Nearly 350 acres of Virginia farmland where legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat frolicked as a colt are now protected ...

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 an industry that has yet to see such ...

(Reuters) - Secretariat found his stride down the stretch and emerged victorious on Saturday in a computer-simulated Kentucky Derby, which pitted all of horse racing's 13 Triple Crown winners against ...

AIKEN — More than 50 years ago, Secretariat swept the Triple Crown for 3-year-old thoroughbred racehorses, setting records that still stand today. His winning times in the 1¼-mile Kentucky Derby (1:59 ...

1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Kentucky Derby with a record time of 1:59.2. Secretariat beats Sham by 2½ lengths and goes on to win the Triple Crown. Jockey Ron Turcotte rides ...

Ron Turcotte, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the Triple Crown in 1973 with Secretariat, passed away. He was eighty-four. Through his longtime friend and business partner Leonard Lusky, Turcotte's ...

Mention the words “horse racing” and the words “triple crown” almost automatically come to mind. Fans of horse racing, both in terms of the races themselves and the wagering that they inspire, know ...