Secretariat
Secretariat was born on March 30, 1970 at The Meadow Stud in Doswell, Virginia. His owner was Penny Chenery and his trainer was Lucien Laurin. He was to become probably the greatest racehorse of the twentieth century.
His first race was a 5 and a half furlong race on July 4, 1972 and he finished in fourth place.
11 days after Secretariat's first race, he ran again, this time winning by 4 lengths.
his seventh race that he ran was the 1 mile long Champagne Stakes. He ran in last place in the 12 horse field, until the ½ mile mark, where he dug in, and started passing horses. While doing so, he unintentionally bumped into another horse, Stop The Music, but then went on to win the race by two lengths. After the race, the stewards at the track decided that the bump was hard enough to keep Stop The Music from winning, so they moved Secretariat to second place, having Stop The Music win the race.
he then went on to win many other races.
he won the kentucky derby in 1973, breaking the record for the fastest 1 1/2 mile run with 1:59 minutes. this record is stil unbeaten today.
As a stallion, Secretariat sired over 600 foals, though none was as great as he was. On October 4, 1989, when Secretariat was 19 years old, he was put down due to laminitis. Before he was buried, he was autopsied by Dr. Thomas Swerczek. Dr. Swerczek found that Secretariat's heart was extremely large at 21 pounds, where as a normal Thoroughbred heart is 9 pounds.ecretariat was then buried whole on Claiborne Farms, next to his sire, Bold Ruler. Only certain, special horses get buried whole and Secretariat was definitely one of them.
His first race was a 5 and a half furlong race on July 4, 1972 and he finished in fourth place.
11 days after Secretariat's first race, he ran again, this time winning by 4 lengths.
his seventh race that he ran was the 1 mile long Champagne Stakes. He ran in last place in the 12 horse field, until the ½ mile mark, where he dug in, and started passing horses. While doing so, he unintentionally bumped into another horse, Stop The Music, but then went on to win the race by two lengths. After the race, the stewards at the track decided that the bump was hard enough to keep Stop The Music from winning, so they moved Secretariat to second place, having Stop The Music win the race.
he then went on to win many other races.
he won the kentucky derby in 1973, breaking the record for the fastest 1 1/2 mile run with 1:59 minutes. this record is stil unbeaten today.
As a stallion, Secretariat sired over 600 foals, though none was as great as he was. On October 4, 1989, when Secretariat was 19 years old, he was put down due to laminitis. Before he was buried, he was autopsied by Dr. Thomas Swerczek. Dr. Swerczek found that Secretariat's heart was extremely large at 21 pounds, where as a normal Thoroughbred heart is 9 pounds.ecretariat was then buried whole on Claiborne Farms, next to his sire, Bold Ruler. Only certain, special horses get buried whole and Secretariat was definitely one of them.
Well done Zoe. Very interesting project but it would be better if it had more geography info to it.
ReplyDeleteWell connected google map also.
BTW where was Arkle born?
Mrs L :)