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...twelve, bought his first race horse in 1957-that is, as soon as he was financially able-now he owns a stable of six. He once competed against Mrs. Tweedy, but his best horse lost by a head to Cicada, the famous mare of The Meadow...
...Bloodlines. What has made Secretariat a superhorse? His is a riches-to-riches story, a compound of good genes, good training and good luck. He has been particularly fortunate in his three human partners: Principal Owner Penny Tweedy, proprietress of The Meadow farm in Virginia, and her two French-Canadian colleagues, Trainer Lucien Laurin and Jockey Ron Turcotte (see box next page...
Still, science sometimes triumphs. In March of 1970, Somethingroyal dropped her foal by Bold Ruler at The Meadow. When Mrs. Tweedy visited the farm and saw the colt for the first time, she made a one-word entry in the notebook she keeps on her horses. The word...
Penny Tweedy was not keen on syndicating her wow horse. "I personally would prefer to race him as long as he stays sound," she says. But the family needed a lot of cash to pay estate taxes after her father, Christopher T. Chenery, utilities magnate and founder of Meadow Stable, died last January. The Secretariat bloodline was the most salable asset...
...rich and daring enough to own a horse worth as much as Secretariat. "My brother's an economist," says Mrs. Tweedy, "and it made him nervous to think of owning an asset worth $6,000,000 that depended on a single heart beat." So the deal was made. Meadow Stable can race Secretariat until Nov. 15, keeping any money he earns. After that he goes to a breeding farm in Kentucky to rest up from the racing wars and prepare for the mares he will court next spring...