“those stupid sonofabitches paid $36 million for that horse”

Happy Big Brown Syndication Sheik-dication Day everybody and remember to drink your Big Brown Kool Aid today (it will numb you and make the news easier to take).
Yes it’s the big payday for IEAH, they took the gamble and it paid off and since Sheik Mohammed missed getting the colt last fall, what are the [...]

Secretariat Eclipse Award Tribute

Dingerz at YouTube posted this a few months ago and I had never seen and I have to admit I got a little bleary-eyed watching it, even though the Richard Marx soundtrack is pretty schmaltzy.
It includes rare footage of Secretariat’s third place finish in the 1973 Wood Memorial which as all Secretariat fans [...]

The Original Steviewonderboy

In November of 1972 Secretariat had sown up the two-year old championship with wins in the Champagne (he was disqualified in favor of Stop the Music).
In the Champagne, Secretariat was first under the wire, as expected, but was disqualified and placed second for bumping Stop the Music. The decision shocked the crowd, as well as [...]

Before the Breeders Cup There Was The Marlboro Cup

Just another of those great videos from those halcyon days of the 1970’s. The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was first run in September of 1973 at Belmont Park. The popularity of Secretariat was such that CBS television agreed to broadcast the race nationally. Originally conceived as a match race with stable mate [...]