I’m not a fan of horse racing, but…

In 1973 a horse named Secretariat accomplished the unthinkable. He and his jockey, Ronnie Turcotte had already won two races of the Triple Crown in horse racing, and before the third race there was great excitement over the question, “Will he win the third?” It had been 25 years since a horse won all three.

If you’ve never seen it, it’s worth watching. The jockey never used his whip. His main contribution was not falling off the horse.

The race:

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ElwoodBlues · M

Made me curious. I don't follow horse racing either, but I looked up if Secretariat had ever raced after the Triple Crown.

Among the horses that won that first post-Triple Crown race is Secretariat, winner of the prize in 1973, who shipped out to Arlington Park near Chicago to capture the Arlington Invitational Stakes by nine lengths at the end of June that year.

But when he came back to New York, to Saratoga Race Course, the track over which he’d twice won races convincingly as a two-year-old in 1972, Secretariat’s run of seeming invincibility came to an end on August 4 1973 in the Whitney Handicap – at the hooves of a horse called, perhaps somewhat ignominiously, Onion.

Also found this:

After the Belmont, Secretariat raced nine more times, winning six, coming in second twice and third once.

And after that, presumably Secretariat spent the rest of his life as a very high priced stud!!

Mamapolo2016 · F

@ElwoodBlues When he died, the autopsy revealed his heart was twice the normal size, which might explain some things.