![]() Rafael Nadal to reveal French Open plans Thursday sidelined by hip injury since January “It says he was beautifully prepared for each of those races, and his competition was not as good as he was,” said Dave Johnson, track announcer for the 1973 Belmont in which Secretariat won by an astounding 31 lengths. Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand, and ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought. “I still ask strangers, ‘Who’s the best horse you ever heard of?’ and I’m hoping they say Pharoah. “He’s still the bar to me,” said Bob Baffert, who trained Triple Crown winners American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. ![]() His name recognition, even among those who don’t follow sports, is still strong 34 years after his death, and eight of his descendants will run in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, including early 3-1 favorite Forte. ![]() The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such dominance on and off the track replicated. Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago.
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