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underpants

(192,412 posts) Sat May 3, 2025, 12:17 PM May 2025

🏇 every horse in today's Kentucky Derby is descended from Secretariat

There's actually not a horse in this year's field that doesn't trace back to Secretariat.

That's right: According to the Louisville Courier Journal, every horse running in the 151st Kentucky Derby has descended from Secretariat.

Given that it's about six generations down the line, the Courier Journal writes that it's not shocking for such lineage to exist.

Secretariat, as the legendary racehorse he was, was heavily desired as a potential sire. In all, he's known to have sired more than 660 foals.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/horse-racing/news/secretariat-related-every-horse-kentucky-derby-field/f9857e2dad1881077892f639

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🏇 every horse in today's Kentucky Derby is descended from Secretariat (Original Post) underpants May 2025 OP

Interesting Bayard May 2025 #1

This race is incest. /nt bucolic_frolic May 2025 #2

Wow.....Secretariat, he was just a freaking horse. Won't be another like him for a long, long time. a kennedy May 2025 #3

And every horse in the race is a victim of abuse NoRethugFriends May 2025 #4

Musk and eugenics come to mind stillcool May 2025 #5

Arguably, the greatest athlete ever! Tarzanrock May 2025 #6

Gimme a long shot True Dough May 2025 #7

AND HE'S A GRAY!!!!!! a kennedy May 2025 #8

We're going Sandman and Chunk of Gold. underpants May 2025 #9

👍 underpants May 2025 #10

Secretariat was an outstanding broodmare sire... twogunsid Jul 4 #11

Bayard

(26,667 posts)

1. Interesting

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:21 PM

May 2025

He sired a lot of foals, but just about all of them had less than stellar racing careers.

bucolic_frolic

(52,074 posts)

2. This race is incest. /nt

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:23 PM

May 2025

a kennedy

(34,217 posts)

3. Wow.....Secretariat, he was just a freaking horse. Won't be another like him for a long, long time.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:24 PM

May 2025

NoRethugFriends

(3,480 posts)

4. And every horse in the race is a victim of abuse

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:27 PM

May 2025

In this "sport of "kings"

stillcool

(34,407 posts)

5. Musk and eugenics come to mind

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:34 PM

May 2025

Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)

6. Arguably, the greatest athlete ever!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 04:05 PM

May 2025

Secretariat's record-breaking 1973 Kentucky Derby run (FULL RACE) | NBC Sports

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 races, records that remain standing to this day.

True Dough

(24,095 posts)

7. Gimme a long shot

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 06:05 PM

May 2025

Final Gambit for the win!

a kennedy

(34,217 posts)

8. AND HE'S A GRAY!!!!!!

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Sat May 3, 2025, 06:44 PM

May 2025

underpants

(192,412 posts)

9. We're going Sandman and Chunk of Gold.

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #8)

Sat May 3, 2025, 07:00 PM

May 2025

We like the silks.

Chunk was bought for $2,500

underpants

(192,412 posts)

10. 👍

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Sat May 3, 2025, 07:02 PM

May 2025

We're going Sandman and Chunk of Gold.

We like the silks.

Chunk was bought for $2,500

twogunsid

(1,637 posts)

11. Secretariat was an outstanding broodmare sire...

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 11:12 PM

Jul 4

...although he was never a sire of sires. And he never reproduced himself so he was considered a disappointment at stud. His daughters, Weekend Surprise and Terlingua, foaled two of the greatest sires in history, AP Indy and Storm Cat. And that is why he is in every pedigree of every starter in the Derby.

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