"He's moving like a tremendous machine!"

[Merlinsky]

See Steve goes and plays that call from the backstretch and by the time it's done, even sans visual, I end up bawling. Part of it is you end up focusing on the actual description even more. What a job by Chic Anderson and, obviously, Secretariat.

[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?

[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!