Risen Star - 1988 Belmont Stakes (Dave Johnson's ABC-TV Call)

Risen Star romps in the Belmont Stakes.

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Sports

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• Thoroughbred
• Horse
• Racing
• 1988
• Belmont
• Stakes
• Risen
• Star
• Dave
• Johnson
• Jim
• McKay
• Charlsie
• Cantey
• New
• York
• SECRETARIAT

[NebulizerChi]

Absolutely eyepopping when he comes flying out of the turn from about 2:42 in. Yikes.

I'd be most interested to see the splits of this one --he rocked those final two furlongs.

[cf1970]

I agree, Risen Star sure made it look easy. He was a strapping 17 HH, so having that big body and carrying 126 pounds in the running time that he did is very impressive indeed.

The fractions of this race were: 23 2/5, :47 1/5, 1:11 4/5, 1:36 2/5, 2:01 3/5, 2:26 2/5. The Star ran his final quarter mile in 24 4/5, 1/5 faster than his papa Secretariat did. A remarkable performance, I'd say.

Take care.

[Danolsu]

Risen Star, is def. one of the best in the 20th century. A triple crown that got away. WHY because he was trained to come from 15 out of it. First thing Eddie told Louie when he dismounted after the derby " Louie this horse wants to be up close, you are training him all wrong" well we saw what happened after that. Ashame he was retired with really nothing wrong, BC winner I'm sure and no telling how good as a 4 year old. The best I have ever seen, and I watched him as a baby, A very BIG baby.

[cf1970]

Danolsu, thank you so very much for the information about The Star. Fascinating to read.

Take care.

[Jazzgirl8888]

I love watching this video!Great race and I love to hear Dave Johnson say" He looks like his Daddy at this point!"Thanks for posting!

[cf1970]

Hi. I love this video for the thrill it gave me when hearing that, too. You are very welcome! Thanks for watching.

[Jailbirdx]

He was such an awesome broodmare sire because all of his fillies got the X Factor gene from him. They all had larger than average hearts. Not as large as Secretariat himself, but they had the gene, and some of them passed it to their own sons - the top sires, Storm Cat, Gone West, AP Indy.. They didn't do too bad on the track, did they? Think they might've gotten the gene from their dams? :)

[BettorOffSingle]

@Jailbirdx Yes, Terlingua (Storm Cat) and Secrettame (Gone West) definnitely improved the Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector lines. I saw Secrettame win her first two or three starts by huge margins before she was injured and tapered off. Gone West, of course, gave us Elusive Quality, who has given us Smarty Jones and Mine That Bird, while Storm Cat speaks for himself.

[wolfsmother14]

Dave Johnson... a great race caller.

[pjny21]

He really did look like his sire, similar build and speed. Wow.

[Secretatiat159224]

Great lines in this one "He Looks Like his daddy at this poitnt!" "And that is the second fastest time in Belmont history, second only to the great Secretatiat!" Man, Secretatiat's blood lines sure came out in Risen Star, too bad the rider did such a bad job in the derby or he would have won the triple. but he just did not judge the time of the race, can happen to anyone. what a horse he was, the only horse close to his daddy.

[711ATOM]

Steven Crist in the New York Times (July 5, 1988) wrote "The drama surrounding Risen Star these days is a familiar one, a set piece played in four acts: Horse gets good. Horse gets syndicated. Horse gets hurt. Horse gets retired." Injury didn't end Risen Star's career, the ankle problem was one for which the prognosis was good, it was syndication that did the horse in. Racing needs heroes to succeed and retiring top horses at 3yrs has severely hurt it.

[danielle38134]

that's how u run a race! He was horse of the year to me!!!!

[PhantomSephiroth]

''Just like is daddy Secretariat did!''

[MyAwsomo]

I'm sorry Risen Star, but your dad is still my favorite :)

[huntinalaska]

One thing that caught my attention about the way Risen Star ran this race. He was on the outside for most of the race, which means he ran farther than his father did when he ran on the rail from the word go in 1973. Put RS on the rail, and he may well have approached his father's time.

[gashrocks1]

man this is insane...m getting goosebums