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- Secretariat was a horse,
- but his appeal went be-
- yond racing and touched
- people in a special way.
- Even people who did not
- normally follow racing knew of the exploits of
- the large chestnut-colored stallion known as
- "Big Red."
-
- Trained by Lucien Lauren and regularly
- ridden by jockey Ron Turcotte, Secretariat
- was the greatest thoroughbred of the last 40
- years. Other horses compiled better records
- than SecretariatΓÇÖs 16 victories in 21 career
- starts. Other horses won more money than
- SecretariatΓÇÖs $1,316,808. But no horse
- could dominate a race as he could.
-
- Secretariat lost his first race, on July 4,
-