I've never been much into watching a horse race, but I'll usually see the replay of the big 3 or 4 races each year. I just watched what happened Saturday. Wow!!! Seriously one of the most intense moments I've ever felt watching something sports related. I don't know if it was the fact that he was the biggest underdog out there or what. The call was amazing by the TV guy as well. Really gave me chills.
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If you want to see the most impressive horse race ever, go to YouTube.com and search for Secretariat Belmont Stakes 1973. I think he won by 25 lengths.
I can almost quote the entire race.
The 30 for 30 on secretariat may be the best 30 for 30 out of all of them.
It’s the personalities for me. They are naturally competitive creatures. If you look at the race closely rich strike stares down the leader as he passes him.
TAV, did you watch it from the skycam? From the homestretch on he made up ground quickly. The other horses seemed to be running in mud as he mowed them down. Rich Strike doesnt seem to be a very big horse. But he wanted to win.
The race announcer missed it. He didn’t see RS coming in there until the final few lengths. Came out of nowhere.
He holds the record for all the triple crown races. All because of his heart defect.
That horse that won is kind of a douche. He was biting that escort pony after the race.
The stare down by him as he was able to get around that last horse was amazing. I find it more impressive to navigate through all those horses to win than winning by 31 lengths. Him and the rider looked smoother than a Ferrari cruising down the road.
Question is was it lighting in a bottle or can they do it again. It was defiantly finesse car like.
Incredible to think that his record still stands for all 3 races nearly 50 years later. Consider all of the technological advancements in nutrition, exercise, breeding, etc over the last 50 years. It's incredible.
One of the greatest racehorses in history, Sham, never won a triple crown race. He ran the 2nd fastest Kentucky Derby in history. But he happened to have the bad luck of being a 2 year old in 1973 and finished 2nd at the Derby and the Preakness behind Secretariat.
There have been lots of great race horses and lots of great races, but Secretriat's run at the Belmont is the closest thing to perfection we've ever seen in sports-related endeavors.
Brilliant strategic tactical race by the jockey who knew his horse well and knew he had plenty of juice left on the home stretch and expertly maneuvered him into position to win.
Kind of like what Charles Barkley said …. “There were a lot of great players and great teams around then, but we happened to come along when Jordan was making his run.”
Kudos to the owners for not entering the horse in the Preakness. They know that they don't have a Triple Crown type horse & are placing the welfare of the horse first. I'm sure they'll run him at Belmont.
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