Lenny Shulman

Jockey Ron Turcotte believes illness compromised Secretariat’s chances in the 1973 Whitney Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course.

BloodHorse Daily is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown season by tapping Lenny Shulman’s wonderful look back at each of his 1973 races on the calendar dates of those events.

Leroidesanimaux, who won eight consecutive races before finishing a game second in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) last month, has been retired to stud at Stonewall Farm near Versailles, Ky.

In both the horse business and politics, Jones was a maverick, an individualist who did things in his own way, with a long list of accomplishments in both fields. He shaped the industry, especially in Kentucky, on several fronts.

BloodHorse Daily is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown season by tapping Lenny Shulman’s wonderful look back at each of his 1973 races on the calendar dates of those events.

Fifty year ago: Nine days after a detour to the Woodward Stakes (G1) didn’t work out, Secretariat delivers a record-breaking performance in his turf debut in the Man o’War Stakes (G1T).

50 years ago: Before being retired to stallion duty at Claiborne Farm, Secretariat would run once more. Mulling over options, Penny Chenery Tweedy selected the Canadian International Championship Stakes (G2T) Oct. 28, 1973, at Woodbine.

In this installment of the BloodHorse Daily series, Top Priority, Racing’s Commitment to Equine Safety, the success and further potential of advanced imaging technology in preventing equine injuries is explored.

Jay Hanley has spent much of the past two decades as a Thoroughbred racehorse owner helping bring new people into the sport. Now, he is turning his attention toward educating others about the importance of aftercare.

Tommy Roberts, an ebullient entrepreneur whose innovations helped move the Thoroughbred industry forward over many decades, died Aug. 14 at his vacation home in North Carolina. He was 96. His longtime friend Joe Raucci confirmed Roberts' death.