SECRETARIAT (2010) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

Enjoy our reaction as we watch "Secretariat" for the first time!

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00:00 - Intro
03:07 - Reaction
41:55 - Review

[aaronkirby]

Fun fact, the main horse they used in the movie is Secretariat's great great grandson, Trolley Boy.

[glockensig]

"Secretariat is widening now!! He's moving like a tremendous machine!!" One of the most memorable calls in sports history!

[ColtonSteiner]

What's amazing is that in the 50 years since Secretariat raced, no one has beaten ANY of his times at all three tracks. His win of 31 lengths actually was called 25 at the time and was remeasured to 31, a record that will NEVER be broken. I adore the racing aspect of this movie because it just blows me away every time. He ALWAYS started in the back and then shocked everyone in the Belmont when he just kept running faster and faster.

When he passed, they discovered that his heart was 3x the size of a normal horse. Literally had the heart of a champion.

[leonardcharley]

I remember when Secrtariat died. There were dedicated news programs. I was young and had no idea why this horse was special. My father explained it to me. He was not into racing but he respected great athletes. He explained that this was one of god’s true gift to the world being taken and returning home.

[matthewvade]

At the turn of the century, ESPN did a countdown of the top 100 athletes of the 1900's. Secretariat was the only non-human on the list at number 35. Had his own hour long special on ESPN that's worth checking out on YouTube. It's listed under ESPN Sport Century - Secretariat. Without the commercials, it's only about 40 minutes long and well worth your time. It does a great job of not only showing how impressive he was as an athlete, but just how much he meant to the fans, many of whom didn't care about horse racing at all until Secretariat came along.

[ElsinoreRacer]

I grew up on a horse farm, and was in my teens for Secretariat's Triple Crown. After the 1st race, most folks I knew assumed the Triple Crown. There are a lot of strategies to run a race, most centering around sprint and hold, or constancy of effort with a finish kick. But no one's strategy is to build pace all race because you just can't do it. But Secretariat DID. Once you saw when you witnessed him do a thing horses cannot do (build pace with each quarter), why would you think he would stop doing it? I was at an auction, and the settled scuttlebutt was something to the effect of, "No mere horse is going to beat Secretariat;" as if he wasn't a horse. And in his way, he wasn't. Has there ever been such an outlier freak of nature in the athletic sense like Secretariat? Never. It's a hell of a thing.

[brianbraswell]

During the run to the Triple Crown, in the Kentucky Derby, Secretariat ran each of the quarter miles faster than the one before - the horse was literally accelerating all the way around the track. In the Preakness, he went from dead last to first in about 300 yards - watch the documentary people have mentioned - it really does it justice - the other horses look like they're going backwards. Then in the Belmont he won by 31 lengths. 31 lengths.

[githerax]

One of the books I read about Secretariat, Jockey Turncotte explained that he could feel Secretariat shift into gear. The horse would start slow because it didn't have the stride, but when he shifted, no other horse in history was as fast, not even close.

That's part of what made him a miracle. He broke the meta of the horserace. See, the distances that are selected for these races, 1 miles or 1.5 miles or whatever, are designed to test the best a horse can do- accelerate, reach a peak speed, sustain, and right when a typical champion horse runs out of steam, end the race because there's nothing more to gain. You can diagram a horse's performance with a chart that climbs, levels off, then declines, and you train the horse and jockey for the decline to be right after the finish line.

But note Secretariat's quarter-mile times for the first Triple Crown race, the Kentucky Derby: 25 1/5 seconds, 24, 23 4/5, 23 2/5, 23. Every quarter mile was faster than the last. He accelerated through the whole race.

The last race, the Belmont, was another miracle. You asked 'how much is the horse and how much is the jockey?' Well normally a jockey steers a bit to give the horse room *if the horse is ready to run*, or tap the horse with the crop to shift gears. These can be crucial elements in sustaining a horse's endurance and conserving energy for an effective run. But with the Belmont, Turncotte said "This horse really paced himself. He is smart...*I never pushed him.*" The horse decided to smash the record. And his endurance, which everyone was afraid he'd lose? “I still had a lot of horse when I passed the wire, ” Turcotte said. “He was not tired.”

[rollmops]

​​"Hidalgo" is a mustang racing in Arabia and the cowboy is Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif is also in this movie

[michaelbusacker]

I'm from Germany and saw the Triple Crown Races when they where life shown on AFN (American Forces Network) for the Ammerican troops that where stationed in Germany at that time and still are. One aspect You seem all to miss out on is the Fact that Ron Turcotte never used his whip in any of the Triple Crown Races with Secretariat and any other race he rode on Secretariat, while the other jockeys used it in a manner which almost seems redicules. That says a lot about Ron Turcotte and especialy Secretariat no other horse ever had the will to win a race like Secretariat did particularly in the Triple Crown Races he showed them all what he was made of and the incredible intention to win the Triple Crown Reces with an exclamation mark in every one of those races and by far the most unbelievable performance in the Belmont Stakes which lasts over 50 years and will last for ever. May the memory of Your breath taking and awe inspiring performance last in all eternity SECRETARIAT!!!

[calbert]

Sham finished 2nd in the Derby to Secretariat, but the amazing part is that Sham's time is STILL the 2nd fastest Derby ever. He would have beaten every other horse to ever run the race.

[livingandthriving]

As a diehard equestrian, I adore this movie. I don't follow racing but this is really well done and captures the feel of the horse world pretty well. And they did a really good job of recreating that final race (I've seen the footage and this is pretty darn close).
If you're interested in seeing more horse movies, I highly recommend Black Beauty. It is a truly gorgeous film and it WILL punch you in the feels.

[DanielFrost]

Secretariat's domination of the 1973 Belmont Stakes will always defy belief. Possibly the most dominating performance in the history of sport. Still gives me chills.

[tmann]

I grew up with horses.I was 11 years old and the first poster of an "athlete" I had on my wall was "Secretariet."
My parents loved him. We had quarter horses and Secretariet was built like one.He was like a muscular sprinter, winning long-distance races. My mom openly weeped, and (though he denied it forever) it was the first time I saw my dad shed a tear as we all cheered wildly when he won "The Triple Crown."

[jsharp]

Secretariat was absolutely UNREAL. I was 8 years old when he won the Triple Crown. It was all anyone talked about for a week. I drew pictures of him all the time. His achievement at Belmont is still considered one of the greatest miracles of modern sports.

[vzvicstar]

The Black Stallion is a MUST WATCH if you like horse racing movies. It is amazing. Probably the best horse movie ever. The cinematography is unmatched.

[batmanforpresident]

Fun facts:
Secretariat won the "triple crown" of horseracing (The Belmont Stakes, The Preakness Stakes, and The Kentucky Derby) in 1973, and TO THIS DAY holds the fastest time in ALL 3 of the races.
He is the only animal to be named one of the top 100 athletes of all-time

[davidparkerguitar]

John Malkovich, who played the "Superfly" trainer, is the same guy who creeped you out as the assassin in "In the Line of Fire." The man has range!

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Secretariat is the first to appear on the cover of TIME, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated in the same week.

[Cassimfan]

I love you two being like 'you're good, you can slow down' during the Belmont. In that race Ronnie was basically a decoration. Secretariat decided he was going to run and that was that. His jockey was just along for the ride.