[roccman]

A break from the doom...enjoy...unbelievable!

The Derby

The Preakness

The Belmont

[dinopello]

I was only 6 or 7 and I remember it. Must of been a big deal.

[Flowerr]

Turbocharged horse.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Flowerr', 'T')urbocharged horse.

[evilgenius]

Was even more special for me because my parents knew Jack and Penny Tweedy, the horse's owners. Well, they knew them a little. I was just a wee scrap so I don't know how tight the connections was or wasn't. My mom filled us in about Secretariat before the first race of the triple crown, however. My siblings and I were rooting for him before the whole thing began. It was great to back such a winner. I still say to this day that no horse was ever better. I sometimes get a little tear bragging up the greatness of Secretariat come Derby time.

[billbrasky]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', 'A') break from the doom...enjoy...unbelievable!

The Derby

The Preakness

The Belmont

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('billbrasky', '
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hey rocc-
thank you for the post.
d'you go to the track much?
i usually go to Keeneland for the Spring and Fall meets.

[roccman]

Linked fixed...thanks MD.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Nice thread, rocc. Amazing horse. Watching such commanding talent is uplifting. Though not a horse story, I did witness something extraordinary once, in the same era. In 1970 I was in the county swimming finals and I watched the American backstroke record holder of the time swim. Unbelievable. He must have won the 200 by 50 yards. Two years later he won the gold at the Munich Olympics in the 400 medly swimming with none other than Mark Spitz.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'N')ice thread, rocc. Amazing horse. Watching such commanding talent is uplifting.

[I_Like_Plants]

It's all breeding, genetics. Some horses just end up with a really good body geometry and a good gait. Plus there are mental aspects.

This is why some of the folks get paid a lot of money to let one of their stallions do work they happily do for free!

[JoeW]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'I')t's all breeding, genetics. Some horses just end up with a really good body geometry and a good gait. Plus there are mental aspects.

This is why some of the folks get paid a lot of money to let one of their stallions do work they happily do for free!

[I_Like_Plants]

I never saw the new movie about Man-O-War, and only a bit about the old one, but I read the book for kids, and I thought it was great.

[dinopello]

This classic Belmont shot could be one of those anti-inspirational posters

PHONE IT IN, YOU AIN'T GONNA WIN

[JoeW]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'T')his classic Belmont shot could be one of those anti-inspirational posters

PHONE IT IN, YOU AIN'T GONNA WIN

[BigTex]

I enjoyed the movie Seabiscuit and read the book, which was just outstanding.

I never realized how much it sucked to be a jockey. Tough life there. You grow to hate your body and abuse it constantly trying to stay at a very unhealthy weight.

[billbrasky]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'N')ice thread, rocc. Amazing horse. Watching such commanding talent is uplifting.

[firestarter]

Actually, what made Secretariat so exceptional was not only his physique, which was a thing of aesthetic perfection , but also his INCREDIBLE RANGE.

Put another way, in human athletic terms, he was the world's fastest sprinter, miler, and marathoner, all at the same time. Anyone one who ever ran track understands how impossible this is.

There has never been an athlete of his kind in recorded history. Truly a freak of nature.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('firestarter', 'A')ctually, what made Secretariat so exceptional was not only his physique, which was a thing of aesthetic perfection , but also his INCREDIBLE RANGE.

Put another way, in human athletic terms, he was the world's fastest sprinter, miler, and marathoner, all at the same time. Anyone one who ever ran track understands how impossible this is.

There has never been an athlete of his kind in recorded history. Truly a freak of nature.

[roccman]

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What is truly amazing, is the amount of animal cruelty that is accepted and allowed. Those animals are not here for our sport.