"He's moving like a tremendous machine!"

[cowgirlintexas]

Watch it at least once a year... What a horse.
Wish I hadn't have been so young (5) at the time so I would have that memory of watching it live.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Watch it at least once a year... What a horse.
Wish I hadn't have been so young (5) at the time so I would have that memory of watching it live.

I was 9 so I bearly remember it.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

I was 9 so I bearly remember it.

Seattle Slew was the one that hooked me forever

77 Derby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWO0QgZKoYY
77 Belmont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8783P...eature=related

[Theatrical]

I was 23 years old when Secretariat ran the TC. There is nothing, no criticism of competition, no anything that will ever change my mind as to why this horse continues to wear the mantle of the greatest. It's because he was.

[hurricanefrank]

Originally Posted by Theatrical

I was 23 years old when Secretariat ran the TC. There is nothing, no criticism of competition, no anything that will ever change my mind as to why this horse continues to wear the mantle of the greatest. It's because he was.

I'll always believe that his Belmont Stakes tour de force was the single greatest race of my lifetime. Andy Beyer a few years back calculated his speed figure to be 139 in that race. That is beyond phenomenal. He was the best.

[Indian Charlie]

I was a big fan of Bulig Z.

She was like this great ATM for me back in the mid 80s.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by hurricanefrank

I'll always believe that his Belmont Stakes tour de force was the single greatest race of my lifetime. Andy Beyer a few years back calculated his speed figure to be 139 in that race. That is beyond phenomenal. He was the best.

I assume he's done that with other great horses/races to see what would happen. Did he just mention Secretariat's Belmont in isolation or is there a place to read that sort of pre-Beyer event through his figures perspective? Man O'War, Citation, etc?

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I assume he's done that with other great horses/races to see what would happen. Did he just mention Secretariat's Belmont in isolation or is there a place to read that sort of pre-Beyer event through his figures perspective? Man O'War, Citation, etc?

It could be in more than one of his books. I would be interested in Spectacular Bid's 4 YO season.It would be hard to imagine any horse other than Big Red averaging the figs he must have had that year.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by hurricanefrank

I'll always believe that his Belmont Stakes tour de force was the single greatest race of my lifetime. Andy Beyer a few years back calculated his speed figure to be 139 in that race. That is beyond phenomenal. He was the best.

OMG!

That's phenomenal!

[smuthg]

that has to be single greatest call in racing history... so many amazing moments.

"Secretariat by 12... Secretariat by 14 lengths on the turn"

I get chills just typing that...