LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One hundred-fifty-one horses have won the Kentucky Derby. Only one was Secretariat. Big Red captured the attention of the sport and became an American icon, even inspiring a Disney ...
One horse stands above the rest over the course of the previous 151 runnings of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs: Secretariat, the famed 1973 winner. Secretariat, jockeyed by Ron Turcotte, set a ...