The best way to describe the late Bill Nack’s passion for horse racing and his beloved Secretariat is to allow the master storyteller to do it himself. “Horses have a way of getting inside of you, and so it was that Secretariat became like a fifth child in our house, the older boy who was off at school and never around but who was as loved and true a part of the family as Muffin, our shaggy, epileptic dog,” he wrote.
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Fast Facts About the Preakness Stakes
On Oct. 3, the 145thPreakness Stakes at Pimlico will be the grand finale to the 2020 Triple Crown season – all three events celebrated by fans in their homes rather than at the track, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meet the 2020 Preakness Stakes Jockeys
By the time the horses enter the starting gate for the 145thPreakness Stakes Oct. 3, most racing fans will be keenly familiar with the field of racehorses for the 1 3/16-mile Triple Crown race at Pimlico Race Course. Often, the jockeys are a different story.
America’s Best Horses for Sept. 28
Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below. AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of Sept. 28
