First Marlboro Cup and the Big Red Machine
If you like intrigue based on the uncertainty surrounding a major star you should have around for the inaugural running of the Marlboro Cup in 1973.
Keyword: Secretariat
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Penny Chenery Tribute
Remembering Penny Chenery from our latest issue of the magazine. Downloadable for free. Additional content included.
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What's Going On Here: Life After Secretariat
Penny Chenery gave us much more than a great ride with Big Red
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One Final Party For Penny and a Fond Farewell
Steve Haskin shares fond memories of Penny Chenery and Secretariat.
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ABR's Pedulla: Chenery Inspired Young Women
Chenery understood her place in racing history as the breeder and owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat. She was understandably proud of that.
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Penny Chenery, First Lady of Racing, Dies at 95
Owner of Secretariat, who was also an important ambassador to the sport of horse racing, died Sept. 16.
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It Takes Only One
The hypothesis here is that there has never been a horse bred in North America that has achieved greater influence as a broodmare sire of line-founding stallions than the son of Bold Ruler (Nasrullah—Miss Disco, by Discovery).
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Buy A Piece Of Secretariat, Dr. Fager, Arts and Letters
Why spend a million dollars on an untried yearling when you can buy a piece of history? We're not talking just any piece of history, but items that represent three superstars of The Turf, Secretariat, Dr. Fager, and Arts and Letters.
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Can Arrogate Make Us Forget Del Mar Debacle?
Because it is futile to dwell on something we most likely will never get to the bottom of, we can only look ahead and wonder if there is anything Arrogate can do to restore his reputation.
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Sanford Adds Another Chapter to Rich History Saturday
It's a fitting spot on the racing calendar since the promise of freshman runners earning their oats at the Spa captures the fancy of breeders, owners, trainers, and of course, racing fans.
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Secretariat Photo Album
I have posted photos of Secretariat over the years, but never all of them in one place. I figured it was time to put all these photos together in a single blog, just to have them archived and easily accessible.
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Secretariat Still Omnipresent After 44 Years
Despite the emergence of numerous equine superstars and three more Triple Crown winners, Secretariat is still the gift that keeps giving. More than four decades later, his name still is part of our vernacular and in many ways of our culture.
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Boy, Have I Got a Travers Bomb For You
Could it be that we actually saw the Travers winner, or at least a major threat in the Midsummer Derby, compete on Saturday?
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New Audi Commercial Features Secretariat
Forty-four years after setting records and dominating the 1973 Triple Crown, Secretariat's enduring appeal as an American icon will be evident this week with the debut of the latest Audi commercial.
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NYRA Stakes Change: From a King to a Chief
Of all the stakes to change to the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial, none would have made the Hall of Fame trainer happier than the King's Bishop.
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Derby Wins of the Triple Crown Victors: Secretariat
A BloodHorse Magazine recap of the Kentucky Derby won by Secretariat that ran in the May 14, 1973 issue. The story, written by Edward L. Bowen, carried the headline, "Resumption of a Legend."
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BH 100: Leading Sires: Part I
Nasrullah and his son, Bold Ruler, dominated the sire list for nearly 20 years
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California Chrome Earns Second Vox Populi
California Chrome, the 5-year-old chestnut champion whose stellar season catapulted him to be North American racing's all-time leading earner, has been selected to receive the 2016 Secretariat Vox Populi, or "Voice of the People," Award.
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Memories of Sham Rekindled With New Book
With Sham sort of back in the spotlight again, I went back to a 2009 column I wrote on the colt and felt enough years had passed to re-work and re-edit it by adding new material and tell his story once again even more comprehensively.
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The Week in Photos for 8/16/2016
Arlington Million, Beverly D., Secretariat, Best Pal, American St. Leger, Pucker Up, Saratoga Special, Rancho Bernardo Handicap and more.
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Ron Turcotte To Sign Autographs in Saratoga
Turcotte will sign limited edition prints of himself aboard Secretariat. The cost of the prints is $40 for museum members and $50 for non-museum members.
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BH 100: A Mighty Pair
The careers of two Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association presidents were related via the roles they played in the training career of one Lucien Laurin.
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PDJF Derby Day Fundraiser Raised Over $40,000
The May 7 silent auction at dozens of U.S. tracks featured framed, autographed photos of Secretariat and American Pharoah.
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Art Auction to Benefit Bright Futures Farm
Fast Market was a stakes winner in Canada, and resides at Bright Futures Farm in Pennsylvania, which provides reschooling and retirement, primarily for Thoroughbreds. The auction will benefit Bright Futures Farm.
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R.A.C.E. Fund to Hold Online Auction
The auction offers horseshoes worn by Afleet Alex and First Samurai, a VIP Three Chimneys tour, and autographed race photos. All proceeds help with the mission of racehorse retirement and rescue.
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Nationwide Silent Auction to Benefit PDJF
Twenty-nine tracks will auction signed photographs of American Pharoah and Secretariat on Derby Day.
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Legends: The Woman Who Saved Meadow Stable
Her insistence to run the farm while her father's health failed instead of sell gave Meadow Stable the ride of a lifetime with Riva Ridge and his younger stablemate, Secretariat.
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Writer, Author Haun Dies at 70
Turf writer and lifelong pedigree enthusiast Marianna Haun, who developed a theory connecting Thoroughbred heart size to the X chromosome, died Feb. 12 after a lengthy illness.
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Archival Celebration of Penny's 94th Birthday
I am reprinting the following two columns to celebrate Penny Chenery's 94th birthday today.
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POLL: Rank the Triple Crown Winners
Who had the most impressive performances? Who prevailed over the toughest fields? Look for the results in the upcoming special Year-in-Review Dec. 26/Jan. 2 double issue of Blood-Horse.
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2015 Vox Populi Award to American Pharoah
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has been selected to receive the 2015 Secretariat Vox Populi, or "Voice of the People," Award.
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American Pharoah Can Add to Legacy in Classic
When it's all said and done, American Pharoah will be known as a Triple Crown winner -- those three words say it all -- but make no mistake, a victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) would add to that legacy.
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Pedigree Analysis: Ben's Cat
Sired by half brothers and out of full sisters, Ah Day and Ben's Cat share three of their four grandparents, and the differences between them may have a lot to do with that quarter they don't share.
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Chenery Responds to 'Secretariat' Reference
When asked during the Sept. 16 Republican debate on CNN, primary candidate Carly Fiorina told a national audience that if elected president her Secret Service code name would be "Secretariat".
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Secretariat Shapes World's Largest Horseshoe
One of his race-worn shoes was the inspiration in the collaborative effort by the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Secretariat Festival, and Secretariat.com to create the world's largest horseshoe.
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Whistling Past the Graveyard
American Pharoah's fall adds to the mystique of the Spa.
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Attempt Made for World's Largest Horseshoe
The Kentucky Derby Museum, the 2015 Secretariat Festival, and Secretariat.com have formally applied to Guinness World Records for the world's largest horseshoe.
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Secretariat's Cautionary Tale
Chenery's lessons could benefit 'Pharoah'
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14 Pre-Entered for Arlington Million
There are 33 horses pre-entered for Arlington International Racecourse's trio of grade I events for the International Racing Festival Aug. 15, including 14 for the marquee event, the Arlington Million (gr. IT).
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What's Going On Here: Taming Laminitis
Progress is being made in solving this terrible puzzle.
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Triple Crown Connections
Triple Crown winner War Admiral's name appears eight times in American Pharoah's pedigree.
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First Start Back After a Triple Crown
If American Pharoah's connections stick to the current plan of returning to the races Aug. 1 or 2, it would be a similarly timed schedule to the most recent Triple Crown winner, Affirmed in 1978.
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No Fast Track to Hall for American Pharoah
American Pharoah fans looking to make the trip to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for his anticipated Racing Hall of Fame induction will have some time to make those plans.
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Interactive: Triple Crown Winners
Click on a Triple Crown winner to read from the historical pages of Blood-Horse.
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Triple Crown Winners
Relive the exciting campaigns of all the Triple Crown champions with photos, retrospectives, and on-site accounts of their Belmont Stakes (gr. I) victories from the pages of The Blood-Horse.
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Secretariat's Birthplace Named 'Historic'
The birthplace of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, located in The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County, was named to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service.
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Winning Crown Connections Feel It's Time
Connections of Triple Crown winners Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed discuss the Triple Crown chances of two-time classic winner American Pharoah.
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Why I Want a Triple Crown Winner
The longer we go without a Triple Crown winner, the more embedded I become in a dubious fraternity; one whose membership requires only a single qualification â€" you have to be old.
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Game as Dick Tracy: The Summer Squall Story
On the 25th anniversary of their plucky colt’s Preakness Stakes (gr. I) win, Dogwood Stable’s Cot Campbell recalls the thrilling highs and gut-wrenching lows of campaigning a top 3-year-old along the 1990 Triple Crown trail.
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Hall of Fame Trainer Jerkens Dies at 85
Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, 85, died March 18 in Aventura, Fla. He had been hospitalized for several weeks with an infection.
