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	ESPN Classic - Secretariat remains No. 1 name in racing
		Secretariat was born on March 29, 1970, at the Meadow Stud in Doswell, Va. He was the third offspring of 1957 Preakness winner Bold Ruler, the greatest sire of his generation, and Somethingroyal, who raced just once but whose breeding was of top quality.
		Secretariat was the brightest of chestnuts, deep-chested with the muscular quarters of the speed horse and the length and scope of the stayer.
		Secretariat's only other defeat as a two-year-old would be on a disqualification, in which he was placed second for bumping Stop the Music in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Secretariat.html (1257 words)

	Thoroughbred Racing Stallion Secretariat
		Secretariat won his first two starts as a three year old easily but just before the start of the Wood Memorial Stakes he was found to have an abscess on his gums.
		Secretariat won the race by 31 lengths, an all time record, whilst knocking 2 and 3/5 seconds off the 1 and 1/2 mile track record in a time of 2 minutes 24 seconds.
		Secretariat's heart was almost twice the average weight and a third larger than any equine heart that the professor had previously seen.
	www.greenacres-stud.com /secretariat.htm (598 words)

	Secretariat - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Ridden by jockey Ron Turcotte, who is looking back at the rest of the field of horses, Thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat gallops down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes in 1973.
		Secretariat won the race by an extraordinary 31 lengths.
		The victory, added to his earlier wins that year at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, made Secretariat only the ninth horse ever to win the Triple Crown of horse racing.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /media_461519104/Secretariat.html (80 words)

	Secretariat 1973 Triple Crown Winner
		Secretariat was conceived in Kentucky and born in Virginia.
		Secretariat and Angle Light were the bettors' choice in the Derby at 3-to-2, although Sham was getting very good support as second choice at 5-to-2 odds.
		Secretariat was given the honor of being buried whole in the Claiborne cemetary.
	www.horsehats.com /secretariat.html (1530 words)

	Secretariat Photos, Pictures, History and Links to Horse Racing Greats.
		Secretariat, in a deal arranged by Claiborne Farm, was syndicated into shares and therefore the future breeding rights to him were purchased.
		Secretariat and Angle Light were the bettors' choice in the Derby at 3- to-2, although Sham was getting very good support as second choice at 5-to-2 odds.
		Secretariat was given the honor of being buried whole in the Claiborne cemetery.
	www.best-horse-photos.com /Secretariat.html (2852 words)

	Secretariat (horse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Secretariat was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, the most prestigious honor in racing, both as a two-year-old (the first horse so honored at that age) and as a three-year-old.
		Secretariat demonstrated his superiority on grass with a win in the Canadian International Stakes against the best horses his age and older from around the world.
		In the fall of 1989, Secretariat was afflicted with laminitis, a painful and incurable hoof condition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretariat_(horse) (2504 words)

	Secretariat - The Superhorse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Secretariat's first race was on July 4, 1972, in a 5-1/2 furlong maiden race at Aqueduct (each furlong is an eighth of a mile).
		Secretariat won the race by setting an all-time record: he was 31 lengths in front of the challengers.
		Secretariat was bestowed the ultimate honor for a race horse, being buried whole rather than the traditional "head, heart, and hooves" to symbolize intelligence, strength, and power.
	www.squidoo.com /secretariat (1801 words)

	ONCE IN A LIFETIME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1972, Secretariat became the first 2-year-old to be voted Horse of the Year.
		There was a record Kentucky Derby in which he ran a mile-and-a-quarter in 1:59 2/5, the first horse to break the two-minute barrier in the Derby and a mark that still stands today.
		As summer gave way to autumn in 1973, Secretariat's stature grew, first with a world record at a mile-and one-eighth, and later with a course mark on a grass surface he was trying for the first time.
	www.therx.com /blog_once-in-a-lifetime.php (608 words)

	Bronze tribute to Secretariat to be unveiled - International horse news; equestrian event news, equine news - Horsetalk
		Secretariat's jockey, Ron Turcotte, is also expected to attend the unveiling.
		Secretariat was a two-time Horse of the Year, and in 1973 won the Triple Crown, including a remarkable 31-length win against a quality field.
		Horses have many endearing features, but the way in which they graze their pastures is not among them.
	www.horsetalk.co.nz /news/0603/021.shtml (192 words)

	Kentucky.gov: - secretariatday
		According to ESPNâs website, Secretariat is âstill the number one name in racing,â and so it is with great honor that the Kentucky Horse Park will celebrate the life of this horse on Secretariat Day, April 8, highlighted by the dedication of a beautiful bronze statue of Secretariat.
		Secretariatâs owner, Penny Chenery, will be on hand to officially dedicate the bronze by world-renowned sculptor, Edwin Bogucki, who will also be in attendance, and to sign autographs.
		Secretariatâs jockey, Ron Turcotte, is expected to attend along with two of Secretariatâs exercise riders.
	kentucky.gov /NR/exeres/90E3374C-093B-481C-84F0-B1180CB82B63.htm (503 words)

	secretariat
		Secretariat was foaled at The Meadow, Doswell, Va.
		Secretariat was defeated in the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga by
		Secretariat in the Whitney Stakes on Aug. 4 at Saratoga.
	www.secondrunning.com /secretariat.htm (1103 words)

	Book Review - Secretariat: Thoroughbred Legends 19
		The book includes 16 pages of fl and white photos of Secretariat and connections and on the cover is the familiar photo of jockey Ron Turcotte looking over his shoulder at the competition 31 lengths behind him at the Belmont finish.
		This book is strongly recommended to all fans of racing, given that Secretariat is a one-of-a-kind horse whose equal may never come and who still captures the imagination of racing fans thirty years after he raced.
		Secretariat has a list price of $24.95 and is available from Amazon.com for $17.47.
	www.horse-races.net /library/review-022303.htm (725 words)

	Triple Crown Heroes: Secretariat - bloodhorse.com
		So when Secretariat broke with the early-speed horses, not last as he had in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, apprehension took the lead.
		Secretariat twice proved mortal over the coming months with a loss to Onion in the Whitney at Saratoga and one to Prove Out in the Woodward at Belmont.
		Secretariat closed out his career with a victory in the Canadian International in October and was off to stud at Claiborne Stud near Paris, Ky. He sired a Horse of the Year in Lady's Secret, a Preakness/Belmont winner in Risen Star, and achieved extraordinary acclaim as a sire of broodmares.
	www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=9849 (530 words)

	Race Horse Secretariat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is the race by witch all races are detect the slow early pace and encouraged the big colt to stretch out and stretch out he did moving to breed the front as the six horse field entered the backstretch.
		Secretariat led the rest of the race the start of the race and engaged in a six furlong duel clocked in 1:09 4/5 which would have seemed self destructive if it had been any other horse but Secretariat.
		In 1973 Secretariat Secretariat's race records in the Derby and the Belmont stand to this day; his run in the Secretariat was voted Horse of the Year the most prestigious honor in racing both as a 2 year old (the Horse racing's greatest moments brought to life through horse photos and race used authentic memorabilia.
	guachee.com /race-horse-secretariat.htm (779 words)

	Secretariat Pictures - Horse Racing Photos of Secretariat
		Secretariat was born on March 30, 1970 in Virginia, son of Bold Ruler out of Somethingroyal.
		One of Secretariat's most memorable accomplishments came in the 1973 Preakness Stakes with simply a stunning move on the clubhouse turn to take the lead and never look back.
		Upon autopsy, it was found that Secretariat's heart was two times the size of the average thoughbread.
	www.bug-boys.com /secretariat-horse-racing-photos.htm (417 words)

	Warmblood and Percheron Horses of Autumn-Argus Farm
		Secretariat was something out of central casting, possessing good looks, personality, and racing ability beyond anything seen since Citation, at the least, and perhaps even as far back as Man 0' War.
		By the time Secretariat retired to stud at the end of 1973, he had given horse racing the boost to carry it through a golden period in the mid- and late-1970s.
		Secretariat and Sham both went after the lead at the start of the race and engaged in a six-furlong duel — clocked in 1:09-4/5 — which would have seemed self-destructive if it had been any other horse but Secretariat.
	www.autumn-argus.com /horse/horse_home.htm (1379 words)

	Official Secretariat Fan Club
		If you would like more information on the statue the International Museum of the Horse has a wonderful page about the stutue and a list of the people who are on the committee.
		Secretariat was recently put on two "Athletes of the Century" list.
		Secretariat was a true athlete and a champion.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/secretariatfan (1064 words)

	Secretariat.. Super Horse
		The dark filly was a hard horse to rate, and when she ran the slowest early fractions of her life, going in :47 3/5 in the first half of the Mother Goose Stakes, Whiteley and Vasquez were pleased.
		Ruffian was loaded into the horse ambulance and returned to her stall, where the fight for her life would begin, while Foolish Pleasure became the center of a hollow ceremony in the winner's circle.
		Secretariat was awarded every championship for which he was eligible in each of his two years of racing.
	freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/906144/posts (6346 words)

	Amazon.com: Secretariat: Books: Raymond G. Woolfe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Secretariat, by Raymond Woolfe, Jr., the 25th Triple Crown Anniversary Edition is a celebration of the memory of America's most beloved racing champion.
		He's even wise to leave open the #1 horse argument when it's brought up in the course of the story (not that I'd really blame a Sec fan in his own book for saying Sec is greatest, but this way he's avoided alienating those of us with different opinions).
		As a horse loving 12 year old I watched history being made in 1973 - though it was only on TV - as Secretariat galloped seemingly effortlessly into history with those three races.
	www.amazon.com /Secretariat-Raymond-G-Woolfe/dp/1586670670 (2056 words)

	The Lane Report -- Equine -- September 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is one of 150 scientists in 25 labs worldwide working on genome sequencing for the horse, a process that could ultimately help scientists pinpoint the cause of a multitude of equine diseases and other problems.
		In a horse like Secretariat, everything went right.” But a Secretariat clone might not be as fast or strong as the original, Bailey said.
		In a monthly poll, editors at the equine magazine The Horse asked their readers: “If money were no obstacle, would you clone any of your horses?” Out of 659 votes, 54.63 percent said no, 35.20 percent said yes, and 10.17 percent said maybe.
	www.kybiz.com /lanereport/issues/september05/racingclones.html (1325 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Secretariat: Books: William Nack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		William Nack has done great justice to Secretariat and the people who were a part of his life.
		Nack has done a wonderful job telling Secretariat's story, and what a story it is. I have allways loved Secretariat, but Mr.
		Secretariat lived for 14 more years after this book was originally published, which would have been good material for an updated version of the book.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Secretariat-William-Nack/dp/0306803178 (902 words)

	Secretariat Part 1 @ mehallowk.bravehost.com - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
		Secretariat was considered a show in by the opinion of the bettors who sent him off at even odds.
		Secretariat had made twenty-one starts, won sixteen times, had three-second place finishes, one-third place finish, and was out of the money only once, and he had a then record of $1,316,808 in purse earnings.
		Secretariat was out of the public eye, but he remained a celebrity and remained the most talked about and photographed thoroughbred in the world.
	mehallowk.bravehost.com /secretariatpart1.html (5470 words)

	Barbaro’s condition doomed Secretariat - Horse Racing - MSNBC.com
		The disease, called laminitis or founder, involves inflammation and structural damage to tissue that bonds the horse’s bone to the inner wall of the hoof.
		When the condition strikes their front feet, horses can be seen trying to shift their weight to their back feet.
		A 2000 report by the federal government, “Lameness and Laminitis in U.S. Horses,” found laminitis was reported in about 2 percent of horses during a year-long period.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/13846943 (343 words)

	National Museum of Racing - Hall of Fame
		Secretariat joins Colin, Man o' War, and Citation as one of the best horses of the twentieth century.
		Voted Horse of the Year at 2 and at 3, Secretariat was the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown series.
		Secretariat was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1974.
	www.racingmuseum.org /hall/horse.asp?ID=135 (268 words)

	HORSE RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
		Secretariat took our minds off the Vietnam War, if only briefly, and the Watergate political scandal that brought down President Nixon.
		In 1973, Secretariat swept the Triple Crown with record times (the Preakness mark wasn't recorded due to a timing malfunction), while the Vietnam War was going badly and the Watergate hearings were under way.
		Secretariat was regally bred at Meadow Stud, a son of Bold Ruler and the mare Somethingroyal.
	cbs.sportsline.com /horseracing/story/7387715 (1275 words)

	TIME.com: One, Two, Three! -- Jun. 18, 1973 -- Page 1
		Thus, as Trainer Lucien Laurin saddled up Secretariat for last week's 105th running of the Belmont, his nervous statement that the horse was "very good, very quiet, very wonderful" seemed a kind of incantation to ward off the "Belmont jinx." Something worked.
		Secretariat not only defied history—he rewrote it, in one of the most astonishing triumphs in horse-racing annals.
		As he was decked with a blanket of carnations, Secretariat seemed to nod in acknowledgment; after his mile-and-a-half run, he was not even lathered.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,910706,00.html (754 words)

	Golden Years \| Oil painting of Secretariat, horse racing wonder
		Secretariat was born in March, 1970, in Meadow Stables, Virginia, of the following lineage:
		An unusually calm horse, Secretariat was impressive of stature, and as intelligent as he was handsome.
		Valued at $6,000,000.00 at the conclusion of his 16-month horse racing career, Secretariat was immediately retired to Claiborne Farm in Kentucky for stud service.
	mcdonaldart.com /prints/horses/goldenYears.htm (204 words)

	Secretariat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretariat (140 words)

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