Secretariat Belmont Stakes 73' & extended post race coverage

This is Secretariat's historic 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

What makes this video different from all other Belmont 1973 footage on youtube? Well, the elongated coverage of the race. It is fun to see the actual initial response to this race by the commentators, the crowd etc.

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[markadresslar]

The '73 Belmont is one of my favorite sports memories. And the call by Chick Anderson makes it even better.

I never get tired of watching it.

"Secretariat is widening now! He is moving like a tremendous machine!"

"But Secretariat is all alone!"

Goose bumps man.

[rscarbro100]

Everyone knows that Secretariat went by the 1 1/4 post in 1:59 flat in this race and still another 1/4 mile to go. I will post a piece of information by SI Whitney Tower article titled: 'Best Race Horse In The World' dated Oct., 9, 1961. He was talking about the great Kelso with Arcaro up..It will give you a little idea just how great this horse Secretariat really was on a 'BELMONT' race track.. Also Remember he also ran a 1:57 4/5 '1 1/4 mile Pulling Up' in the Marlboro race at 'BELMONT'.

[GorillaBlack06]

Turcotte didn't even use his whip..... Amazing performance. The animal was a gift from god. The closest thing to a real life Pegasus

[rscarbro100]

Recalling the moment Secretariat’s heart was uncovered, Swerczek said, "We just stood there in stunned silence. We couldn’t believe it. The heart was perfect. There were no problems with it. It was just this huge engine." Swerczek did not weigh the heart but estimated it at 22 lbs. A few other horses with big hearts Shame 18 lbs, Phar Lap and Eclipse both at 14 lbs.

[rscarbro100]

It explained how he was able to do what he did in the Belmont Stakes – a mile and a half race (Secretariat won by 31 lengths in track-record time). You would have to have a large heart to do what he did. It would be impossible for a horse with a small heart to do that."

[rscarbro100]

"I have done thousands of autopsies, and I had noticed differences in heart size in horses before we did Secretariat," Swerczek said. "I had picked up the difference in the male and female hearts and noticed that some were bigger than others.

"But I didn’t pay much attention until Secretariat came along. He was completely out of everybody else’s league. Looking back at what he had done, it was easy to put a connection to it. The heart was what made him able to do what he did. Cont.

[casper47100]

he was a great racehorse to win by 31 lengths cant beleive he beat them by that distance

[SECby31]

@tonic740 He was fed monster workouts before each race. Laurin realized this colt was different, and needed to be really pushed in training, otherwise he wouldn't perform well - before the Whitney he was flat in his workout due to an illness, and lost. It turned out Laurin was right with his methods, as an autopsy on Sec's death revealed that he had a huge, perfect engine of a heart, inherited from his dam's side on the X chromosome. The X-Factor - that's why he was a freak!

[tonic740]

what did he feed that horse ? jesus ...

[415hammie]

Doing some research to see if Princequillo's Dam came with him. There is conflicting information.

[415hammie]

Yes, Prince Rose was the great grandsire, and one of the great sires in Europe My point was actually the sad story that Prince Rose was killed by military gunfire in 1944. It was indeed wonderful that Princequillo was taken along with his Dam through enemy lines and brought to the United States. And so through that pedigree we were fortunate to have had Secretariat.