I was at this race was 10 feet from him he stopped for a second and looked at me I never ever saw such a beautiful horse and a reddish color it was raining I'll never forget that look of calm and posture he stood looking like a king on his throne it was amazing to ser

@bene_chino

4 ай бұрын

😮 such a wonderful experience. Good for you‼️👏🏼

@DigitalDownsLive

3 ай бұрын

Love it

@judyvareberg2275

2 ай бұрын

You are so lucky, he new what you were thinking, and he gave you a pose , from all the stories of the people who new him that’s what he was like. You have something special from him only a few people had thank you for sharing your memory.

@brianlamarche6901

2 ай бұрын

yes he did something im a pacing guy i found a mare in a farmers field red and big like him she had papers was 4 never raced paacing bred i trained her down got her racing she won 20 races in 3 years over 100 grand i paid 400 dollars ya maybe he had something to do with my luck 3

@mikewhite6288

Ай бұрын

He was the KING

Seeing Big Red, Superhorse, framed against the lights at the end as he led all by himself was so haunting and so beautiful. Thank you Secretariat for showing us a bit of Pegasus but earth-bound (barely). You will always be a legend.

He went out as he should have! I've never before seen this race and I'm sitting here 51 years after the fact and sobbing as I did watching him win the Triple Crown when I was 31.

He comes off that last turn blowing steam from his nose like an F22 making a perfect turn at full speed.

My mom surprised me by taking me to see Secretariat at Claiborne Farm, after he retired. The groom took him out so we could get close to him and take pictures. It was the best surprise I ever had!!

@silversurfer640

Күн бұрын

Frankel was a great racehorse, but there's only one secretariat.

That big engine was on full display with the cold air making his breath visible. GOAT!

The GREATEST horse EVER! RIP big red!

One of my fondest memories. I was at that race. To be able to see that magnificent racehorse win it’s final race. After all these years, I still tear up watching Secretariat race.

@judyvareberg2275

2 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh and to witness that spectacular finish you are truly blessed for that. Thank you for sharing

"He's in the stretch in a blaze of glory"

Still moving "like a tremendous machine"!

@bene_chino

4 ай бұрын

Not doubt, with ease…

Secretariat - greatest athlete of all time. Watching him lean into that final turn as he thunders into the homestretch - still gives me chills.

@bene_chino

4 ай бұрын

I’m reading a book about him and going through a box of tissues‼️❤️😆

@brianlamarche6901

3 ай бұрын

yes me too he was amazing

@ClockCutter

Ай бұрын

I've never seen a horse race so close to the rail as Secretariat. It's like he knew that was the fastest line.

Wow! Never knew he ran on grass but my lord this horse is truly the GOAT!

@ValleyoftheRogue

9 күн бұрын

He beat the top grass horse in North America, Tentam, in the Man O' War Stakes on the turf and I believe won in record time. Secretariat toyed with Tentam like a cat with a mouse. Ron Turcotte, who should know, said Secretariat was better on the grass than he was on the dirt.

@jpathak6227

9 күн бұрын

No other horse has come close to Secretariat in the last fifty plus years nor will there ever be in the years to come. He was a magnificent beast.

@franksantucci3038

21 сағат бұрын

Secretariat could and would run on anything, he was a once in a lifetime kind of Horse, and if I live for another 70 years, I still won't see another like Big Red. He was the best of all time, glad he came along during our lifetime, we were graced with the privilege of watching him run, remember it like it was yesterday, it will never be replicated.

When Secretariat settled in behind Kennedy Road, it reminded me of a cat playing with a mouse before deciding to end things. Just as in the Preakness once Secretariat decided to go, the race was quickly over. His top end speed was just so much faster than the rest of the field. The greatest racehorse of all time. STILL holds all three triple crown race records 51 years later. Incredible.

@JackelinHyde

20 күн бұрын

I don't know about that. The Great Sham was just as fast. He busted out his two front teeth coming out of the gate at the derby and ran the entire race with swollen nasal passages from the blow and Secretariat couldn't shake him. I believe The Great Sham would have beaten him. Unfortunately, we will never know how the Belmont would have turned out if Sham had not have been running with a hairline fracture in his left front lower leg. You can actually see his legs splay just a fraction of a second before Secretariat pulled away. He was every bit as good as Secretariat. Just bad luck.

@rossogden9920

20 күн бұрын

@@JackelinHyde 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JackelinHyde

20 күн бұрын

@@rossogden9920 What's so funny?

@robertmatthews4285

19 күн бұрын

@@JackelinHydewhat excuse do you have for Sham in the Preakness? Three races, three losses. Fractured a leg trying to push Secretariat at Belmont. I understand how good the stats are for Sham. I’ve always found it interesting that the two largest hearts ever measured in horses were Secretariat followed by Sham. Just the way they finished all three races against each other. By any measure, I just can’t see how Sham was every bit as good as Secretariat. Three races three loses doesn’t equate to “every bit as good”.

@Postinaway

18 күн бұрын

@JackelinHyde Sorry, I love Sham. He was a great horse, and a worthy opponent. But I have never bought the bit about the hairline fracture in the Belmont. Based on how those two were running, Sham would not have finished the race and in fact would probably have pulled a Barbaro (crosses self) if anything had cracked during that stretch run. Sham had great early speed, and he also surpassed Northern Dancer's 9-year record in the Derby. I think Team Sham formulated a strategy based on the horses' performance in the Preakness, figuring that the smaller the field, the more likely Secretariat was to go to the front immediately and burn himself out (cf Smarty Jones in the Belmont, where Jerry Bailey and Russell Baze sacrificed their own horses to deny Smarty the Triple Crown) (Yes. I'm still bitter. I lost 20 bucks!). Laffit Pincay is clearly holding Sham's head during the stretch duel, while Turcotte has been ordered to let his steed decide how he wants to run. When Secretariat simply left Sham instead of collapsing, Pincay implemented part B of the plan, feign injury and let Sham valiantly finish last. That preserved Sham's value as a stud. What they hadn't counted on was the massive, literal mutant engine pounding inside Big Red's oversized chest. Both Sham and Secretariat were maternal grandson of Princequillo, who brought the largest of the large X Factor hearts to America. That day at the Belmont, the two largest thoroughbred hearts on record went beat to beat, and the 22 pounder won over the 18 pounder.

Secretariat had the most beautiful stride I've ever seen.

@Postinaway

Ай бұрын

At the beginning it was like he's thinking, "This is a track?! I should be eating this track!" Then as he went by the stands he seemed to get his footing and say, "Yeah, ok, I guess I can run on this!" The stride suddenly lengthened. He went from looking like a horse running to looking like one leaping again and again and again, Superman swooping low across the turf. "Well sorry... what did they say your name was...?! Oh right! Kennedy Road. Byeeeee!" *VOOM* Kudos for the music choice and editing. As if this race needed any more drama, with Ron projecting himself into Eddie Maple's saddle and Arcaro's expert, unabashed fandom of the big red locomotive barreling down the stretch, vanishing into silhouette against the lights, the ecstatic crowd, the epic race call... a fitting end to SecretariGOAT's career!

@vaar2742

20 күн бұрын

@@Postinaway Another jockey who raced against Big Red said when Secretariat passed by him he thought the number on his jersey was going to be ripped off by the power of this horse! Unimaginable.

This race took place 50 years ago on October 28, 1973. I wasn't physically there - likely out with my own horse I had at the time. Even though I lived a couple of miles, if that, from the track, I remember the race. Here we are, 50 years later - half a century !!! Where did ALL the time go ?! RIP Secretariat - you were phenomenal. And may my own dear horse rest in peace, also. You were phenomenal, too, in your own special way ! :)

@brianlamarche6901

3 ай бұрын

ya soory to here i bought a chesnut pacing breed from a farmer up.north i was buying hay from for 400 dollars she was 5 had papers so i trained her down raced her b at 6 first start she won. went on to win 21 races for me over 100 g.s all because of secretariat she looked alot like him

@voiceofreason7856

3 ай бұрын

@@brianlamarche6901 We both have great memories to look back on ! :)

I never saw this race before. Like a repeat of the '73 Belmont!

@rickbateman2401

14 күн бұрын

Agreed. Kennedy Road’s jockey tried the same tactic that Pincay tried - he tried to run Big Red into the ground and got run into the ground.

Greatest Horse of All Time

That stride...it was like he was gliding over the track once the afterburners turned on......💖💖 My Spirit Horse. I have a rose from his grave that the guide gave to me and I have preserved under glass. I wept unabashedly at his grave. He came to me when my mother was in hospice and he's never left my heart...watching him always brings me to tears. He is transcendent...🌠

I remember watching Big Red winning this race…watched it on TV with my Dad…we were screaming and cheering him on….love Secretariat❤

Can’t beat that horse! Amazing!

He looks like a steam locomotive huffin and chuffin coming down the home stretch. Just smoked the rest of the field.

Can you imagine the oxygen and endorphin high Big Red must have gotten while running like that?! The big, fast, forceful exhalations you can see in this video as he barrels down the stretch like a locomotive... wondrous to behold!🎉❤

How Secretariat won this race is exactly how it should have been. Just running away from everyone and winning by a mile. Just incredible! The best and most exciting race horse that ever was, and probably ever will be.

Kicked it into another gear that only he had. ❤

@JackelinHyde

20 күн бұрын

Roids are amazing.

@Maishley

20 күн бұрын

He wasn’t on them.

2:23 2.5 seconds before the nitro button is pushed

There he goes

I bet the rider of that other horse was feeling real nice and excited that he was in the lead for a while when racing against Secretariat....but at last it wasn't meant to be....Was a spectacular and captivating horse, long before my time though. But that's what legends do.

@brianlamarche6901

3 ай бұрын

rider was avelino gomez .past Way in a accidentbriding a year laterv

@hollywoodpineapple8337

3 ай бұрын

@@brianlamarche6901 are u saying the rider for the other horse passed away in an accident riding a year later after this race?

@brianlamarche6901

3 ай бұрын

@@hollywoodpineapple8337 yes maybe a few more not exactly sure of daten

When Kennedy Road bumped him, it was ON!

@pickle581

3 ай бұрын

Maples said when that happened, Secretariat just took off, no warning, just took off, like you want to play like that....?

@brianlamarche6901

3 ай бұрын

ya the fractions killed him..if he sat back.he was second best kennedy road

Alot of pressure on Eddie Maple that day. Rated him beautifully.

Legend

This horse was literally a freak of nature. After he passed away in 1989 due to a hoof infection, they examined him and his heart was 21lbs. The average weight is 8 to 9lbs. Secretariats heart was more than twice the size of a comparable horse. That explains why he could run so fast for so long.

@brianlamarche6901

10 күн бұрын

no freak just an amazing athlete sent by god for all humans to realize horses have souls and feelings like us humans when he stopped in the walking ring and looked at me he was telling me something he knew i was there to watch him run and admire his great looks he was kinda telling me he.knows i was there to cheer him.on

What a lovely post, and the memories you have of your own horse are obviously very warm. Nice to see. 💖

I love that they didn't play it safe and retire him after the Belmont to stud. They let him finish out his career. That horse had to run.

I urge fans of Big Red to read Andy Beyer’s 1975 “Picking Winners” to learn the fundamentals behind speed ratings & track variants. Later in the book Andy devotes a chapter to his work going back to ‘73 and constructing figs for Secretariat overall and the Belmont in particular. The grounding in the mathematical concepts helps you see as Andy did just how remarkable Big Red really was.

Dirt. Turf. Didnt matter

Folks, this was his first time racing on grass. And, he was doibg it under a skilled but unfamiliar jockey. Against older horses. Just incredible!

@Postinaway

17 күн бұрын

That was why I said he must have been thinking, "I should be eating this track!"😅

If memory serves, he ran this race at a record 2:24 flat also, just like in the Belmont. Another milestone record as yet unbroken.

My question is, how did he…DO that? How can a horse push another HARD for the entirety of a race and when the horse WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING JUST AS FAST AS HE DID fades, and he keeps going, like…how is that possible? I’ve never deigned to watch this race before, but now I know why people call him the GOAT…I surely will to, from now on.

La maquina roja!! Con el sello de la casa que carreron!!! Era un fuera de serie!!

Wouldn’t it have been great to see him run another year, could you imagine back to back triple crowns

@AntonIrons

5 күн бұрын

Only 3 yr olds race in the triple crown races

@randysnyder3099

5 күн бұрын

@@AntonIrons I did not know that thank you

That was one of the very few races Secretariat ran on the turf.

He just had a another gear which none of the other horses had.I remember watching that race on TV, ( i was 10) my older sister was a MASSIVE horse fan and just loved Secretariat.

Watching him never gets old.

@jamespaul3654

20 күн бұрын

The more we watch him, the younger we get in spirit!

Afterburner for days.

During the last stretch of the race, the rest of the competition was fighting for the second place.

What an odd last race on the turf in Canada. I saw a movie once about this last race.

WOW

What a horse ❤

An amazing horse.

Secretariat destroying the field yet again. Never gets old.

@rickbateman2401

Ай бұрын

Apparently Kennedy Road’s jockey and trainer didn’t get the memo after the Belmont. They tried to run Big Red into the ground and like Sham, they run over instead.

The best that ever was.

Sham should have been around in another era he deserved to be a great. But it is what it is and it WAS secretariat's era

Kennedy Road’s jockey: hey, we’re winning…. Eddy Maple: I think I’ll push the go button….. NOW.

When I see things like this I wonder how phar lap secretariat and sea biscuit would have gone against each other

You could go around again and his lead would be bigger. Without question the greatest to ever look through a bridal. 1:09 in the Belmont and was just getting warmed up.

I'll bet half way down the back straight , the jockey had a nice cup of Joe and a few puffs on his ceegar,such was the brilliance and greatness and ease of Secretariat? Maybe half a doughnut too...dunked in the coffee ? Unbelievable horse !

Hey, we're keeping pace with Secretariat......then the back stretch afterburners turn on.....uh oh.

ran Canadian champion Kennedy Road ragged, just total domination from the world's greatest racehorse

@rickbateman2401

Ай бұрын

I don’t really think Kennedy Road stood a chance anyway, but that was a bad race strategy on his part, especially after watching what Secretariat did to Sham and the rest of the field in the Belmont, when Pincay took off with that crazy pace, trying to run him into the ground. Secretariat only ran a couple of races on turf but there was no reason to think he couldn’t handle the track.

How many lengths ahead?

Why add background music to this? It's a distraction.

Like a bunch of 6 cyl fords and Chevys racing against a Ferrari ....big red, the G.O.A.T.

This would have been better without the music.

Music not necessary and in fact is irritating.

That announcer was absolutely horrible. The classic is much much better.

What is with that horrible music?

@mariabykofsky4502

Жыл бұрын

It's the kind of music that exudes something powerful, is on its way!! Love the ending....

@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely great music!

@rainman6090

3 ай бұрын

It's Protectors of the Earth by Two Steps from Hell. In particular, it's written by Thomas Bergersen. He's one of the most talented current composers in the world. If you don't like his music, you just have horrible taste.

@ediebritt111

3 ай бұрын

​@@rainman6090That may be true but it doesn't belong in this video.

@rainman6090

3 ай бұрын

@@ediebritt111 It's epic music for an epic moment. How does it not belong?

NOT the greatest horse ever, even though he was magnificent, the greatest has to go to FRANKEL, the speed could never be matched in his 14 undefeated races, I will NEVER EVER forget what I would witness at Newmarket in the 2.000 Guineas, Frankel was 15 lengths clear of the field which was full of group 1 winners and ABSOLUTELY coasted home in a canter, then came the phenomenal Queen Anne at Royal Ascot, 11 lengths, and many more races, the Frankel Breedings have since been ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

@ValleyoftheRogue

9 күн бұрын

Wrong again. Another troll.

My god, cut that awful music out. It detracts from the race! In other news, yes Secretariat was one of the best, but Man O’War was the GOAT

@ValleyoftheRogue

9 күн бұрын

Wrong. Stop trolling. You never saw MOW race because there is NO film of him running except against an over-the-hill Sir Barton. Secretariat was a genetic freak and way better than MOW.