"He's moving like a tremendous machine!"
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4f6wiQJh4

:tro: :tro: :tro:

Goose bumps everytime.

Never gets old.

See Steve goes and plays that call from the backstretch and by the time it's done, even sans visual, I end up bawling. Part of it is you end up focusing on the actual description even more. What a job by Chic Anderson and, obviously, Secretariat.

Watch it at least once a year... What a horse.
Wish I hadn't have been so young (5) at the time so I would have that memory of watching it live.

I was 9 so I bearly remember it.

LOVE! watching the Superhorse!:tro:

Seattle Slew was the one that hooked me forever :)

77 Derby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWO0QgZKoYY
77 Belmont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8783P...eature=related

I was 23 years old when Secretariat ran the TC. There is nothing, no criticism of competition, no anything that will ever change my mind as to why this horse continues to wear the mantle of the greatest. It's because he was.

I'll always believe that his Belmont Stakes tour de force was the single greatest race of my lifetime. Andy Beyer a few years back calculated his speed figure to be 139 in that race. That is beyond phenomenal. He was the best.

I was a big fan of Bulig Z.

She was like this great ATM for me back in the mid 80s.

I assume he's done that with other great horses/races to see what would happen. Did he just mention Secretariat's Belmont in isolation or is there a place to read that sort of pre-Beyer event through his figures perspective? Man O'War, Citation, etc?

That's the truth !

It could be in more than one of his books. I would be interested in Spectacular Bid's 4 YO season.It would be hard to imagine any horse other than Big Red averaging the figs he must have had that year.

OMG! :eek:

That's phenomenal!

that has to be single greatest call in racing history... so many amazing moments.

"Secretariat by 12... Secretariat by 14 lengths on the turn"

I get chills just typing that...

Goosebumps

My Hero
 

I was 16yo when Secretariat won the TC. I have a collection of his life story in video and numerous books.

I get overwhelmed everytime I watch this, even though I know the outcome.:)

I met his groom, Ed Sweat years later when I was working on the Belmont back streatch for Dr. Reed as an associate veterinarian in the practice. Ed told me some great stories about "his baby" as Ed would call him. I also have the privilege of being friends with Braulio Baeza. He told me the story that he and another rider in the race at the 3/8 pole were saying "he has got to come back, right?, then after a bit Braulio said "he's not coming back" What a Day. I will never forget it as long as I live.

My Dad took me to his last public appearence at Aquaduct that Nov. 1973. It was really cold, but I stayed outside the whole time as to not lose my place on the front rail of the paddock. I have great old pictures of him that I sent of a photo lab to get updated and they came out great. One thing I remember, it was kind of grey and damp (when is Aquadut not?), but when they took his blanket off and to see him with his saddle and name saddle cloth the sun came out right then and there. He was just a miracle horse. Turcotte just cantered him slowly up and back the home stretch and you could see he wanted to run!!!

I saw him again in 1985 at Claiborne and got to pet his neck and he was kind enough to even let me rub his nose. He was a real ham for all the pictures I took. It was probably the greatest day I ever had.

His passing anniversery still makes me sad every year.

Neat story. Thanks for sharing :)

excellent stories, thanks for sharing!

Can you post the pictures, they would be great to see. Additionally they are probably historicl!