Secretariat sets the record for all 3 Triple Crown races.

[Faygo Kid]

In 1973! His times still stand, and are never to be forgotten.

[OKNancy]

1. "moving like a tremendous machine"

goosebumps every time

[targetpractice]

2. Always thrilling to watch...

... Such a beautiful horse.

[trickyguy]

3. I was lucky enough to see that beautiful horse - Secretariat - run the Kentucy Derby.

This was the best thing I've see all day. Got me pumped up.
Thanks.

[BarbD]

4. Brings back wonderful memories of an incredible horse.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Secretariat was an incredible horse!

Thanks for the thread Faygo Kid

[George II]

6. An unbelievable feat - in the 140+ years that each of those races were run, Secretariat....

....ran the fastest in each.

I was in my mid-20s back in 1973, and and we were planning on going for the three weeks after the Preakness. Sleeping the night before was tough, but I did wind up having a dream about the race. The Belmont record was 2:26-2/5, and in my dream he won in 2:24. On the way to Belmont I told my friend and he said I was insane.

We were on the third floor about the sixteenth pole - as Secretariat passed under the finish line, the second horse was just reaching us! We both looked at the time simultaneously - 2:24!!!! And I never saw a horse win a race by 1/16 of a mile.

Another show of greatness, usually in races as they proceed they horses gradually slow down, with the final quarter a second or two slower than the first. In his Kentucky Derby, Secretariat ran each of the four quarters (after the first) faster than the previous one - he was running FASTER at the end of the race than he was in the beginning.

One of the greatest horses I've seen (and I've been going to the track for 50+ years!)