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Article by Jay Hovdey: America’s top turf writer recalls a hugely popular sprinter who ran in five consecutive Breeders’ Cups, winning in 2000 at the climax of an amazing championship season
Article by Steve Dennis: After a shock defeat in the Wood Memorial, Secretariat faced his date with destiny in the first leg of the Triple Crown at Churchill Downs – as Steve Dennis recalls in the fourth instalment of his series detailing the legendary colt’s 1973 campaign race-by-race
Fifty years ago, the hottest topic in racing, as well as the subject of numerous comments and rumors from Las Vegas odds-maker Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder, was Secretariat, the son of 1957 Horse of the Year Bold Ruler who had been named the 1972 Horse of the Year following his sterling juvenile campaign.
If there were an award for “inbred of the week,” it should go to Clairiere, who carries a plethora of inbreeding. In particular, she is inbred to a couple of sires that some commentators have declared as negative influences for inbreeding. The closest of these is Mr. Prospector (by Raise a Native), who’s in the pedigree of the Grade 1 Apple Blossom winner 3x6x4, in descending order from her male line.