Secretariat was the 1-10 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes on June 9, 1973. Those who bet on him were happy after the race because the iconic horse, nicknamed "Big Red," didn't just win — he ran away ...

PARIS, Ky. (LEX 18) — This year marks the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown win. I've been doing a deep dive on "Big Red," and what better place to learn more about him then the place ...

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of thoroughbred racing, an industry that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than any Kentucky Derby in the last half-century, Saturday’s festivities at Churchill Downs will illustrate why horse racing is the rare sport without a simmering GOAT debate.

Race fans enter the track beneath the statue of Secretariat on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in 2023. / Sam Upshaw Jr. / Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Secretariat, ...

When Secretariat won the Preakness on the way to his Triple Crown, the news appeared alongside stories about Watergate on The Baltimore Sun’s May 20, 1973, front page. In the half-century since, no ...

Fifty years ago today, Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, securing the second requirement to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple Crown winner in one-quarter of a century. When eight horses ...

Jockey Ron Turcotte guides Secretariat toward the finish line to win the 1973 Kentucky Derby. Secretariat By Rich Nugent, The Courier-Journal, Louisville Courier Journal via Imagn Content Services, ...

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode the legendary Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973 and won more than 3,000 races over his two-decade career, died Friday morning of natural causes at his home in ...

The 151st Kentucky Derby is set to race today in Louisville, Kentucky at the famous Churchill Downs. There are 19 horses running and every horse is a descendent from one of the most famous race horses ...

All 19 horses in Saturday's 151st running of the Kentucky Derby are descendants of the great Secretariat, according to a report by the Louisville Courier Journal. A search of pedigrees found that each ...