It was a good thing that before the results of the summer races at Saratoga Race Course executives with the Phillip Morris tobacco company decided to put up $250,000 to sponsor a race at Belmont Park.

March 30 will be a monumental day for Ashland, Virginia, as the town has proclaimed it “Secretariat Day” to celebrate the birthday of the legendary Triple Crown champion. The date will also mark the ...

Secretariat's human connections had failed him by making a last-minute decision to run in the Sept. 29 Woodward Stakes (G1) without the proper prep work, but it did not take long for the Bold Ruler ...

Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the 151st Kentucky Derby to be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. If records are made to ...

The year was 1973. The Watergate scandal began to destroy Richard Nixon, Vietnam withdrawal was on the immediate horizon and America needed a win — anywhere it could find one. America desperately ...

If records are made to be broken, then Secretariat is a spectacular exception to the rule. It has been 52 years since the 1973 Kentucky Derby winner accomplished record times in all three Triple Crown ...