He's not the only one! I'm not about to look up their names but there's at least two more. I don't understand why people are shocked. We saved an AP Indy foal 2 years ago at auction for $400. The meat market didn't want her because she was emaciated and had no value. No, we didn't take her because she was his foal we found out when we researched her lip tattoo. This is nothing new. Pedigree never matters at auction. A dime a dozen.

I have a horse saved from the kill pen emanciated, a mare descendant of Secretariat on top and bottom meaning sire and Dam both were Secretariat descendants. Seattle Slew's son, Slew of Gold and Secretariat's General Assemnbly his Sire. Other greats coming out of Secretatiat's daughter known as the Queen, named Terlingua and Storm bird out of the great Canadian legend Notthern Dancer foalefd the handsome successful at racing and as a sire Storm cat. Other legends like Buckpasser, Gallant Man, Native Dancer, Poker and War Admiral sired by the great Man O War and more. There are broodmares who are recognized on the track and as influences of fantastic traits desired in the breed awarded Dam of the year, hall of fame inductees. A fantastic pedigree. I paid 165.00 pound on the hoof not knowing her history or breed for that matter. It was when she started transforming, gaining weight, I started recognizing her lines as a thoroughbred. I had a thought to check her lip but forgot about it until a few weeks ago admiring her as a thoroughbred, I flipped her lip up. There it was! I got a friend to hold her lip while I snapped some pics. It took another try in sunlight to see the first tattoo. A letter and 3 numbers were clear the others were too faded. The partial tatoo and a detailed description came back with her breeders name, her name, birthday. The jockey club matched her tight ti the placement of a cowlick and her white sock describing it higher n the back than the front. I ran the free 5 way pedigree and was amazed. Sad how she ended up I such shape. She's 14 years old. I know right now 2 are at Temn Ship Pen in Cleveland, TN. Time is running out but haven't been able to get anyone to purchase them for 900. Each. They lay them over 2 weeks on an inflated price What don't sale goes to slaughter. They will not reduce the price and set a precedent. I have no more room per zoning restrictions . I have another Quarter pony also a kill pen horse. Sad. Theses magnificent animals end up in tragedy.

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I saw a great great granddaughter in a kill pen in pa a couple months ago. Absolutely heartbreaking that a horse of this lineage could end up in such an awful place

PETA saved one of secrerteriats grandson, he was a dappled grey. But murdered him along with the 2,000 other animals.

Kimberly Woodward you’re amazing!!!!! Thank you for saving him !!!

Indeed Jackie.... Indeed...

julie hertz, yes, he did have his Granddaddy's, Secretariat, Beautiful Coloring!!!😍 Chip off the old block!!!!🤗

Penny made a lot of money including the film yet this is what happen to line that all owed him so much more I too am crying

Jo Phoinix, Penny passed away two years ago at the age of 95 years. What in the world do you think she could have done?

I know right? I don't know what happened to the poor horse based on this video.

Yep

He fell and shattered his leg.

Broke his left leg while training.

I agree. Either that jockey was large or the colt, small. He didn't have near the scope of his father.

the horse was very frighten the man was a HACK

👋🏻 what happened to the horse??

You are right he was lame on his too back legs

What don't you like about the industry out of curiosity? You know that Secretariat's jockey Ron "Ronnie" Turcotte almost never whipped him right? He only whipped him a few times in the Belmont Stakes.

DaebakMonkey But do u know they race at 2 years old and nobody wants them after 4 cause they screwed then up at 2.. all they were taught was to run in a straight line and run as fast as they could. That's why all u see in kill pens are Ottbs ... At 2 I'm training my horses to walk with me on them. Not running at full speed

Yes I did. I have an aunt and uncle in the show horse breeding business and I work with them during the summer and get to meet racehorses and their trainers.

Nonsense on that "all u see in kill pens are Ottbs". Check out the number of horses that are racing every year in the US compared to the number of horses that go through the auctions and are bought by kill buyers. Like, the number of horses racing is a tiny percent of the ones that end up on meat hooks. Most of the horses going to Canada and Mexico are grade horses, crossbreds and QH types, not ex-racers.

He looked very juvenile in the training photos with chopped off hind toes and too much heel which gave him a weird hind end angle, of course just my opinion. Very much an awkward gawky youngster who needed an extra long time to get condition on and grow.

Seeing as horses are on the feet pretty much constantly he was in alot of pain im assuming?

HE BROKE DOWN ON 5HE TRAININ TRACK . THEY COULD NOT TO ANYTHING FOR HIM , BUT TAKE HIS PAIN AWAY . THAT HAPPENS A LOT . HE IS FREE FROM PAIN . WITH HIS FAMILY AND JOHHNY HE IS NAME AFTER TOO . RIP JOHHNY . YA WILL BE REMEMBERED . HUGS TO ALL 3 OF YA . 😢

We have two grandsons at the barn where I board my horse. One of them looks just like him.

I have his great great grandson Rum BaBa,looks like him and acts like a big baby

I have a grandson, Stubborn Slugger, foaled in 1993. He definitely has a touch of his attitude. I am also the legal owner of a great granddaughter, last known by the name Royal Secret, foaled in 2010, missing since 2012, 14.1hh black, no markings, with a large scar on the inside of her right hind leg.

A grand daughter was recently rescued from a kill pen!

No need to swear

that is true! They called it the X Factor. An average horse’s heart will weigh around 10 pounds. Secretariat’s was 20-21 pounds.

We had a famous race horse here in Australia called Phar Lap and he couldn't be beaten too. He also had a larger than normal heart.

The Phantastic Phar Lap!!!

@@gwynnethmay660 what happened to him?

@@Ricobaca There are many theories. He died when he came to America to race there, the popular belief was that he was slipped poison in his oats or something.

That was tough to read, and really upsetting but thank you for the insight

They need to pass the safe acf

My mom always told me that the angels were having a bowling party and the thunder is them getting a strike.

And also live more in a stall then in a pasture. That is a fact. Need people to quit betting at the racetracks that would stop that industry. And it's a racket. Like anything else. It's all about the money forget about the animal.

I agree. And every time I hear an owner saying how much they love the horse and Oh the horse is the important thing, I want to ask them about racing them so early, racing them in rain, tons of awful, slippery mud, etc. Their actions always make their words lies.

earlymusicus youre right. I doubt it as well

I googled and found this, also on facebook, don't know why cause of death wasn't explained on this video. If you type in Shirley Bennett in FB this whole post by her will probably be there. On Thursday, December 11, (wrong date-it happened on the 10th) Johnny Leroy went to the track at Palm Beach Downs for a routine gallop with his regular exercise rider. On the far turn it was reported by the rider and trainer that the horse suddenly went towards the outside rail and collapsed. Examination revealed a complete fracture of the horse’s left radius. Unfortunately, this is a catastrophic injury in the horse, and Johnny Leroy was humanely euthanized on the racetrack. We are extremely sorry for this tragic loss.

Racing horses is a brutal business which claims the lives of several horses every year. many having to be euthanized right there on the tracks. I have seen them haul these "curtains" out to block peopled from having to see the horses being put down.this kind of thing is seen in much of the racing world as simply business as usual. it is a necessary risk that is considered acceptable if you want to win.

Yes, I agree, it's all about money. How about the western States shooting the wild horses because they are grazing on land for cattle. That's being allowed, those horses and their ancestors were there before the ranchers. That is sickening and should be stopped.

suzanna Lytle if you have the heart to watch I suggest watching a vid about Eight Belles her story was quite sad and I miss her

So true, A beautiful mare, who died so young. She was blazing fast and unfortunately we will never know how great this mare would have been. Micheline Kribs,Rolla,MO

Shirley Bennett Thats very cool! I sure wish I had some Secretariat grands & great grands running around. Maybe some day!

Is Secretariats Glory still racing? Sorry for the loss of Johnny Leroy, very tragic indeed. At least he experienced much love & kindness in his life. He was very fortunate in that regard.

Very sorry for your loss.. i found this video due to searching a story about a grandson of Secretariat being rescued from an abusive home. Greatest horse in living memory. Your Johnny had his sparkle. May they all rest in peace.

I have his GG granddaughter BeBe and she is a beauty! See her on my channel if you want *:D

I don't know the lineage very well for Secretariat but I found someone claiming to have a great,great,great however many greats and his name is Secretariat Hercules born April 2017..how would I know if that's true? He's a beautiful foul looks like Secretariat except the foul is bay not Chestnut.. could you email me about this..I'm researching like nobody's business before I buy him. marttam72@gmail.com (Tammy)

Mary Mathenia me too!

Mary Mathenia could mean last born grandson?

Mary Mathenia is yours a race horse? race 🏇

Mary Mathenia sureeee I highly doubt that

Annie's Breyers Who are you to say no?

Really sounds like the rider & trainer were responsible for what happened. The horse was likely already injured & maybe that's why he was acting up. This happens a lot, and everyone knows Pletcher does not always have the best interest of his horses in mind.

This story is tragic indeed! However, people have to understand that Secretariat was syndicated for over 6 million dollars! That's about $190,000 for him to impregnate a mare! There are probably too many horses out there with his genes floating around. When you get into genealogy, it gets nasty! Everyone hopes that a great racehorse will duplicate himself, this rarely happens! With horses being artificially inseminated, (it is a fact in the canine world), when one is trying to track one gene, a lot of the other genes are diluted and the end result is ugly! Personally, I have never owned a horse, I have been around a lot of them and was a rider from age 10. My personal experience was with my Labrador Retrievers! I had no idea that the breeder was going for an all white litter! There is no white Lab! However, you can dilute a yellow Lab's genes to get to white! The AKC will accept them and document them as yellow! Why? You can only get a white from diluted yellow genes! What this can represent for the unsuspecting owner is heartbreak for the dog! My 2 Labs both siblings went through serious leg surgeries, (severed ACL's, torn meniscus). My female had OCD, my male had no thyroid function! They had so much love and the best medical care available. They were deemed genetically defective! So, my advice to anyone buying an animal is to tread cautiously, do your homework and be financially prepared for what could happen. Don't buy a horse or dog for color or because it may have a great racehorse's genes. Let nature take it's course. I don't think that I will see a horse of Secretariat's caliber in my lifetime. He was bred the old fashioned way, and was won from a coin toss!! We will never get to what he was by trying to duplicate him. We as humans have to be mindful of the animal. Truly, I love these horses, however, I have lost respect for the sport! I think that Johnny Leroy may have been a victim of dare I say a genetic quirk and perhaps not handled as well as he could have been?

You're right. When people try to reproduce something they need more then one gene of it. In the canine world that I am in I bred a top ten dog of my breed in the country. To do that you must line breed. That means you need to have the same genes on the sire and mares side not just one on one side. It would take at least 3 of secretariats genes to try to reproduce himself. That is probably why it has yet to happen. And without him around and not knowing if there is frozen semen on him ( which there should have been) plus not knowing how many of his mares are still out there you will never get him. They need to take Sires and Mares with his direct genes on both sides to try and get it. Not sure if they ever did that. I know he produced way more mares then stallions. But they could have taken frozen semen and used it on some of the granddaughters so it would not be too close in pedigree. That might have worked. JMO

Maybe he should have been gelded??

I have checked a lot of pedigrees over the years and the racing industry sure is trying to reproduce what Mr. Chenery did. Most of the high grade / Triple Crown racing stock at the tracks today trace back to the Nasrulla/Princequillo lines, as well as Man-o-War.

Lina Fest, Will he be racing for the tripple👑?

john alt no, we are training him to become a show jumper because his build wasn't good for a race horse. (:

+Dale Harvey Johnson I don't think it's the same horse. The colt that was running around is named Shiny Penny.

You are right. Not that little colt. Thanks for answering my question. This is heart breaking.

A few are abused. Not the majority.

yes!! I have a (great, great grandson) of Secretariat on one side, and Seattle Slew on the other :-) Great Horses - beautiful! and a bit crazy ..... I do love him!!

Hi there Shirley! What's the title of the background music used in the first part of the video? Thanks!

Racehorse are bred to run. It’s in their blood.

Johnny Leroy was sired by Leroidesanimaux, who was the sire of Animal Kingdom (2011 Kentucky Derby winner and Dubai World Cup champion). His dame was the last producing daughter, Secretariat's Fire, from Secretariats last foal crop. The mare-match nicking score for this breeding was a triple A rating...highest obtainable score and he was most like his Triple Crown grandsire, Secretariat, than any other colt from Glory Meadows 6 foal crops. I was strongly encouraged to send him to the best trainer, so I went to the top of the list. Word of the "tragic accident" arrived by a phone call on Dec 10th of 2015 just weeks before his maiden race. The devastation of the accident which caused several fractures to his right front upper leg/shoulder area was at the same height of the track railing, although I was never told he ran into the rail. The devastation caused me to refocus the mission away from racing to a philanthropic effort reach out to Veterans and Special Needs Children as a Therapeutic Center. This was my late-husband's last "Bucket List Wish". For more info: www.glorymeadows.org (or email: glorymeadowsfoundation@gmail.com)

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