Secretariat’s death revealed why he was ‘tremendous machine’
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- He won the Triple Crown and the heart of the nation. WHAS11's Doug Proffitt heads to the family farm where a racehorse became a legend.
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While Secretariat’s heart was indeed larger than most race horses,
his hindquarters were the main source of his power, with a sloped croup that extended the length of his femur. When in full stride, his hind legs were able to reach far under himself, increasing his drive. His ample girth, long back and well-made neck all contributed to his heart-lung efficiency.
Fifty years later and still holds all three Triple Crown race records.
"WHAT A HORSE"
You are 100% correct! As close to perfect as ppssible!
His stride was extraordinary efficient. Analysis of his stride shows that he covered ground using less energy than other horses, a huge advantage.
Yes, his sloping hip! Ironic, because in some early coverage someone was coming up with his extra sloping hip as his only confirmation fault ... his heart and his hip and his brain and his people!😊
Go big Red 👍🏇🏇
all three *Triple Crown* records.
I got to "meet" Secretariat as a guest on the farm. I approached him from the other side of the fence. He met me at the fence, raised his nose in the air and shifted his weight over his front legs as if to say "You are welcome to admire me. You may not touch me." It was 35 years ago and I will never forget that moment .
🥰🥰❤️
He knew he was the greatest. Just like another athlete from Kentucky!
I touched him, and he loved it!
@@darleneaitken1620 omg a memory for the ages!
He always knew where the cameras were..such a ham
He gave us one of the most unforgettable moments in life. Love him.
I was 10 years old watching my mother jump up and down like a little girl screaming “Go baby, Go”…she shrieked and laughed and yelled her entire spirit into that horse.
Will never forget that. I tear up even now thinking about it.
More than a horse…Secretariat was some kind of soulmate.
That giant heart is amazing, but the rest of the horse has to be able to handle the output and oxygenate the blood and take the incredible pounding and exertion of running that fast and that long. The whole horse was a miracle.
Yup if he didn’t have the body and mind to match that heart he would never have been the horse he was
I met him in 1982. Everything everyone says about him is true. He was all that.
Lucky you I hope you took a picture!
He was not only the greatest horse, the perfect horse, but he gave us joy at a time when we most needed it. Nobody will ever beat him. He is truly a gift from God.
Secretariat was not only the Triple Crown Winner, but a winner in all his fans eyes. He was an amazing magnificant red horse who stood tall and regal and when he was asked to show his speed in the Kentucky Derby were excited and spellbound to see "Big Red" run and leave the pack way, way, way behind. I was. In awe of his size his beauty and Secretariat himself. I wish he had been mine. R.I.P. Big Red you have not been forgotten.
@Shell m what's that got to do with the price of tea in china? I worked with an ex race horse that raced till 6 and gave lessons till 37.
Horse racing is full of abuse. These horses are given drugs and used for a profit. You are so focused on the entertainment of horse racing you don't see it for what it really is. It's all about the money. More laws should be passed to protect racehorses from greedy, abusive people.
@Shell m due to the abusive practices on and off the racetrack, I haven't watched a horse race since 2016/2017.
@Shell m Racing is what they are bred for by people for that purpose, otherwise a lot of thoroughbred horses would not be born in the first place , it’s not like they are harvested from some dream life in the wild and then trained for racing !!!
Proud to say that my aunt owned one of Secretariat's grandson's. A little piece of history in our family
I own one of his great grandsons
An older woman in one of my writers groups told us of the day she saw that race at a bar in California. She said everyone was kind of down and not really watching at first but by the time he started to pull away and away and away everyone was on their feet cheering. Hearts lifted whether they gave a damn about the race or not because the new they were watching something Magnificent.
Exactly. Whether you care about horse racing or not, to witness something like that is just incredible
@31webseries. My 91-year-old mother was in a senior citizen facility, I met some of the other elderly clients, during this time I had watched the movie on Netflix, I was totally amazed & very surprised that one of men stated, "He was there on the day, and saw the race." According to him, "He was a good-looking, young Italian there with his cousin, who was a business associate with some of the men. Me, "Tell me no more, bc I don't want to end up dead." HAGD
I still watch that race every now and then if I'm feeling down.
I am so thankful that I lived to see Secretariat win all three races as a young adult.❤️❤️❤️
I always assumed Secretariat lived in a stall. Seeing that he spent most of his days in a pasture makes me feel a lot better about his racing career.
Any one who watched Secretariat's Triple Crown races knew he had heart. And what a heart he had.
A steroid heart.
My heart was broken when Secretariat died! It was like I grew up with him. Yes, a legend!
I was 12, I cried thru all three races. My bedroom was wall to wall Secretariats' posters. I bought Triple Crown ingots, all the magazines and I still cry thru the races 'til today. And I own 100 horses, different breeds, most Quarter horses. Secretariat was in the Man O War genes, we never know if another horses like Big Red comes around and take are breath away!
I still watch his races after all these years,
Me also.
Cheers!
Same here...he's got a Divine Element to him I believe Christ Jesus rides him. Amen
Everyone who knows about him does!
@@carariela Could be....
Me too
I never get tired of watching the triple crown of Secretariat. A great athlete.
Belmont was when we realized his jockey was actually holding him back on the other races. It was his last race and they wanted to show everyone what this horse was capable of. Absolutely amazing
The groom said they actually didn't know how fast he could go. But a horse named onion once beat him.
This was not his last race. His last one was up in Canada.
@@darleneaitken1620 a couple horses beat him, but not his record
My favorite horse the spirit and the heart and will love joy and peace love
He was simply what legends are made of.
Who else cries through the whole movie? Especially the real horse videos at the end. 😂❤
It hurts so much to cry this long!
ALWAYS!!
Didn't see the movie because I lived to see his races and him, both on the track and up close. I cried when he died and I don't cry easily. Yes he was a magnificent horse, and yes he lifted the spirits of our nation in a dark time, but he was just a different horse. I saw him in a stall, and unlike a lot of thoroughbred horses, he was calm and gentle. He was very large in size, but gentle and just a sweet horse. He exuded a sense of goodness that I can't describe in words. I was just a kid, but I knew this horse was so much more than just a horse, not because of his racing, but because he was smart and kind as well as a super athlete horse.
I wish I had a nickel for the countless times I've watched this special animal at the Belmont and I tear up every damn time. Every time.
Me too😞
I am absolutely amazed at how many people love Secretariat, whether they knew him in the 70's or knew of him afterwards. I was 17 when Sec won the Triple Crown. I LOVE that horse, and I love the memory of his breeding, and how it was a coin toss that Penny actually got to keep him. All my life, I've been a horse person, and trainer. I KNOW how important EVERYONE was in Sec's young life, and how every one of those people made him what he came to be.
I feel you!!
Actually, Penny LOST the coin toss, so she had the pick the next year, and he was the only choice.
He's beyond legend - he was a miracle!!
"He is moving like a tremendous machine!" When you here that call as you watch the replay of the Belmont you realize it was a historic, once in a lifetime performance by a historic, once in a lifetime, champion race horse for the all time. And it's quite likely the most famous call in all of horseracing
I was 12 years old when he ran his races and became THE Triple Crown winner. That great lad, gave me my first thrills - tears, catch in my throat, heart fit to bust, never able to forget him. When I need a boost, I watch him run…. for 50 years now.
We all cry, I have tears flowing today and it is from the mere pictures of him. Thank you God for this magnificent animal.
Sham also had a huge heart at 18lbs. He finished maybe 37 lengths off in the Belmont . Secretariat was more than just a large heart.
I loved Sham. He's always been a triple crown winner to me.
Poor Sham. He would have been the greatest, in any other year
I never think of Secretariat without also thinking of Sham and Riva Ridge. I'll bet Sham is still the 2nd fastest Kentucky Derby, although unofficial.
@@ssansuSham is a legend to me, he was an absolute warrior in those races. Bleeding wire to wire in KD, whipped incessantly at Pimlico, and finishing Belmont on a fractured leg. Aside from all that he had tremendous power with the big heart and tall frame, the real black stallion.
The greatest race horse of all time. Will always remember the Triple Crown and watching in silence as he opened up that lead in the Belmont and realizing that I’d never witnessed anything like this in a thoroughbred race horse and I would probably never see this again in my lifetime. He was so special.❤
I was so lucky in 1978 when my ex husband who lived in Paris Ky, took me to Claiborne and asked if I could see him. The head groom, Clay Arnold was so kind and told another groom to “go get Red for this little girl”. Lol. I was 21! They brought him up, all muddy but what a presence! He stood there so quiet and let me just love all over him! After that Mr Arnold, let me go through the stud barn.
My ex also lived in Paris, KY. We met in a Great Lakes city. He worked painting the horses' stalls at Claiborne for a while in the late '70s. You're a bit lucky -- my ex took me nowhere around Paris. It was a very long week sitting at his parents house every darned year :-/
Big Red. His story is the stuff books are made of, and indeed, movies. What a glorious, once in a lifetime, animal he was.
This horse. When I watch all three in a row, you think he's just gonna keep that 2 length lead and kind of chill to the end. But he just...kept ....opening. Ya know it's gonna happen, but ya still can't believe it. I watch the Triple Crowns every year and then when you go watch the 1973 Belmont it just doesn't look like it could even be real. Amazing.
People hate it when you put him on a greatest athlete list, but how can you not?
Just watching this story about "Big Red" brought tears to my eyes and I remember watching him run. "Let him run Ronnie, let him run". He definitely loved his job and for that we loved watching him work. 😢❤😢❤😢❤😢❤😢❤😢❤❤❤❤
He took our breath away when we saw him race. All Heart.
I can't believe it's been 50 years this horse just made my love for horses even bigger I'm spent my life with these animals because of this one he was such a treasure.😊
I believe our horse racing has changed so much the last 50 years now the horses aren't owned and loved as much as they're huge financial loopholes they can put money into but this was a family horse that was truly loved and gave his heart for its family.
I watch his Belmont win every year and it literally gives me goosebumps.
Absolutely, the greatest horse ever. I watched ALL of those triple crown races and remember every one. Hard to believe it's been 50 years. ❤ Big Red will live forever in our hearts...
The grace and beauty of this horse 🐎
I was nine years old that year. It was incredible to see him coming around the final turn and leaving the others like they were standing still. He was the spitting image of Man-O-War. Bold Ruler his sire was descended from Fair Play who was the sire of Man-O-War. I collected many photos of both Secretariat and Man-O-War and the only thing that let you tell them apart was that they had different feet that were white. I looked and looked for anything else that would give it away and their was nothing. If I am remembering right they called Man-O-War Big Red too.
Secretariat passed before I was born, so I never got to meet him. Just seeing all of the pictures from then and now was enough to make me cry. You can tell how loved he was.
I was a young girl when I first saw Secretariat run. I was hooked from that day on. He was an amazing athlete. I was blessed with the honor of owning a grandson by this amazing horse.
Did you compete him? I don't mean race him, but I always thought, looking at his granddads built that Secretariat would have done alright in some western stuff! And, I fuckin KNEW IT! Big man would have done VERY wellx
@@melhawk6284 Yes, I showed him for a few years in the buckskin circuit. He won multiple grand champions as a Halter Stallion.
2008 NWBC Grand Champion Halter Stallion
2007 ABRA Grand Champion Halter Stallion
2007 ABRA Grand Champion Amateur Halter Stallion
2007 NWBC Grand Champion Halter Stallion
Multiple NWBC Grand/Reserve Champion Halter Stallion 2007
2006 ABRA Reserve Grand Champion Halter Stallion
@@SuperHorsecrazy1 damn! Didn't even know TB HAD the dun factor! Bet he was a pretty thing! I'm a sucker for a dun/buckskin horse! And I would bet he throws pretty babies too!
I met him in the mid '80's. He knew he was the greatest.
I graduated from Kent State in 1973 and remember all three of Secretariat's wins! How privileged we who saw him really were! Never forget his legendary run at Belmont!
His heart was full of love!
Had no idea his heart was so large! What an amazing horse. Thoroughbreds have changed so much since his time. He was absolutely beautiful!
I was a nine year old when he won the triple crown & was able to watch him on television... He deeply cemented my love of horses. Such fond memories, thank you. 👣❤️🐎's. ☮️
He was in a class of one.
Saw all three races my Senior year of high school. He was beyond credible. I choke up when I watch the replays now, 50 years later. I can’t wait to see him in heaven someday.
Jack Nicklaus said he cried when he saw Secretariat win the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths --- let that sink in that the greatest golfer of all time was that inspired by a HORSE
Well said very well said
It's bittersweet watching all the Secretariat 50 tributes since I cry because I miss him and that wonderful time in horse racing history. Love you Secretariat!!! Thanks for all the chills and thrills!!!🥰🥰🥰
I saw him win all three races. He had star power. What a wonderful animal. I still get goosebumps when I see clips of his races. There will never be any other horse like him.
The day I’ll never forget I was a young teenager I just got done with softball practice I sat in a corner bar watching the race and the thing I remember most is the man that called the race was a absolute legend .. The sound of that voice and how he called that race still sends goosebumps down my spine… It was all so amazing I was THUNDER STRUCK!!!
He still gives me chills like the first time I saw him in the Derby❤
The stars aligned and created the perfect horse in Secretariat. Big Red was definitely "The GOAT". Watching his run in the Belmont was mind blowing then and still is even now.
He's my all time favorite. I cry watching him run...he was so amazing!
A true legend! He will always be remembered as the greatest race horse to walk the earth.
Love watching BIG RED run like the wind with no care In the world. He ran for us or that's what I wanted to believe. And to this day he's still running in our minds and our hearts. RIP BIG RED!
He ran like the wind.I love the video of him when the trainer unleashed him,he just took off in the fenced in field.
I was nine or ten years old when he was in the triple crown. One of the races happened while I was visiting my fundamentalist Christian Aunt’s family. They didn’t approve of horse racing (probably the association with gambling) but they gave in to my pleading and we all watched him together. He was pure poetry.
I remember watching it on TV ... still in Awe
His records still hold in those races. An amazing horse. Beautiful and graceful. I watched him win and it just made you cheer.🌟
I can't remember but someone called a horse the second secretariat which offended my grandma and me.
Secretariat is in a league of his own. He raced constantly. His build definitely is apart of his success.
To the beautiful BIG RED other know as the horse that captured everyone heart. . His speed kept you wanting to see horse racing. And who would run against him. He was like a machine.. beautiful horse. Happy 50 anniversary RED
I am 64, i fell in love with Secretariat as a horse crazy 14 yo. He was my hero, only a short step behind my Pops. I distinctly remember watching him win the Triple Crown and literally jumping up and down, screaming my head off. Even today thinking of him makes me tear up. Thank you Big Red, you made my young heart soar🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎❤❤❤❤
I just love this horse. I am obsessed you might say. The greatest!
Will never be another horse like him ever❤
I was 8 when I saw him run the Derby..he is forever my favorite of all time❤
I will never forget watching Secretariat win the triple crown.
I was only 11 years old, but I knew I would never again see a horse do what he did.
Just watching the video brought me to tears. I remember watching him. It was amazing!
I graduated from high school in 1973. I will always associate the end of my senior year with the excitement of watching Secretariat conquer the world!
❤I WAS BORN IN 1973 AND I will ALWAYS LOVE HIM AS HE IS MY ULTIMATE BEAUTIFUL BOY. HE MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME I SEE HIM. HORSE OF A LIFETIME. LOVE FROM SCOTLAND 🏴 xxxxxxxx🎉❤🎊🪅🎈🎈🎈🎁🎁🪅🎉 GODS GREATEST BLESSING IN A HORSE, MAJESTIC BOY BORN TO RUN LIKE THE WIND 💨🎊✝️🇺🇸🎁 A GIFT FROM GOD XXX
Greatest American athlete of all time!!!!
I absolutely love Secretariat and his story. I’m in awe by him. I’m going to Claiborne Farm soon to visit his grave. He was a super horse.. with a huge heart. Figuratively and literally.
I watched him on TV win his races as a child and have watched and followed every movie, special and article on him.
We have the same birthday month, I'll be 67 this year, I still get a catch in my breath and a tear in my eye when I watch him run HIS RACES, probably will until the day I pass, he was and still is: ONE OF A KIND, SECRETARIAT 😇💙.
More than having large heart- it takes true mentality / determination to WIN , competing with handicap weights, & ALL aches, pains , training of pro athlete. Then enduring all daily stud breedings after racing- so many mares impregnated. He made his mark in history like Man o’ War & Sea Biscuit. At least there’s good vids of his incredible wins, not just pics. RIP among the heavens, lovely champ of champs- u are not forgotten in times of fast ever changing “icons.”
I cried like a baby watching this video,my Pops, who past in 98, was at the Belmont that day, we still have the uncashed ticket
It was my only Ky. Derby in 1973. I was 20 year's young, and bet on Sham, a great horse himself, he just ran against a monster.
Sham was a great horse too he just ran into the greatest racehorse ever.
He broke the track records too. Only in the second place. That is until the Belmont… 🙁
I was a kid back then, but I won $10 per race from my grampa, and I called 4, 8 and 12 lengths, though nobody could have guessed the actual number before or during the races. Truly magnificent 🐎.
I went to Claiborne a few years ago, saw his grave, stall etc..Great, beautiful place! Love that farm and the greatest Secretariat!
What a great horse. Only wish i could have met this Magnificent boy.
He invented beast mode
Can't wait to meet him some day on the other side.
He must be famous in heaven too.
Awesome.
It's hard to believe that he died from a foot infection...so tragic.
And my guess would be he foundered . But he was the best
Most likely laminitis, we have more prevention
and treatment for this condition today. Sadly a
very painful condition.
He had laminitis, which they had tried to treat.
@@savannahbutler5973 and from my understanding that can be caused by over feeding
@@roguewolf5597It can be many different issues.
Founder (or Laminitis), is the rotting of the coffin bone, or the bone in the horses hoof. It can be over feeding, it also can be lack of exercise, excessive exercise, lack of circulation in the legs, or a lot of other reasons.
It is a brutal disease and often fatal. Even when caught early, if later there’s really not much you can do.
I miss living in Louisville. This horse has my heart. I have to come to visit his resting place near his father
They’ve also brought Ruffian back home to Claiborne. I want to visit so badly…
I'm just glad they had his races on video! Thank you Mr Hammond for your incredible reporting! Just a once in a lifetime race horse! A true GOAT Big Red!
His name will live forever. Greatest horse EVER!
Many Greats! BUT HE WAS THE BEST ! 💞💗💖😍🥰
Happy birthday secretariat I remember that race like it was yesterday❤❤❤❤❤❤
Secretariat the greatest racehorse to ever live!
He deserves all the attention he got and will ever get, Big Red truely had a big heart, his legend lives on!!!❤❤❤😅
I watched him race when I was a kid with my parents. And when the Kentucky Derby and then when he won the Beaumont states with that huge lead, we were all amazed. Secretariat is the greatest and there may never be another one like him. Can you can truly say he had a big heart. Figuratively, and literally. I pray you keep the legend alive for years to come.
One of a kind; the Great Secretariat! God's creation for his glory, honor and praise, and I believe for God's pleasure.❤ 🐎
Was set on the back of Big Red when I was young. All I remember was, , , 'HUGE!!!!!". No pictures of me on the horse, but one of my Uncle standing beside Secretariat. My Uncle worked as a trainer at Churchill Downs and rubbed shoulders with the owners and everyone. I had the run of the place, and I ran around the whole track with my sister. Never will there be another Big Red. I just watched the Secretariat movie about 2 months ago.
Just one of the best stories of love n family n An AMAZING horse that brought so many soo soo much joy !! 😎 Long live the King !!!
Isn’t it wonderful to know in Eternity our dear champions will gallop only when they say so and they will cause they will talk they belong to God ❤
A friend of mine had a retired racehorse named Levi. He was a handsome, cream colored boy who was very sweet. Imagine our shock when she shared his family lineage and connections, including Secretariat.
“His great great grandpa was Bold Ruler. His grandpa on his father’s side was Spectacular Bid ( Levi’s track name was Spectacular Frankie), his grandma on his mother’s side was Sham. I don’t know if you’re into horse racing at all, but all amazing horses. And of course the Secretariat relation.” (Secretariat was his great-uncle.)
Sham was male and Thoroughbreds aren't cream colored.
@@equissage9701, the quotes are from my friend and what she was told. She may have heard Levi’s grandmother’s name wrong.
That year everyone was a fan it was a great triple crown winner probably the best ever
I saw all three of those races and fell in love with horse racing. I have never forgotten him and I own the movie ♥️♥️
Yes, yes and yes, he was the greatest.
Legends Never Die. Secretariat was a Legend....and he knew it!
Incredible. I had just graduated high school 5 days before Belmont. My family was affiliated with Arlington Park where he had a race named in his honor. There will never be another one like him!
So lucky to have been watching with my Mom an avid horse woman and it became a regular thing for us to do! To this day even though my Mom has been gone for some time now! I totally love horses! Secretariat is the epitome of a race horse!❤❤❤
The late Queen Elizabeth II, being the horse owner that she was, must have been shocked out of her mind when word got to her about Secretariat's super-sized heart. Now the both of them are in the great big horse park in the sky...