Secretariat is forever immortalized for a magical 1973 run at the Kentucky Derby where the horse set a still-standing record ...

The 2026 Kentucky Derby field offers a striking reminder of Secretariat’s enduring impact on thoroughbred racing.

Secretariat’s Kentucky Derby win on May 5, 1973, was the start of a legendary Triple Crown run. Photographers at the Louisville Courier-Journal were on hand to capture Secretariat’s historic 1973 win ...

He was so good that The Sporting News quoted a trainer before the 1973 Kentucky Derby saying: “It was like watching a ...

No one had ever seen anything close to this, and no has ever seen anything like it since. This was simply breathtaking.

Kentucky Derby fans may be surprised to learn Secretariat has a unique connection to an Arizona inn south of Tucson.

“So, this is the town where it all went down, Where they first got to notice Big Red. Where he showed them, of course, He was more than a horse. As all the historians said.” — Ode to Secretariat Three ...

Ron Turcotte always made time for Secretariat. After their record-breaking Triple Crown run captivated the country in 1973, the Canadian jockey never missed a chance to visit Claiborne Farm when work ...

A life-size bronze sculpture of Secretariat running in the field at the legendary Claiborne Farm—along with a three-story mural of him winning the 1973 Kentucky Derby—are the centerpieces of a new ...

O'FALLON, Ill. — Fifty years ago, the greatest racehorse in history kicked off his legendary season with a record-setting 1:59.4 run in the Kentucky Derby: the one and only, Secretariat. Five decades ...

Fifty years after his Triple Crown triumph, Secretariat and his legacy still loom large over the Kentucky Derby. His sub-2-minute sprint around the Churchill Downs track has been approached just once ...

Three days before Secretariat’s last prep race before the 1973 Kentucky Derby, the exercise rider on the colt’s back got one hell of a shock. This colt, who lived to run, wanted no part of the workout ...