The last character in the piece was Coglianese, the former New York Racing Association track photographer who died last December at the age of 88, and is credited with taking the most famous photograph from the 1973 Belmont Stakes, a picture that was instantly iconic when first published and grew in stature as time pushed it further into the haze of the past, until it became almost mythic, and which will be explosively shared and published this week, half a century on from the greatest horse racing performance in history: The story, as we also like to say, holds up, and should hold up for a long time.Įxcept one part could be wrong altogether. With help, I got to the right people, collected strong quotes, added some literary flourishes and in general, didn’t mess up a good thing. Owner Penny (Tweedy) Chenery, jockey Ron Turcotte (the only one still living), race caller Chic Anderson, journalist Bill Nack, photographer Bob Coglianese. My device was to feature five people who, in various ways, both in life and beyond, had perpetuated the story of Secretariat’s 1973 season and Belmont.
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We writers love terms like device, because it purports to impose order on the process, as if we are software engineers or carpenters, meticulously building something, rather than typists, desperately trying to corral facts, ideas, quotes, transitions, word length, always right on the edge of losing control of the whole thing. To tell the story of Secretariat’s 50 th, I chose a narrative device. If you can find the right entry point, and you know your way around a keyboard, Big Red is storytelling gold. Olympic hockey team’s gold medal – the “The Miracle On Ice” – is in the same league for evoking a certain type of emotional response. As I wrote in the piece, only the 1980 U.S. Secretariat and his Belmont are cultural touchstones of stunning durability and power in modern American sports, almost bereft of negativity. The story was, as the writer says in Richard Ford’s The Sportswriter, “… the kind of story I enjoy…” A joyful story. Hit Show, 10-1, Manny Franco Angel of Empire, Flavien Prat, 7-2 Red Route One, Joel Rosario, 15-1.įour days before the running of last month’s Kentucky Derby, a story was posted on under my byline, commemorating the 50 th Anniversary of Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown, and more specifically, his climactic, 31-length victory in the Belmont Stakes in a time of two minutes, 24 seconds, still two seconds faster than any other thoroughbred has run the race. Tapit Shoes, Jose Ortiz, 20-1 Tapit Trice, Luis Saez, 3-1, Arcangelo, Javier Castellano, 8-1 National Treasure, 5-1, John Velazquez Il Miracolo, 30-1, Marcos Meneses Forte, 5-2, Irad Ortiz Jr. The Belmont field, in post position order, with jockeys and odds: The other four entries are listed at double-digit odds. He is trained by Jena Antonucci, who will try to become the first woman trainer to win the Belmont. 4 post.Īrcangelo is 8-1 and will break from the No. National Treasure, the Preakness winner trained by Bob Baffert, is 5-1. He finished third in the Derby and is one of three horses in the race trained by Brad Cox.
Mage, the Kentucky Derby winner, is skipping the Triple Crown finale after finishing third in the Preakness on May 20.Īngel of Empire is the third choice at 7-2. “We still think this is the best 3-year-old in the crop and he’s going to prove that.” He hasn’t missed any training,” said Mike Repole, co-owner of Forte. “He’s doing great, he’s training really well. He was on a vets’ list that kept him out of the Preakness, but has since come off it. 2 post.įorte was the early Derby favorite, but was scratched by Kentucky officials the morning of the May 6 race because of a bruised right foot. Pletcher’s other horse, Tapit Trice, is the 3-1 second choice and drew the No. 6 post in the nine-horse field at Belmont Park. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the colt will break from the No.
The colt, who was scratched the day of the Kentucky Derby, is the early favorite for the Belmont Stakes.įorte, last year’s 2-year-old champion, was made the slight 5-2 favorite for the grueling 1 1/2-mile race.
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Forte is finally getting a crack at running in a Triple Crown race.
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