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appmanga

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9. It was one of the greatest athletic feats I've witnessed...

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:49 PM

12 hrs ago

...and as someone else said, it still gives me goosebumps to see it. "Big Red" was "The People's Horse" and if The Beatles were a racehorse, they would have been Secretariat, that's how popular he was. He was also physically beautiful. An amazing athlete.

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SECRETARIAT's Belmont Stakes RUN Defies All Logic [View all] catbyte 17 hrs ago OP

It is always spellbinding; my eyes well up with emotion every time I watch biophile 17 hrs ago #1

It was quite a run bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #2

He's running like a tremendous machine! mobeau69 16 hrs ago #7

I get goosebumps every time I see it. kozar 16 hrs ago #3

Absolutely amazing, can never get sick of it....... a kennedy 16 hrs ago #4

A once in a life time horse.... Bayard 16 hrs ago #5

I remember jumping up and down in my living room and moniss 16 hrs ago #6

I have watched this more times than I can count yet I am still amazed by this run. LoisB 15 hrs ago #8

It was one of the greatest athletic feats I've witnessed... appmanga 12 hrs ago #9