There have been a dozen other Triple Crown winners, but there is a reason Secretariat's name remains the standard of excellence in horse racing. MORE: Horses, odds, expert picks & more for 2023 ...

Secretariat's story has been told again and again, and he is still considered by many to be the greatest horse to ever set foot on a racetrack. As a stallion, however, he rarely received the ...

Trained by Hall of Famer Lucien Laurin and ridden primarily by Hall of Famer Ron Turcotte, Secretariat won the Eclipse Awards for Horse of the Year and Champion 2-Year-Old Male in 1972.