Even after 50 years, Secretariat is the standard against which all horses are measured. His Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont records still stand.
American Pharoah is looking to find his place in history by becoming the 12th horse to win horse racing’s Triple Crown.“Grandad was in the hospital, he’d been there [since 1968],” Kate said. “He hadn’t spoken or gotten out of bed. But mom tells the nurse to have the [Kentucky Derby] on, and she was pretty confident about Riva. It’s dinnertime, the nurse is feeding him, and the Derby is on. And at the end, the nurse says, ‘Mr. Chenery, your horse just won the Kentucky Derby.
Retired jockey Ron Turcotte poses for photos with Kenny Foudy, 5, next to a statue of Secretariat prior to the 2012 Belmont Stakes. Secretariat, known as Big Red because of his size and color, opened his 3-year-old season with easy wins in the Bayshore and Gotham at Aqueduct. In his final prep before the Kentucky Derby, the Wood Memorial, he looked off his game and finished a dull third.
It was on to the Kentucky Derby but it is difficult to get a good ticket, even if you were family. Daughter Kate was relegated to the kids table, except there was no kids table at Churchill Downs or the Preakness. There was no nightmare for Secretariat despite breaking last. The Derby is always a big question mark because it is the first time a horse runs 1 ¼ miles but not for Big Red.
No horse had won the Triple Crown in 25 years, so despite Secretariat’s greatness there were doubters based only on history. But those who saw the race had never seen such dominance from any horse.
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