Eight of Triple Crown winner Secretariat’s descendants will run Saturday’s Kentucky Derby half a century after the colt dominated the track
Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such dominance on and off the track replicated.
Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand, and ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought. Two weeks later, Secretariat broke last out of the starting gate in the Preakness. Jockey Ron Turcotte made a split-second decision in the first turn to swing Big Red to the outside in a rush to the front. They won by 2 1/2 lengths over Sham, who had also finished second in the Derby.
In the Belmont, Secretariat was the 1-to-10 favourite in the gruelling 1 1/2-mile race against just four rivals, including Sham who was back for another try. Big Red completed the last quarter in a scant 25 seconds. He finished in 2:24, his third record in as many races.
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