Todd Pletcher has won more than 5,500 races in his extraordinary training career. One stands out above the rest. That would be the 2007 Belmont Stakes, when big-hearted Rags to Riches became only the third filly to win the famed “Test of the Champion” and the first since Tanya in 1905.
Tag: Legends
Spectacular Second Jewel for Secretariat Featured a Car Crash, a Trio of Nuns, and a Surprising Move
It’s a good thing the connections of Secretariat had their confidence built up by their star’s performance in winning the Kentucky Derby, because they needed every bit of it to fend off the demons and bad omens that swirled around the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, May 19, 1973.
Rachel Alexandra: A Superstar Filly for the Ages
Dolph Morrison bred Rachel Alexandra but was so unimpressed in the early stages of her development that he twice contemplated selling her.
Before the Legend: Remembering Secretariat’s Magical 1973 Season
Live long enough, and you may see a legend form before your eyes. Deserving immortality, yet also simplified from the reality you knew.
