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Radio Shack @21:47 Did I misse the Dream Machine or wasnt it open in 1992? And Babbages became Gamestop a few years later.

A wonderful video, .great he interacted with the girl in J. Riggins!! The Carousel at the end is the cherry on top!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

RIP heroes!

3:47 this didnt age well

I tried to show my son and husband how magnificent Secretariat was when ran…no! Flew away from the rest of the other horses but I couldn’t convey how magical it was to them…it was like seeing the great horse - Phar Lap from the 1920’s. Seriously, I found the videos of Secretariat goosebump making🥰😮

Secretariat was my teen idol! I would draw his portrait and keep a scrap book of articles about him. He was amazing!

This is such BS. We are so screwed up about our concept of heroism We don't set the bar high. The guy did something "heroic" in Vietnam. What he DIDN'T do was not go to a war his country didn't have the integrity and guts to declare. He DIDN'T have a clue that he didn't belong or have a right to be in Vietnam. He DIDN'T care if Vietnam did nothing to Americans and the US. He DIDN'T care if he was an invader and aggressor in someone else's country. He DIDN'T care that Vietnam was an Asian civil war for independence after an era of colonialism. He was too stupid to realize the simple conclusion that being in Vietnam did absolutely nothing for American freedom, security and way of life. And yet he gets the CMOH and is viewed a hero. Apparently obedience to a Government is more important than one's own conscience and ignorance doesn't disqualify someone from the nation's great award. I am a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. Prove me wrong.

The man who petted him, loved him, took care of him. Who knew where to scratch, where to rub. Real horseman.

Why is there NOT a license plate remembering Secretariat in Virginia!!!~!!!!

I laid my hands all over Big Red in 1978. My ex husband was raised in Paris Ky and went to school with the Hancocks, he surprised me by taking me out there on a Sunday in December. Clay Arnold, I believe was the Head Stud Groom and I couldn't BELIEVE when he had one of the guys go out and "bring in Red for this little lady to meet". So there he was, covered in mud, thick winter coat and HUGE! He was such a gentleman he literally stood there on a loose lead and let me love all over him! You could still SEE the look of eagles in his eyes. My polaroid picture is my wallpaper on my phone! I'll never ever forget and am so grateful to my ex, Clay Arnold and Big Red for the privilege of meeting a once in lifetime miracle

I was just a young teen, but I will never forget those races. He was an amazing boy.

I was given a private tour of the Meadows the day after the Virginia State Fair closed in the fall of 2016 by Leanne Ladin. As it happened, I was there on the date of his death. She kept the huge "poster" of him, life-sized, up and I look so small next to him! She told me stories about how as a young horse he would go into the river and they would frantically have to find him! My mom was in hospice in Dec. 2015 and I was up one night very late and suddenly the name "Secretariat" flashed into my mind. I went to YT and looked at the grainy Belmont over and over again and cried my heart out. After she passed in Feb. 2016, the NYRA finally released the color film of the race. That fall I went to his birthplace and then to KY to his grave and wept unabashedly and was given a rose from the bouquet on his grave. I still have it under glass. I have a wonderful collection with items signed by Ron and Penny. I also met his last born colt, Tinners Way, at Old Friends. To say it was a pilgrimage is not an exaggeration. It was magic. (PS..let's not forget Riva Ridge!)

BIG RED❤👏👏👏 GOAT🐐 X Factor= enlarged heart 26lbs Average horse is 7lb to 10lbs

It makes me so sad to think about him being gone... I was so happy when he won the Belmont and the Triple Crown.

I have a DVD of Secretariat and Seabiscuit watch them often . Guess which one is coming out tonight.

Secretariat- still the goat.

My father was the Owner/Pro here in the 90s till closing. I absolutley love this course and all the memoraeys it has given me. I'll never forget playing with my brothers and my dad out here.

I cant imagine how he feels because I still get chills watching this Beautiful Creature move. I watched those races and I picked him in the derby because I told my Dad look at him his hindend is so tall he will be running downhill. And we both laughed. Core Memory. That got even stronger with each race. ❤

Meeting Secretariat in-person was a life changing experience for myself and my 4 young daughters back in the 80's. Secretariat was as close to perfection as a horse could ever be.

“Ancient” house… I think the word “historic” is more accurate.

He never passed on those gene's of greatness ! I guess he was meant to be the greatest of all , one in a century ❤ rip

SEMPER FI SIR

Absolutely outstanding. Hand salute, sir.

Its like you can still here the boo's.

“A Tremendous Machine”!!! That still gives me chills every time I see this, and I never get tired of hearing/seeing this Legend!!

Why does anything about Secretariat make me cry? Secretariat hits you deep inside and makes you feel...

Im grateful to have one of Secretariat's descendants who looks just like him. Big sorrel horse with the same blaze and same softness in the eye.

These grooms and stable men from then are the real hero’s and laid the foundation some reap from today.

the greatest of all time

This was my very first mall as a kid...so many memories here through the years...going to the movies, Kay-Bee Toys, Orange Julius, Dream Machine, Radio Shack, buying my first item on a Sears credit card, eating at the food court, etc. Thanks for sharing this video, it's nice to look back at what we had. I'm sure that when a lot of us were kids, we thought these places would always be here. But now they're gone. So it's good to have these bits of nostalgia to revisit now and then.

Thanks for the video. My last trip to the old Garden was in February or March of ‘95 for a Celtics game. Fond memories of going there with my father for games in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Saw Phish and The Grateful Dead there, too. Life goes on.

Thanks for the video. My last trip to the old Garden was in February or March of ‘95 for a Celtics game. Fond memories of going there with my father for games in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Saw Phish and The Grateful Dead there, too. Life goes on.

My wife is related to you

I started going there in 1993! I remember Kaybee, Spencer, McCrory's and the Carousel.

Took this trip last year and it was great. I would highly recommend it, both Will and Will are very knowledgeable about the river and history of these boats.

I miss him

I miss him

Thank you Sir for my freedoms. God Bless you

What this man went thru God bless u 🙏

So Awesome! The price of Freedom is Priceless! <3

I was fortunate to get to visit The Meadow when it was open for tours. I got to stand inside the foaling shed Secretariat where was born. It gave me goosebumps! He won the Triple Crown the year I graduated from high school, and I knew I watched something very special that year. Amazing (but not a surprise) that the mighty Big Red still holds the stakes records in ALL three TC races. I doubt we will ever see his equal on the track. ❤

Huh really.😮

I should hope not. Haha.😊

After years of re-qualifying at D-West...the dunker is actually fun.

Have you flown a Pitts Chuck. I bet you have!

That is a real man right there. Take a good look. God Bless him.

Marvelous story, Greg. See you in June 692nd . . . .

What a remarkable life and story of an aviator. Speed and altitude are a pilot's best friends.

This guy has more energy than me and I'm in my 20's!