In the Year of '73
Book Of Job
Chapter 39
Verse 19-21,24
19. Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20. Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
21. It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
24. In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
Kentucky Derby (New Track Record)
Preakness Stakes (New Track Record)
Belmont Stakes (New World Record)
In the autumn of '69 the flip of a coin marked by time. A racing legend was born March 30, 1970 at The Meadow in Doswell, VA. With three white soaks Big Red was destined to run in the year of '73. With the war in Vietnam at an end, America the strong found hope again in the Super Horse that won the Triple Crown in the year of '73. Secretariat was retired after the stallions last race on October 28, 1973. The thunder days were at an end, the Big Red horse would never race again. A magical ride with pure heart a glide as Secretariat pranced in the Meadows at Claiborne Farms Paris, Kentucky. Sixteen years would pass, the Big Red horse in glory past, was laid to rest on October 4, 1989. The wonder year of Secretariat winning the Triple Crown will always be frozen in time in the year of '73.
Copyright © David Cathey | Year Posted 2016
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