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54. That Was An Easy One

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:34 PM

Apr 10

I was in my 3rd year of HS at the time and we had a priest (Geometry teacher) that had spent several 8years teaching at the Carmelite school in Louisville.
He knew all the racing folks and got us interested.
I remember watching the Belmont and there was a long period in the stretch run where Secretariat was the only horse in the camera frame, he was so far ahead.
It would be like a human winning the 1,500 meter at the Olympics by 150 yards.
Stunning!

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