He Still Holds The Crown
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
Boise, Idaho
March 26, 2022 10:47pm CST
Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973 and still holds it to this day. He averaged 37.7 mph in the Triple Crown races which were enough to set a new record in each of the three races. He won The Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. He also holds another crown. As being the only sports celebrity to be featured on the covers of three prominent weekly national magazines. Those were: Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and, TIME.
This was unprecedented for any sports figure and he still holds that record.
Secretariat is said to be one of the greatest racehorses of all time and is the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown.
Do you watch the Triple Crown(Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes) starting in May? I think it is the one and only sports event I do watch.
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@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
27 Mar 22
Not to take away from Secretariat but Joe Namath was on all three covers in 1972 and several other athletes have accomplished it too.
I remember watching those races on TV. I believe Secretariat was one of the greatest racehorses ever.
I don't really watch anymore. I will read about the Triple Crown but it doesn't have the same appeal to me as it once did.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 22
Interesting.
I watched them too. Even bet on it and made a good sum.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar 22
@Vikingswest1 ........We used to have a race track here and did some betting.
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@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
27 Mar 22
@celticeagle
I was 11 at the time but remember it like yesterday.
It was nice you cashed in. I was too young to bet lol.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
27 Mar 22
I live less than five miles from the track. I don’t watch the Derby, I get out of town for it!!! 
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 Mar 22
My grandfather liked to watch the races on TV, and according to my older sister, that's why he was buried out by Woodbine (Toronto horse race place).
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Mar 22
@celticeagle It's probably not true. But most of my family is planted out there.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 22
I don't watch them much anymore either. Not sure why either. Have lost interest in so many things.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar 22
I guess I just take it for granted most know what "Triple Crown" means.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
28 Mar 22
@celticeagle I had no idea what "Triple Crown" means and I sure that most Europeans are like me, no idea what this means.
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