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 ...

On the same day that Pretty Mischievous wins the Kentucky Oaks, several hundred people travel to remember another special horse. Claiborne Farm officials say they had a waiting list of more than 300 ...

Fifty years ago today, announcer Chic Anderson famously described Secretariat as “moving like a tremendous machine” as the colt ran to a 31-length victory in the Belmont Stakes. The victory on June 9, ...

it was 25 years ago that the great Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, becoming the first and still the only horse to win the Derby in under two minutes. Big Red followed his Derby triumph with ...

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such ...

They are the keepers of the legend, the tellers of the tale. Four men, one woman. One living, four gone. It has been 50 years since Secretariat won the Triple Crown (the first in 25 years at the time; ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — This Saturday will be “Secretariat Day” in Ashland, with a bronze statue honoring the famous racehorse to receive its long-awaited dedication ceremony. The monument will ...

Ron Turcotte always made time for Secretariat. "I used to say, 'Good morning' to him — grab his tongue, go up and down and say, 'Good morning,'" Turcotte told The Courier Journal. "He just stuck his ...

Secretariat Day will be held in Ashland, Virginia on March 30 to celebrate the champion racehorse's birthday. The event will feature live music, food trucks, and a showing of Disney's "Secretariat" ...

Photo of 1973 print by Rebecca J. Barnabi. The racing horse jockey who rode Virginia-born legend Secretariat into history has died. Turcotte spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after ...