Not even Secretariat's trainer Lucien Laurin was going around predicting his horse would win the 1973 Triple Crown.
Secretariat didn't have any problem with his feet, either.
Speaking of the Triple Crown, in another installment in a series of videos, former jockeys Jorge Velasquez (Alydar) and Steve Cauthen (Affirmed) talk about the 1978 Belmont Stakes, perhaps the greatest race of all time.
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Preakness.
Former jockeys Jorge Velasquez and Steve Cauthen remember the 1978 Preakness 30 years later.
For fun, here is the YouTube of the race:
For fun, here is the YouTube of the race:
To Celebrate Affirmed's
win of the 1978 Triple Crown, jockeys Jorge Velasquez and Steve Cauthen recall the great rivalry between the winner and Alydar.
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