Discover the heartwarming story of Eddie Sweat, the devoted groom to the legendary racehorse, Secretariat. This captivating montage features rare photos of Eddie and Secretariat together, showcasing the deep bond that helped create a racing legend. Experience their extraordinary journey as you listen to excerpts from Raymond Woolfe's acclaimed book 'Secretariat,' narrated by the talented Tim H. Dixon. Join us in celebrating the unsung hero who played an essential role in the making of an equine icon.
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Eddie Sweat (1939-1998)
Eddie Sweat was born in Holly Hill, South Carolina, the ninth of nine children to a sharecropper. Lucien Laurin, a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, kept a Thoroughbred horse farm in Holly Hill. Sweat was offered a job by Laurin after he noticed the wide-eyed teen frequently peering through a fence to the property. Sweat accepted a full-time job as a groom for the Laurin stable of racehorses in 1957, when he was eighteen, for a small fixed salary plus 1% of the horse's earnings.
The 1958 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Quill was one of Sweat's first successful horses. Sweat was a member of the Laurin stable's first American Classic victory in 1966, when Amberoid won the Belmont Stakes. Sweat gained national media attention for his abilities with Thoroughbreds six years later, when sportswriter William Nack spent many hours with him outside the Laurin stable stalls of Kentucky Derby winners Riva Ridge and Secretariat in 1972 and 1973. In a feature article for Sports Illustrated, Nack stated that he took notes compulsively and endlessly, feeling for the texture of the life around the horse. [1] Secretariat was voted the 1972 American Horse of the Year, an extraordinary feat for a two-year-old, and all of the key people involved with Secretariat received massive national and international attention leading up to and during the horse's 1973 Triple Crown victory. Sweat was interviewed and photographed numerous times, and he was featured on television and on the covers of Ebony and Jet magazines. Eddie was also the first groom to train Kentucky Derby winners Riva Ridge in 1972 and Secretariat in 1973.
Sweat worked for Lucien Laurin's son, Roger Laurin, after he retired, and received significant national media attention with Chief's Crown in 1984. The colt won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt by the Eclipse Award, and was the betting favorite in all three of the 1985 Triple Crown races.
7 апр 2023
