Historical Races From The 1970'SSecretariat's first start at Saratoga Race Course was to be his final start outside of stakes company. The six-furlong affair was the first time jockey Ron Turcotte climbed aboard in the afternoon. Of course, their names would wind up forever linked.
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Secretariat ran twenty one times during his career. He was favored in twenty of those starts. The outlier? The Sanford Stakes, his first foray into the upper echelon of racing. Linda's Chief, already a multiple stakes winner, led the toteboard.
As a blossoming two-year-old, every race represents increased expectations, knew challeneges, and more noteworthy platform on which to perform.
Perhaps no single track is more linked to Secretariat's legacy than Belmont Park. It is where he ran, perhaps, his worst race, in addition to unquestionably his best. His relationship with Big Sandy began auspiciously in the Futurity.
The centerpiece of the New York juvenile stakes platform is the Champagne, run fir the 101st time in 1972. It wasn't lacking for drama. Secretariat circled horses and drew off to cross the wire in front.
Rare footage of a great horse winning at Chepstow and Kempton
