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I was 8 years old that spring. I knew nothing about racing then, my mother, GOD rest her soul made me sit down and watch the KD.
She was a avid sports fan, especially baseball as her parents worked closely with the Phillies organization during spring training in Clearwater, Fl.. She just had the eye for greatness and saw something early in Secretariat in the Hopeful Stakes.
As he ran I did not understand the effect he had until after the race when it was announce that he had ran each of the preceding 1/4 miles faster than the previous one.
It had been 25 years since Citation had won the Triple Crown in 1948 and many, including her had concluded it could not be done. After this race though she conceded to me that she had just seen the greatest performance by a racehorse in history, as both Sham and Secretariat had broken the track record.
She could have not been more wrong.
She was a avid sports fan, especially baseball as her parents worked closely with the Phillies organization during spring training in Clearwater, Fl.. She just had the eye for greatness and saw something early in Secretariat in the Hopeful Stakes.
As he ran I did not understand the effect he had until after the race when it was announce that he had ran each of the preceding 1/4 miles faster than the previous one.
It had been 25 years since Citation had won the Triple Crown in 1948 and many, including her had concluded it could not be done. After this race though she conceded to me that she had just seen the greatest performance by a racehorse in history, as both Sham and Secretariat had broken the track record.
She could have not been more wrong.
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