Heh...Secretariat was Gretzky, Orr and Lemieux rolled into one. He truly was and is the biggest "freak" the sport has ever seen.
His jockey was a Canadian guy named Ron Turcotte whose career tragically ended 5 years after the triple crown win and at the same track where he and Secretariat set marks never to be seen again. He was thrown from a mount and ended up a parapalegic. Met him many years ago when he was doing the circuit to raise awareness and money for diasabled jockeys.
Cool guy for sure.
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