Tribute to the great Secrateriat. The greatest american race horse. He won all 3 races if the triple crown and holds the record time for all 3 races. Kentucky Derby us the first race in the triple crown.

@bgallagher8129

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Proof read

@Mr.Dobalina_Mr.BobDobalina

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@@bgallagher8129 Proofread is one word. 😉

@user_t_o_m_i_c

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Yes for sure! I believe Secretariat is a sire in the lineage of Summer Squall who won the Preakness Stakes (from Dogwood Stables) here where I live. A great pedigree! Thanks !

@ANNEAVES

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I knew it was about the Kentucky Derby but i didn't know it was a tribute to the very greatest horse ever in my book, Secretariat. It was a long drought between him and the other 2 in the 70s to American Phaoroh in 2015. To put it in perspective I was in my 20s in the 70s and and was 67 when the drought was broken. I cried when he won. It was very monumental to me to live to see it. Trust me, I was beginning to wonder. LoL

@user_t_o_m_i_c

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@@ANNEAVES I actually made a mistake, Secretariat was the damsire to Summer Squall, not the sire! My 60+ brain goofs up a lot..lol! When my uncle died, they had a write-up about him in "Bloodhorse." He was like a dad to me, after my dad died in '94. Uncle Cary left Baltimore to look at a horse up for auction in Kentucky, and died in a car crash on the way back home. 😞😩🙏

This song is about the Kentucky Durby, also known as the, "Run For The Roses". It is a tribute to Secretariat, the greatest Kentucky Thoroughbred race horse of all time.

The Song Run for the Roses was commissioned by ABC Sports for the Kentucky Derby in 1982. That's what the song is about.

From what I understand, the song was written by Dan Folgelberg to commemorate the 100th "Run for the Roses", otherwise known as The Kentucky Derby!

The song was actually commissioned for the Kentucky Derby and was played during the television broadcast

100% about race horses, notably the Kentucky Derby. Dan had a huge ranch in Colorado and was an avid horseman. Beautifully written song. One of my favorites by Dan. He is up above probably riding one of those beautiful animals 😍

One of the most beautifully written songs; I can't help but get teary eyed every time I hear it. RIP Dan!

Since 1981 when Dan Fogelberg wrote and recorded the song it has been the unofficial theme song of the Kentucky Derby.

I always love when anybody will cover Dan Fogelberg he is so wonderful and deserving and missed! Thank you very much

It’s about horses and the Kentucky Derby, where the horses race for a blanket of roses that is received by winning The Kentucky Derby. No metaphor, just about beautiful horses, and he wrote for the Kentucky Derby.

@ScabibbleWilly

9 ай бұрын

He’s right it is also a metaphor for taking chances while you live and not to regret anything. Dan said it himself while explaining the song.

He was literally commissioned by ABC to write the song for the 106th running of the Derby in 1980

This song is about living up to your full potential. Smoothest tenor ever. Dan wrote songs that can make a grown man cry. ❤

He wrote this in two days for ABC! They commissioned him to write a song for the Kentucky derby. Two days!! He was unbelievable.

As an animal lover, this song always GETS me (emotionally). It also reminds me of my oldest boy, who was killed 20 years ago now ... The "with your mama beside you ..." and the fact that my oldest boy LOVED horses. We had horses when my two boys were young. My oldest boy's favorite was a horse we named "Zeke". Zeke was meant to be a family horse, but ended up being my oldest boy's horse. He took great care of him.

Oh man haven't heard this in ages. For the Great Secretariat. At the Kentucky Derby AKA Run for the Roses. Don't think you'd be mentioning Flanks and Manes or Sire and Mare for people. No it is for a specific Horse. Yes a Trophy of roses over the shoulders of the winner.

It’s definitely about horses but the metaphor can be applied to many human conditions. Great request Jami. 🌺✌️

What an interesting take on his song I never thought about - it could be a metaphor for life from birth, guided along by parents until you're old enough to go out there and take chances based on how they raised you. Thanks for the new insight :-)

@jessieball6195

Жыл бұрын

No, it is not a metaphor. Listen carefully, there are horse references all through the song.

@LS-kg6my

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@@jessieball6195 it can be both. That is what makes it so meaningful. He finds the poetry in the life of Secretariat that also resonates with our lives.

When Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito was about to win his first Kentucky Derby, his horse Strike The Gold pulling clear in the stretch, he shouted "Run for the roses as fast as you can!" at the top of his lungs. There were cameras on him at the time and it was shown in the broadcast after the race. Great song.

Love love love this song. Anything by Dan Fogelberg is gold

Another popular and big hit that ABC television has played during The Kentucky Derby for many years. It tells the whole story and then some. It is what Dan did best. Try reacting to The Reach by Dan . You will love it.❤

@donnakubiski5572

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Love this song and everything else he has done. One of my favorite artists. And I second your choice on "The Reach". It is my all time favorite song of his.

@olivegreenpants7153

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It's 9n NBC bow

@joelliebler5690

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@@olivegreenpants7153 I realized that as I texted it though just figured that was not as important as the message!

It's about Thoroughbreds doing what they were born to do: winning the Derby; don't overcomplicate it. And how are you not crying? I am!

The Kentucky Derby is the "Run for the Roses". Most definitely about a horse!!

This horse was the metaphor for all the underdogs of our day. This race healed our nation at the time.

The Kentucky Derby is otherwise known as the Run for the Roses, open to 3 year-old thoroughbred racehorses. There 's only one chance to win. I believe Dan was commissioned to write this to commemorate this yearly tradition.

When ESPN named the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century Secretariat was included on the list.

This is about the Kentucky derby where they put the roses on the winner.

"The Run For The Roses" aka "The Kentucky Derby " Secretariat freaked out when they placed the big banner of roses over his whithers at the winners circle celebration, after setting the (world) track record. I believe the next race was "Run for the Black Eyed Susans", where a banner of black eyed susans were placed over his whithers, but this time it didn't bug him. I remember 2 days after my 11th birthday, my dad turned on the tv and said, "Lets see if Secretariat can win the triple crown", and he did, setting track records at all three events.

ABC Sports actually commissioned Dan Fogelberg to write this song for the Kentucky Derby.

Triple crown of horse racing. Kentucky is the 1st leg 'Kentucky Derby' (roses), Maryland, 2nd leg 'Preakness' (black eyed Susans), New York is 3rd leg 'Belmont Stakes (white carnations). "Secretariat" is a good movie on the race for those three races called the Triple Crown. All three are very hard to win for that coveted title on a horse.

Dan Fogelberg wrote this song for the Kentucky Derby in 1980. So much meaning for life in general. Great reaction!

I believe it is about a horse but more about the spirit of a human as expressed by the opportunities they take in their lives. It is my favorite song from Dan. Great song, great metaphor.

Ahhhh the Secretariat days.... I got to visit Church Hill Downs and felt great knowing i walked where the great horse ran for the roses.

Not a metaphor. Throughout the song, there are all kinds of references to horses and thoroughbred race horses, in particular. Also, the "Run For The Roses" is a phrase describing the Kentucky Derby, which is one leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing in the U.S.

Secretariat raced with such heart. He won all three races in the Triple Crown and set records in all three. Those records still stand today. In the Belmont Stakes, which is a long and brutal race, he ran faster in each successive quarter mile. Other horses slow down over distance; Secretariat sped up. When he died, his funeral was broadcast on the radio; nine eulogies were delivered. He was a genuine celebrity. He is included on the list of the 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century, the only non-human on the list.

Dear Jamie A, Thanks for requesting all the Dan Fogelberg music. He's the best!

Harri, this is definitely about the horses raised for the Kentucky Derby. Beautiful 🐎🐴🐎..

The nickname for the biggest U.S. horse race, the Kentucky Derby, is the run for the roses

I fell in love with this song when I was 8 years old. My mother loved it. I loved horses absolutely hated horse racing but this song is about the Kentucky Derby. You run for the roses. They get a wreath of roses around their neck when they win.

It's about thoroughbred horses.

@chrisoakley5830

Жыл бұрын

It is but it's also about life, the relationships we have and what we make of them.

Please watch the 3 races Secretariat ran to win the triple crown.

@user_t_o_m_i_c

Жыл бұрын

They're all great, you are so right!

Back around 1981 or 82 when I was in first grade elementary school, I would hear this song early in the morning when going to school when my mother would have the stereo on WACR. Since then I haven't heard this song since till just a few weeks ago. I was trying to find out the name of the song and who actually sung it using Google audio on my phone by humming the song and realize it was the late great Dan Folgerberg and song titled Run for the Roses. It's a beautiful heart warming song with nostalgia. I'm forty-seven now so it's been many moons ago. At that time I thought it was a songg about being in love on a stormy night or something related and not much about the Kentucky derby. I was very young so.

Love Dans voice too! It's about that big moment at the big race like the Kentucky Derby, but a metaphor about a human experience could be true too. Thanks Harri

Love this song.

One of my favorite movies of all time!! You should see it, Harri!! Secretariat was the greatest horse that ever lived. Truly….❤The horse that God built.

Love this song and haven’t heard it in a long time. Thanks for reacting to it.

I’m glad you mentioned that lyric “the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance”. It’s one of my favorite lines in a song, ever.

As a parent I found parallels throughout this song. Great minds think alike I'm told.

It's about the horses. If you knew horses, it would be obvious. The best, most honest animals in the world. ❤️🐎

It can be an inspiring allegory for those that read between the lines. Sadly, many do not. I am a subscriber to your channel but not a patreon...as such, i distinctly recall laying this song and synopsis at your altar and will say it pleases me to watch you enjoy it

A GREAT PLAY ON LYRICS AND YOU SCORED WELL WITH YOUR THOUGHTS HARRI, WELL DONE!!! 😊 THE HORSE IS ( SECRETARIAT )

Sometimes the answer is the simplest possibility and sometimes only the composer knows the meaning unless someone asks them about it. If you want to hear a longer "story telling" song, listen to Tuscon, Arizona (Gazette)

I know you've reacted to other DF songs, you would like Heart Hotels which is something different and not usually reacted to.

@alloallie

Жыл бұрын

My favourite Dan song ! Hope Harri reacts to it.

Just to clarify this song for me. It was always about a mother raising her child to do well. And to strive to do well run for the roses she wants her baby to push through. I was 8 when this song was out. i learned piano music. This is my song for my mom. ❤

Leave a tender moment alone... Live ... By Billy joel and Tootsie Thielemans... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great Reaction! Dan Fogelberg has always been one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Back in the 80's when my kids were little I often had one of his cassette tapes playing in the car, and all three of my children were knew his songs and we all sang along. One day my 4 yr.old daughter asked me what "withers" are and did she have any. I explained that the song was about horses, and that "withers" and "manes" we're parts of horses. My daughter sighed and replied, "Well! That song makes a lot more sense knowing THAT! So, yes, Harri people have been wondering about and debating the meaning of this song for a LONG time! I enjoy watching your reaction videos and hearing your thoughts and insights about the songs. I look forward to seeing more of your reaction videos.

Great singer! I saw him in concert!

Please play the entire song and comment afterwards. He wrote the song while living in Colorado and raising horses. He said he loves horses and wanted to write a song with the Kentucky Derby in mind, aka, The Run for the Roses. I'm sure he's singing specifically about Secretariat, considered to be one of the greatest Triple Crown winners of all time. RIP Dan Folgerberg and RIP Secretariat. Thanks for sharing.

@maryj2671

21 күн бұрын

Secretariat was the greatest lol even he knew that!

It always makes me cry.

As I watch this on Derby Day of 2024, it brings tears to my eyes. In the state of Kentucky, there will be millions won and millions lost today. This is not a metaphor. It was written specifically for the Kentucky Derby where the winner horse gets a giant horseshoe of roses around its neck. 1st Saturday in May, always.

The great horse, Secetariat, a metaphor for underdogs. His stable wasn't supposed to win. They found that his heart was larger than a typical horse which gave him more oxygen. But he was small and had the will/heart to win. His owner was a woman who gambled everything on this horse at a time when women weren't in the horseracing business. There is a great movie about this horse. And all that you said is true.

@01LunaMoonDragon

2 ай бұрын

16.2 is not small. Secretariat showed potential from the beginning. That day and age of Thoroughbred racing was not very inclusive as far as women were concerned. Secretariat opened the door for women in the industry.

WOW! Those were some deep thoughts Harri Best. I truly feel privileged to have heard them. Thank-you.

@HarriBestReactions

Жыл бұрын

David Thank you thank you thank you..appreciated.

You should really watch “Secretariat”. It’s a beautiful movie. The horse that God built

Loved it. Speaking on behalf of my dad. Don't care if it's a metaphor or just about the horses it's simply divine. Emily A.

It's about the Kentucky Derby

Yes it is about a champion race horse Secretariat. Won the 3 legs of the Belmont, Preakness and Kentucky Derby

It's about but it was written about the life of a thorough bread horse but also applys to one child to adult hood

Thank you so much for reacting to this!! I was raised in south western Michigan, and this reminds me of growing up among the orchards, and meadows or that beautiful State! Thanks!

Harri, I wish you would do a reaction to Dan Fogelberg,s Phoenix. That entire album is fantastic and this song in particular I think your subscribers would really enjoy!

You are absolutely correct a metaphor for humans, told from a horse’s point of view.

Definitely about horses, race horses in particular and the run for the roses is the Kentucky Derby.

So beautiful Jami A !! My dad and uncle were breeder/owners of Thoroughbred Race Horses! I live in a city in the South, where a lot of the Stables come from the North because of our mild climate in the winter. Dogwood Stables who winters here has had a Preakness Stakes winner (Summer Squall), and also a Belmont Stakes winner (Palace Malice)~Gotta love those names~lol ! Thanks so much for this, I was around horses my whole life !❤✌

Still waiting for someone to react to fogelbergs "Face the Fire"

Class act for applauding the artist.

Please do Make Love Stay next by Dan. Such thoughtful lyrics. It's true they just don't write them like that anymore.

Apparently you do not know about the Kentucky Derby...called The Run For The Roses as a blanket of red roses is placed upon the winner. The Ky Derby is the first phase of the Triple Crown for Thoroughbreds. Man O War and Secretariat are famous Triple Crown Winners!

Harri, you gotten listen to the Leader of the band or missing you by dan!! keep up the good work you're doing!! God Bless!!!

It's about horses! I knew Dan when he wrote this song. It's about horses and the Kentucky Derby. Oh my god - everything is not a deep mystery or a metaphor. It's about horses!!!!!!!

@garyarnett1220

Жыл бұрын

Thank you... was going to say something similar, so glad you beat me.

@sjl7109

Жыл бұрын

@@garyarnett1220 Hi Gary, thanks. I love Harri, but sometimes songs are just about what they seem to be about. Appreciate your reply.

@bobleek6975

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes a song is just a song. This is one hell of a song. Sometimes people have to over analyze everything. We forgive Harri though.

@sjl7109

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@@bobleek6975 Exactly. It's such a great song. Definitely forgive Harri - but there are moments I want to yell at the video instead of typing - just to say - enjoy - it's just a song. Appreciate your comment. Thanks.

Nice one Jami.

try- Rhythm of the rain, live version by Dan Fogleberg.

Really love your reactions, Harri -- if you're up to doing another Dan Fogelberg song, I think you'll love Face the Fire.

RUN FOR THE ROSES = KENTUCKY DERBY HARRI 😊 YEAHHHH WASN'T DAN SO GOOD! 😊 R.I.P. 🙃 OF COURSE!

As a giant Dan Fogelberg fan and a dedicated vegan who is against horse racing and finds some of the photos disturbing to see, this is one of the most difficult songs of his for me to hear. Beautiful melody though.

Can you do Beggar's Game??! Once Upon A Time , Scarecrow's Dream.. i can go on!

This song is most definitely about a horse and the greatest horse race in the world, The Kentucky Derby. That is why it is call the run for the roses.

Love the song, but unfortunately horse racing isn't nearly as romantic as I used to think it was. A lot of those horses are killed by greedy owners if they fail to place or win. They get a few chances for survival.

@bkswanson2461

Жыл бұрын

You aren't wrong. They are cash cows....despise it. !!!

@angelajakem366

Жыл бұрын

Huge use job.

It is about a horse.

@Smurf_88

5 ай бұрын

Music is an art form. This song can mean anything to anyone and it's not wrong.