track and stakes records every time she set foot on the track... she was the greatest to ever look through a bridle.

You are entitled to your opinion Mary, and I respect that ,but ,even after 44 years or so, all great horses, are in some way compared to the great Secretariat!

Indeed:)

I'm inclined to agree with Mary. After all, Lucien Laurin said she was maybe better than Secretariat. Anyway, my take on it was he was the greatest male racehorse, she was the greatest female (of their generation). I believe Ruffian's spirit was transferred to a later great mare, Zenyatta.

Hopefully Winx will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic some day. She is definitely up there with Zenyatta.

Makes me wonder yet again what would've happened with Barbaro.... sigh.

I loved Barbaro now its gonna be Justify's time

Thanks Paula. I just worry that Justify is being overworked. The system here in England dictates that a Derby winner needs two preps and often only one if the horse concerned is regarded as exceptional. Best of luck to Justify !

postcardterry So did Zenyatta!

Lisa Wilder The film was made in 2006. Tough to include a horse that would win it in 2014.

This was made before Barbaro's Derby, and CC was foaled in 2012, so way before his time.

OOps!!!CC was foaled in 2013.

@@janetgriffiths7200, no California Chrome was born in 2011. He won the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness, in 2014, when he was 3-years-old, which is the age requirement for Triple Crown races.

I'm amazed how the people in the infield lean over the rail -- seems like they'd be obstructive or cause spooking.

Sham finished last @Belmont so how is that possible?

Poor Eightbells.. Rest In Peace