SECRETARIAT - 1973 Belmont Stakes - Part 1 (CBS)

[akbarbaby]

06:40 to 06:50 is amazing!

[GrnEyed81]

Bless you, cf! Having watched the coverage the day it happened (and home being his home of Caroline Cty, VA), it's wonderful to be able to see it again. I too am amazed that CBS hasn't released a higher-def version of the coverage that day.

We will never see this happen again - he not only had a bigger heart from a physical standpoint, but emotionally as well.

[cf1970]

@GrnEyed81 Thank you kindly for the nice comments. Merry Christmas!

[GermanShepherd1983]

I grew up listening to Heywood Hale Broun and always greatly admired his perfect use of the English language.

[grsubashkrishnan]

secretariat is the legendary horse i wish i should have born in his times so that i could ve watch his race

[tubeyhamster]

That is one hell of a jacket.

[hexiconned]

Thanks so much for this series, the old coverage is great and brings back a lot of memories.

[hafoccynn]

Great to relive this broadcast - Whitaker, Broun(!) etc, great broadcasters, plus the Horse Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned! He brought be to raciing... *sigh*

Thanks for going to the trouble of converting all these segments! Very much appreciated! ---sue h

[RealityCheck13]

Nice jacket!

[deetjay1]

I had just graduated from college, on campus picking up some items, and preparing to move on to my future. I stopped into the student AC and caught this amazing event. I'll never forget it...

[ez253]

I've been searching for this precise video for 38 years. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[deb90566]

You can hear the hope in both Jack Whittaker's and Woody Broun's voices that the 25 year drought would end that day, but you can also tell that they're also fearful of being too enthusiastic in case they have to deal with the disappointment of yet another year without a Triple Crown winner.

[Soxogram]

I remember watching this race at 8 years old in Chicago. I remember how it was like a party at my friends house. I didn't care about horse racing so I was oblivious to the hubbub. When Secretariat won, everyone was happy. Women were crying and men were jumping up and down. The thing I remember the most was when they garlanded Secretariat with flowers. He kept shaking his head and moving about. A woman at the party smiled and said "Yeah, Secretariat always hates those flowers."

[umarmaxmas]

cf you are really someone.

jack whittaker was proven so wrong in what he said at 4.39.

[revpgesq]

@umarmaxmas ROFL.... he should have said "if you are looking for a place where this race might be decided, you might want to look to starting gate, because that is the only place where the horses not named Secretariat will be at all relevant."

[creepycoyote]

I could seriously hug you right now for posting these complete original broadcasts. In fact... (((HUG)))

[revpgesq]

thank you indeed. i watched every second of this original broadcast and was a true believer in Secretariat from his 2 yr old campaign on... drove my family nuts. LOL

[chaosIsTheOnlyPower]

Holy smoke, dude. Out of your 564 posts, this series has to be the coolest.

[deepthreat]

Great job !

[cf1970]

Thank you kindly. :)

[davemock]

The white pine tree Woodie Broun mentions at 2:05 of the tape still stands. It's the tree depicted in Belmont's logo.

[nameofthepen]

Ho, ho, ho...

My neighbors are used to occasional whoops and hollers from me.

I have explained to them it's simply going to happen whenever I am watching horse races on CF's channel again. :D

[sugarscoop]

Thank you so much for posting this fascinating series. I have never seen it before, and I am an almost fanatic Secretariat fan. Again, many thanks.

[terjer01]

Thank you wholeheartedly, cf1970. So great to see and hear this as people witnessed this on that historic June 1973 afternoon on CBS. It's particularly great to see/hear the man himself: Chic Anderson

[cf1970]

You're welcome. I just wish CBS offered a higher quality version available for purchase, as this kinescope does not do this historic event justice.

Chic Anderson was such a class guy; a real pro. He and Frank Wright looked especially dapper in their classic suits.

God bless, and thanks again.