Secretariat - Preakness Stakes 

Who was better? Secretariat or Man O' War? Let’s have that debate..

The owner said Turcotte would never asked the horse break out so early in the race. It must've been what the horse wanted and that he seemed to want to dictate his own strategy. I love the story about S. watching a jet plane fly over.

Chic Anderson’s call of this race is all the music it needs.

The amazing thing is he went from last the first in about 10 seconds but he did it so early in the race that most horses would’ve ran out of gas Ronnie never pulled out the whip while sham was getting whipped to death. 48 years later he still owns every Triple Crown record and forget the Belmont nobody will ever touch that big red is the best

Greatest horse ever, he was his own master.

After Secretariat blazed on the clubhouse turn and went on to win the whole nation was so excited for the Belmont. The legend grows with every passing year.

These Triple Crown races from 1973 were the MOST exciting ever! That horse was my pick to win as a young woman.....with my folks and their annual derby party. I picked him in the derby and got laughed at. Everyone put money in the pot and winner took it all....ME!

Any other year Sham would have won triple crown. Secretariat best horse EVER.

Goes from dead last to the lead in what seems like 2 seconds

I have a soft spot for Sham he was also a great horse.

How unlucky was Sham to have been competing in exactly those years that Secretariat was running.

That move Secretariat made was epic. Honestly I feel bad for Sham. He was a great horse and ran 3 great races. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness were basically match races between him and Secretariat. This is The Preakness. Look how far in front of the 3rd place horse he finished. He beat the 3rd place horse by about the same amount in the Kentucky Derby too. In the Belmont he was running nose to nose with Secretariat for half the race. He even pulled ahead of him at one point. Unfortunately halfway through the race he broke that bone and had to quit. But what sucked was if you watch the races, Pincay beat him relentlessly in every race. He never stopped beating him with his whip. He was just pushed way too hard. He was trying to beat Secretariat, which was probably impossible, and ultimately broke the horse. Ron Turcotte said that over the course of all 3 races he only used his whip one time and that was coming down the stretch of the Kentucky Derby and he only used it to change leads…not to make him go faster.

He was the greatest athlete ever !!!

Both Magnificent Thoroughbreds, but I say Secretariat.

He just simply went around them!

Man of war could not touch secretariat

Sham would have been a triple crown winner if not for Big Red.

Secretariat felt bad for 'em and gave them a 1/4 head-start, just to make things "fair"... Ronnie never laid a finger on him... hand-ride.

I love that wonderful horse! ❤ He is the greatest!

Hmm, let’s see, Secretariat holds the record for all 3 Triple Crown races, and has for 48 years. I will go with Big Red!

He had a terrible start, and ran wide around the whole first turn, but still ran the fastest time ever. Greatest Thoroughbred ever!

Great race, watched with Grandpa. He saw Man of War race. Talked of Big Red til he died,

He was good at this scenario. Magical horse, the proof is histoory.

Simply...a different "animal"...for real!!🏇🏇🏇🏆

Secretariat broke records that still stand. Man o war was a great horse. Imagine how good both horses would be today with modern nutrition and training techniques. At least a second off their best races each.

If Secretariat wasn't, Sham would have been.

And he took the long way around to take that lead and win. GOAT!!!

To Sham: there is no shame in losing to Secretariat!

How great was Sham as well.

Let's notice how often Sham and the other horses have to be whipped (beaten) with the whip by their riders and Secretariat not once? He just has the heart of a winner.

In that early last-to-first move, Secretariat was an astonishing blur! Unequaled. The only racehorse I’ve ever seen cover that much ground that fast was Arazi in the Breeder’s Cup. But Secretariat is in a Class of One, at The Very Top‼️ 🐴🌹🌻🌳🏆🏇🏻👏♥️

SECRETARIAT ,SIMPLAY THE BEST,O MAIOR ATLETA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS,O CAVALO DE DEUS

watched all three races with my mom, She knew and loved horses. She was hooked with red after the derby. When he jumped wide and started running, all she said was " Oh my, Here he comes"

None of these Secretariat Preakness videos show or tell there was a huge scoreboard at the 2nd turn at Pimloco that shielded the race field from the grandstand viewers from the race for 40 or so yards of racing. Secretariat went behind that scoreboard dead last, and came out a length and 1/2 ahead. It was amazing to view in person. The drama of the field disappearing behind the scoreboard and reappearing with last being first was amazing.

Amazing 👏 horse 🐎 #Secretariat ...grateful you posted 📫 👀 💕

Don't forget just how much that BIG RED HORSE LOVED TO RUN. AS everyone has said, he was a PHENOMENAL FREAK . THE BEST FOUR LEGGED ATHLETE EVER

he went from last to first in such short time. his acceleration here is unbelievable

Secretariat is the best

No debate the record show who was the fastest.

…and Secretariat is last; Again!

Turcotte was just along for the ride

Secretariat's time 1:53.04 1973. Preakness 2024, Seize the Grey held the lead the entire race, time 1:56.82 Secretariat would have won by over 18 lengths. 51 Years later and big Red is still the King.

SECRETARIAT no doubt . No horse has come even close to matching his Triple Crown and the thing is his records still stand after 51 YEARS . I don't think Sham would have won the Belmont Stakes there were better distance runners than him .

Man big red was crazy fast

It's his endurance, not speed, that set him apart. Yes, of course he was fast, but he could maintain it, and not only maintain but go to a very high speed and simply stay there. The Belmont is the greatest example of that but you see it here as well. There is zero slowing down. Zero.

Using Orff’s “Carmina Burana” as a soundtrack to this video really isn’t necessary. There’s enough tension and sense of wonder created just by Chic Anderson’s race call.

did Turcotte ever whip the big red horse?

Great vid but would have been better without the music.

But lets not forget about Eddie Turcott. I believe that him and big red understood and respected each other. He ALWAYS let that horse run his OWN RACE

Terrific race but big deal on tje stolen time. Horses on noone's top 100 list tied the "official unofficial" record that stood, ams they actually wanted, until those who tied came along. But his connections couldn't have the horse they're pushing to be the greateat and.outdo THE greatest, Man O'War, tie, omg, imagine. He was a great and beautiful horse but I sincerely doubt Swiss Skydiver is better than Count Fleet and Citation, not to mention, Secretariat. It's ashame.his connections and fans ruin his legacy.