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[swordmage]

In honor of Saturday, I give you all this. (Not rooting for Big Brown, for several reasons.)

It's the 1973 Belmont. Secretariat, who honestly was one of the best horses of all time, in a race that still leaves me in awe.

If you're going to retire them young, I won't argue as much if they're this good. Eventually, I'll pick up the photo of that stretch run.

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[american-knight.livejournal.com]

They stop winning...they start getting cooked. *-(

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

Something that is in no way helped by the current rise in foals coupled with a lessening fanbase for the sport, and therefore a decline in races, purses, etc.

(Which makes me sad, as some of my best memories involve horse racing - namely at Saratoga in Upstate NY. They're closing Golden Gate Fields in SF. My dad took me there in a baby carrier.)