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OT-OT The greatest race horse of all-time. 45 years ago Saturday-Worth the watch

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lousubcap
lousubcap Posts: 32,524
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There are many forum members who likely are not into horse racing -even with a potential Triple Crown winner running Saturday.  With American Pharaoh claiming Triple Crown 12 in 2015 the attention for this shot has somewhat doiminished.
What follows is a link to the greatest race horse of all-time completing the Triple Crown in 1973 (25 years since Citation):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18ui3Rtjz4 
BTW- Big Red still owns the track records for all three Triple Crown races.
Thank you for looking.  
Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • gonepostal
    gonepostal Posts: 711
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    I can give you 1 person who will be watching this Saturday! I told the wife that i hated that she had to have another surgery...but that her timing was excellent. 3 days of dependent care sick leave!
    Wetumpka, Alabama
    LBGE and MM
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  • SGH
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    Big Red was the “Ric Flair” of horse racing. Truly the greatest. 

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  • SGH
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    Brother Cap, here is something that may be of interest to you. A few years ago I saw a special about Secretariat (not sure what the name of it was though). They were saying that Secretariats times are actually off by a couple of seconds. They played real time video of Secretariats races and timed them the way races are timed today and every time Secretariats time was a few seconds lower than what was credited. 
    With that said, the times will always stand “as is”, but it’s a shame if Secretariat was beat out of even one second. 
    If the name of that show comes to mind I will post it so you can watch it. It’s very interesting if nothing else. 

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    You are indeed correct. Saw Secretariat (not Citation) in Stud days at Claiborne Farms in gods country. Amazingly beautiful horse. Still on top. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,524
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    @SGH- thanks for that.  I saw him run as a two year old at Saratoga.  I will never forget the sight when I first saw him on the track, man among boys came to mind.
    The only race where I know the timers/official clocks were challenged was the Preakness and that eventually got sorted out.  Regardless, talk about greatness!  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • JethroVA
    JethroVA Posts: 1,251
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    I grew up on a horse farm (Morgans) close to where he was foaled.  Even as a kid, I watched the three big races. Per Wiki--“On his way to a still-standing Derby track record of 1:59​2⁄5 Secretariat ran each quarter-mile segment faster than the one before it. The successive quarter-mile times were :25​1⁄5, :24, :23​4⁄5, :23​2⁄5, and :23. This means he was still accelerating as of the final quarter-mile of the race.”

    If my math is correct, he was doing 39 MPH in the final quarter.

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  • CtTOPGUN
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     Crazy to think that Sham, the horse that ran second to Secretariat in all three triple crown legs, would likely have been a triple crown winner in any other year. He was that good. Just not the best of all time like Big Red.


      
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  • lousubcap
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    Shameless bump because tomorrow (6/9)  is the 45th anniversary.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,991
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    Without a doubt, GOAT!
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • thetrim
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    He had a good life after all those wins!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
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  • berndcrisp
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    Secretariat was certainly one of the greatest, if not the GOAT.

    I don't see winning by 30+ lengths a great race. A great performance, but not much of a race. Kind of like saying the 49ers Super Bowl win over the Broncos was a great game. 

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  • gonepostal
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    berndcrisp said:

    Secretariat was certainly one of the greatest, if not the GOAT.

    I don't see winning by 30+ lengths a great race. A great performance, but not much of a race. Kind of like saying the 49ers Super Bowl win over the Broncos was a great game. 


    Greatest "race horse" not Greatest "horse race"

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  • TN_Egger
    TN_Egger Posts: 1,120
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    Very cool race.  Congrats to Justify!  But Gronk?
    Signal Mountain, TN
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  • nolaegghead
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    Justify was running at 1.1 HP today.
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  • lousubcap
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    Never saw Gronk in any mix- on to Haskell, Travers and the Breeder's Cup.
    Justify ran a great race- Mike Smith deserves a lot of credit for the ride.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • berndcrisp
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    gonepostal said:
    berndcrisp said:

    Secretariat was certainly one of the greatest, if not the GOAT.

    I don't see winning by 30+ lengths a great race. A great performance, but not much of a race. Kind of like saying the 49ers Super Bowl win over the Broncos was a great game. 


    Greatest "race horse" not Greatest "horse race"

    Thank you for bringing that to my attention!
    Hood Stars, Wrist Crowns and Obsession Dobs!


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