LINEAGE OF SECRETARIAT

Can you just imagine being Ron Turcotte and riding BIG RED to victory in the Belmont Stakes? Sitting atop of this magnificent racehorse, 31 lengths in front of the second-place horse! Incredible! Masterful..

               (4) Secretariat - Triple Crown Races - High Quality (Rare Footage) - YouTube  

Thank you to the individual who recreated this photo. Excellent portrayal of BIG RED! I really don't believe there will be another racehorse like him. Thank you, Lucien Laurin!

So, Secretariat sired to 662 thoroughbred mares directly- his success wasn't that great. But it's the offspring (well into the thousands); where BIG Red shined! At a 37% success rate (as a grandpa; great-grandpa; and great-great grandpa!) That's fantastic! More than a few millionaires and many Grade I Winners! Believe me, I've checked and the lines are just incredible. More than a few daughters down the line, have sired many, many Grade I Winners!

Secretariat's lineage takes us way back to: French-bred "Robert LeDiable" and the super sire mare of 1868 "Lady Langdom" (out of Danehill & Winning Hit!) Who sired 18 Grade I Winners in twenty-years! And those stallions: Catnip 1910; Malva 1919; Mumtaz Begum 1932; Nearco 1935; Nasrullah of 1940; his sire "Bold Ruler 1954;"and the dam "Something Royal 1952." All toll, 259 down his line; Grade I Winners- since 1868! Secretariat's daughter- "Lady's Secret" has the same lineage! 

Catnip of 1910 won several Stakes races; Malva (New Zealand) mare sired seven Grade I Winners to four countries. Mumtaz Begum (Ireland) mare stood at Sheshoon Stud and sired nine Grade I Winners in Ireland. Nearco was the leading sire in 1947, 1948, 1955, 1956 in Great Britain and Ireland! Nasrullah was the leading sire in America: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and also in 1962. 

Measurements of Secretariat: At age of 2 in (October; both years) At age of 2 & 3 Height (at withers) 16 3⁄4 hands (64.75 inches, 164 cm) 16.1 1⁄2 hands (65.5 inches, 166 cm) Point of shoulder to point of shoulder (chest width) 16 inches (41 cm) 16.5 inches (42 cm) Girth (around center of gravity) 74 inches (188 cm) 76 inches (193 cm) Withers to point of shoulder 28 inches (71 cm) 28.5 inches (72 cm) Elbow to ground (length of leg) 37.5 inches (95 cm)38.5 inches (98 cm) Point of shoulder to point of hip 46 inches (117 cm) 49 inches (124 cm) Point of hip to point of hip 25 inches (64 cm) 26 inches (66 cm) Point of hip to hock 40 inches (100 cm) 40 inches (100 cm) Point of hip to buttock 24 inches (61 cm) 24 inches (61 cm) Poll to withers (neck length) 40 inches (100 cm) 40 inches (100 cm) Buttock (croup) to ground (height in rear) 53.5 inches (136 cm) 55.5 inches (141 cm) Point of shoulder to point of buttock (body length) 68 inches (173 cm) 69.5 inches (177 cm) Circumference of cannon- under knee 8.25 inches (21.0 cm) 8.5 inches (22 cm). We will discuss this in-depth during classroom instruction. 

We also will go over many of the great trainers in this industry: Bob Baffert; Laz Berrera; Todd Pletcher; D Wayne Lucas; Jim Fitzsimmons; Charlie Whittingham; Henry Cecil; and Ted Walsh; Richard E Detrow, Sr.; Steve Asmussen; William I Mott; Shug McGaughey; and many, many more outstanding trainers. During this classroom session, we will go over trainers who made the difference in many thoroughbreds that have raced and are racing.

All of the webpages are important. We will go over how to measure most of these fine thoroughbreds as we get into the body and each racehorse that YOU will OWN.