I’m so glad that the incredible move Secretariat makes in the Preakness is shown and highlighted. It’s the most incredible I’ve ever seen in racing. Considering it’s early in the race, horses are fresh and he passes them like their statues. Then proceeds to run away with the race. 50+ years of watching racing I’ve never seen a move like Secretariat made. I was fortunate to see him race live at Woodbine, his final race. Consider myself very lucky to see the greatest racehorse ever!

Mother of pearl, what kind of horse IS THAT, moving on the outside like a bolt of lightening?

"I've seen a lot of great horses but none like him. With each passing of the Triple Crown, you can see how special he was." ~ Seth Hancock

that burst off the first turn will never be duplicated...amazing...and led the rest of the way and was never really seriously challenged (as could be determined by the immense whipping Sham was getting from Pincay while Turcotte just hand-rode Big Red)..wow

Sham was named after the great progenitor of TB (The Godolphin Arabian) He was a great horse, it's just unfortunate for him he had to be born the same year as Secretariat.

Yes, Sham was a great horse but due to bad timing he had to run against a legend in the making. Any other year...

Awesome! Look at him aftr the race is finished, he looks like he wants more, almost as if this win was too easy. He may be dead now but is the eternal emporer of horse racing. No horse can match this supreme conquerer.

Our "frustration" has ended! Now that the racing commission OFFICIALLY gave SEC a 1:53 FLAT time and he is the SOLE OWNER of all 3 TC records...NO TIES...NO "BS" to deal with for the GREATEST HORSE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with everything you said about MOW and Sham. You're right. When people compare Secretariat to ANY horse, it's unfair to the other horses. Sham was more equal to MOW. Secretariat was God's way of letting us humans see what perfection is...even if his supernatural creature wasn't a human. Secretariat was truly a miracle of nature....and the only one.

@elizabethhodges2183

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@janetgallo5720

11 ай бұрын

Well, he beat sham by a lot more in the Belmont

Sham breaks the Derby record and comes in 2nd. He then breaks the Preakness record and comes in 2nd. He was a magnificent racehorse. Sure, we have had Affirmed/Alydar since then, who were great horses but they would have never been able to compete against these 2 in my opinion.

@elizabeth3050

Жыл бұрын

I do agree with everything that has been said above.i just wish that Pincay had never WHIPPED SHAM so VICIOUSLY.HE,PINCAY SURELY SAW and SHOULD/WOULD have FELT that SHAM was running as FAST as he could and was not getting any closer to SECRETARIAT. Further more I saw SHAM win a race before the kD, and he won the race by at least three/ four lengths and Pincay was BEATING SHAM(STILL) WHY?

@Psyfi85

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabeth3050 Man, all so true. Red was the best, unequaled, eternal. But Sham was always banging on the door, legit disgust for how he was handled as a whole. The unnecessary whipping such as KD, plus the rest. Not to mention he knocked his teeth out in the gate at KD but still nearly won. Shit

Love that horse.

That burst of speed in the first turn would have burned out any other horse and would have never won the race, but Secretariat just looked like he was out for a little run in the park and was even pulling away in the final stretch, what a magnificent horse!!!

It is hard for the eyes and brain to compute the speed once he takes off. It reminds me of the Richard Pryor line-"Who you gonna believe-me or your lyin' eyes?"

LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL YOU SEC DEVOTEE . YOUR PASSION FOR THIS ONE OF A KIND AND MAJESTIC ATHLETE WAS OVERWHELMING. I WOULD HAVE LOVE TO SEE I'LL HAVE ANOTHER BE TC WINNER THIS YEAR. BUT TO GIVE DUES TO THE GREATEST EQUINE THAT GOD HAS EVER PRODUCED WAS A VERY FITTING TRIBUTE. 11 TC WINNERS WERE "FREAKS

@nancyjanzen5676

5 жыл бұрын

You had to understand it in its time and place. I was 8 months old when Citation won the Triple. I was 26 when Secretariat did. We had politicians that seemed to care more about power than the people. We needed a hero. The humans were all flawed. And along came Secretariat shining in the sun like burnished copper with that red coat. Record timeinthe Derby. And this Preakness looked like a Ferrari running with grandpa's sedans. But could he win the Belmont. So many had failed at the mile and a half. And boy did he win the Belmont. And Ronnie hand rode him through three races. Just guiding him to a clear path and letting him run. Oh yeah the horse liked people. He would lift his head and look at them. Like aint I great. Let me show you.

Secretariat is still the greatest race horse in history and the world:-)

Poor Sham...In any other year, he would have won the Derby, and who knows.....poured his heart out in three races, unsound for the last race, but he gave his all...no one remembers the also rans...

At 1:41 sometimes I laugh... after they push his butt to get him in he turns around and looks around, just like a little kid... "Oh, we gonna do this again..?"

I don’t think I will ever see such perfection again. God gave us one gift in Secretariat, who could run all distances and all kinds of tracks and win. And he was a ham, loving to pose for the camera.

Look at that stride at the end... as Nack describes, he doesn't climb at all.. just reaches out smoothly and low and folds the track under him, with the propulsive power of those big hind quarters.

Secretaiat will be always something special! Not only that he has won these races, but he did it with grace and style! He had charisma and a great personality! He was a beautiful animal and I hope he will be never forgotten!

@henrysettles7431

11 ай бұрын

He won't be. RESPECT

The Three socks I give you.............the Heart I give you. Make my Name sound. My Mount, My beloved, I say to you"run". Your place is here with Me.

Man O' War was the second greatest race horse of all time. Only Man O' War could have given Secretartiat the race of his life. Secretariat only toyed with Sham. You can tell by the way he stayed way behind by several lengths and then overpowered him in a few seconds. In the Belmont, Secretariat decided not to wait...and you saw the results. Sham ended up dead last from exhaustion. He just wasn't physically in Secretariat or Man O' War's league. No other horses in the history of racing are.

The Maryland Racing Commission gave him "His" record in 1999, 10 years after we lost him.

@johnwalsh3215

3 жыл бұрын

But at least they did get it right

A cruise to victory unhurried and unextended, beautiful to watch. A hero to me and all followers of the equine kind. This horse is equal to Michael Jordan imo and that is a huge compliment, but not undeserved.

Does any one besides me, wonder what the other horses must have thought when Secretariat blew past them. I wonder if they wondered if a rocket was loose on the track.

@johnwalsh3215

3 жыл бұрын

They were probably thinking... oh man there he goes

Secretariat "THE PEGASUS" of the Mortal World.

He had to scare the crap out of those other horses when he blew by them. Just think what his time would have been if he had not had to take to the oustside to get by them. Does anyone think MOW, Citation, Slew or the Bid could have made a swift move like Secretariat did here. I will answer for them. Nope!(smile)

Excellent video and text. Thank you Sir!

To state Sham was possibly the second best horse of all time is a bit far fetched but a fantastic capturing of Secretariats greatness in this clip none the less. A very good job indeed Kierkegaard73.

@nancyjanzen5676

5 жыл бұрын

Sham also beat the previous record for the Derby.

@Psyfi85

11 ай бұрын

@@nancyjanzen5676exactly, 2nd best ever? Well, maybe not, but certainly one of the greatest ever. My personal favorite because of what he did accomplish and how he never gave in until his body gave out at Belmont. Even the great MOWs times pale in these races.

The slow motion of that stride,finally caught Lucien patting his nose after race, sweet, notice huge mob walking across track, no wonder elec timer was damaged, don't understand why allowed to cross THERE. Very well put together w/music !

Secretariat the barbarian. Music is fitting for a super horse.

Outstanding! Great music and editing.

Sorry now I see it was paris Kentucky....the Best I have never forgotten the majesty of him and Turcotte and finally Maple...however guys remember...even though this brings me to tears many years later....ALL the Canadian US British Italian human soldiers in Afghanastan and who knows where else.. I guess what Secretariat and Seabiscuit and Northern Dancer ETC did for all of us was to band together in spirit as humans with innocent animals wo taught US a lesson JR

Hi Kierke!Just dropping back by to watch the video! Great background music! Jazzy

He's a Canadian, maybe he resents fact that in winning KD Sec broke Northern Dancer's(I love him there's a wonderful video here on him) 2:00 min mark. Or maybe bec he had the audacity to cross the border into Canada himself in his last race and when he made his move(w/NEW jockey!!)he left the field behind in 2:41+ in 30 deg temp, headwind and rainy/flurries.

Saw the movie today,its good.Its more about the people than the horse tho.I hope it does well at the box office,like Seabiscuit did.

Its almost like SEC heard anderson say "and secretariat is last" and SEC was like " ohh yeah watch this sucker". SEC must of had a 1000shot of nitrous.

@nancyjanzen5676

5 жыл бұрын

He started the Derby from last place too.

secretariat was the hero everybody needed and he proved to be that hero,If anyone could tell me people had cried because a horse has won a race would i believe it?yes if it is secretariat. Seattle slew was true horse lovers horse where we buy a cheap horse and hope he will win many races.Slew did the fairy tale story that we could only read in the books. There is no comparison as we cannot see pegasus in every horse that raced on the track. Both were great and will always be that way.

My opinion, with respect to other feats in sports, is that you must look at the KD, PS AND the Belmont:for the horse to have run the first 2 legs in record time and THEN to do what he did in the Belmont is unfathomable. Sham was ,also, a large-hearted horse,I have heard 18 pounds.Sham ran phenomenal times in the KD and PS..you see what that does to even a great racer in that Sham was spent by the time the Belmont came. Again, for Sec to do what he did after the KD and PS is otherworldly!!!

yes a true hero

Nice video. What's frustrating was the teletimer malfunction, DRF clocked as a record breaker but Preakness failed to acknowledged the clockers timing. Otherwise, SEC's feat of setting the record in each triple crown event in the same year speaks volume for the daunting achievement!

@pickle581

7 жыл бұрын

They reconsidered and gave him his REAL time...also a record. So all 3 races were record breaking.

I KNOWWW !! I JUST found out on Facebook. I can't believe it !!! Magnificent !!

I enjoy watching your videos!Thanks Kierkegaard73!

Sham was a wonderful horse but no horse can compare to the immortal Big Red.

yeah, I noticed that myself. It seemed like he was warning us to keep our eyes open and not blink or we'd miss him.

I love this video. Thank you!

Secretariat = God speaks about menni things. I am not believing in God, but This Horse, it is like a God spechings. Adore this Horse

Very nice, the Conan the Barbarian theme song!

In anyother year...Sham would have been a triple crown winner..Secretariat broke Sham that day...and the owner/trainer made him, a sick, tired horse run back in the Belmont...he gave his all...

At :48 sec look at the hoard crossing the track, I assume that;s when the electronic clock was damaged. According to Raymond Woolf in his book near back, a drunken fan tossed a soda or beer can .

Tourcott NEVER took the crop to Secretariat. He was that good of a jockey and Secretariat was of course, that great of a horse.

Yeah I noticed that my self, it's almost like he's warning us not to blink, or we'd miss his take off.

Like a speeding bullet..... He never fails to take your breath away. Beautiful, wonderful, Sec.

Very well said !! 2813uf. Look at his stride at end of race starting at 5:49.... Nack describes how he didn't climb w/front legs, just reaches and folds the track under him in that beautiful fluid easy motion, that body, that form. I only read a couple of yrs ago that in 1999 10 yrs after he was gone, the MD Racing Commission finally officially changed the time to 1:53 2/5, as well it should have.

@nancyjanzen5676

5 жыл бұрын

MOW had a stride angle of 88° Secretariat had a stride angle of 110°.

I disagree. Wilt was assisted by having his team members pass him the ball. Sorry. No one helped Secretariat set his records. He did it all on his own.

Everytime I see the Kentucky Derby tears just start coming down

there you go...

As far as the belmont you'd have to have a ferrari racing SEC to be any competition. Slew, affirmed, Bid, Dr. Fager, War admiral, seabiscuit, and MOW would have had not chance against SEC in the belmont. He was going at a muderous pace on that day!!!!

@marcosponce960

6 жыл бұрын

tonywhipple maybe Swaps

@marcosponce960

6 жыл бұрын

tonywhipple but yes Secretariat as far as we can see is King

Secretariat was rather shocking if you think about it. He made the rest of the field look like absolute Clowns!

Oh yes, and Turcotte is fm Grand Falls, NB, my paternal grandmother was too, came down into Maine to wait tables in lumber camps as a 17 yr old girl. Yes, a mystery, I was just putting bit of a twist on this argument. Is there another thoroughbred that a disturbing number of people want/need to discredit?

I was at Woodbine Toronto Canada Oct 73....Thnks for the info I did not know he was buried in Paris...Why...I thought it would have been vermont janice....I was 15 and will never forget Thnks

GenuineRisk check out the description in my eternity video ---> click the link in there. That link will take you to a version of that with a section on Sham

thanks.. yuh, I know that, it's my thin skin I guess. You know, I hope the Sec movie, writer Mike Rich (The Rookie, Finding Forrester) producer Mark Ciardi (Miracle, Invincible)tells story of 3 W losses and how/why they happened the whole human error story.I hope it gets at S's originality, intelligence e.g. 3 TC performances. Rich says "I can reference any fraction, any workout and he(Nack who will help develop script).. he's like a human internet."

Okay, sure, infact; while I am adopting your eloquently stated wisdom, I think I will take it a step further and ask you what you would rather use as a theme. I noticed you like Devo, maybe "Whip It" would be more appropriate???

Man O' War was great, but he was handicapped by the decade in which he raced. I personally believe MOW is very overrated He would have been embarrassed by Secretariat and there is no doubt in my mind Sham would have beaten MOW more times than not. MOW is as overrated as Sham is underrated. Sham was a probable triple crown winner in any other year.

@Psyfi85

Жыл бұрын

Agree on all, hard to compare the two eras anyway. Yeah, Sham was incredible, fast as lightning, great timing. His problem seemed to be stamina but considering the beating he took it’d be tough not to tire. Anyway, MOW on paper is better than Sec and Sham but hard to know for sure.

Secretariat and Sham would shame affirmed and alydar

Also no way Slew beats SEC! Slew always had the lead and no one was able to track him down at the end, some horses almost did but not quite. It was like in the KD when "chucky green" held the lead for most of the way impressively BTW until SEC and SHAM devoured him down the stretch. So I see Slew ahead in the KD and the PK but caught in the end.

The performances speak for themselves. There is no need to over dramatize them.

@ALYSHEBANDTHEBID I realize your comment is 2 years old with respect to Slew. However, you are completely unable to qualify your statement that Slew is the best TC winner other than that he is your personal favorite. There is no logical comparison with respect to their TC's.

I think I sent you a message by mistake. Sorry about that.

CORRECTION.........THEY WERE "SUPERFREAKS

Please...cut the stupid, overly dramatic music. It adds nothing but a huge headache. I'd much rather listen to the race announcer.

get rid of that damm music