Secretariat
Timothy T. Capps

Now in Paperback!

Pub Date: January 2007

Nearly 35 years after his amazing Triple Crown sweep, Secretariat remains the burnished icon that captured the public’s imagination like no other horse. His chestnut coat glistening and his powerful muscles rippling, Secretariat stormed home by an astounding 31 lengths to win the 1973 Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown as thousands of fans watched in awe. The most charismatic horse of the modern era, Secretariat graced the covers of Time and Newsweek and galvanized a public weary of Watergate and the Vietnam War. Syndicated for stallion duty for a then-record $6,080,000, Secretariat was retired after his three-year-old season to Claiborne Farm. His death in 1989 from laminitis stunned his adoring public, who continue to visit his grave.

Author Timothy T. Capps tells the riveting story of Secretariat from the champion’s birth at Meadow Stable in Virginia and his tutelage under renowned trainer Lucien Laurin, to his great victories with jockey Ron Turcotte and his life after the racetrack. Capps, who also wrote the Thoroughbred Legends books, Spectacular Bid and Affirmed and Alydar, resides in Columbia, Md., near Baltimore.

Softcover
6 x 8
224 pages
16-page b/w photo well
Thoroughbred Legends
Product #B11-2119
List Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-58150-152-0