The Horse God Built
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Nashua
Nasrullah
National Public Radio
Native Dancer
Negro League
New York Daily News
New York Times
Newsday
Newsweek
Nicklaus, Jack
Northern Dancer
Nusser, Susan
Ocala Training Center
Olin, Pedro
Onion
Ottawa Citizen
Our Native
outrider
owner(s)
exercise rider’s relationship to
grooms’ relationships with
hot walker’s relationship to
percentage of horse of
press corps distraction to
trainer and
Palmer, Joe
Patci, Joyce Embrey
Patterson, Sandi
Peahead. See Riva Ridge Peel, Joe
pension programs
percentage owners
Père Lachaise cemetery
Perry, Willie
Phipps, Ogden
Picavet, Christine
Pimlico Secretariat at
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
pipe-opener
Plimpton, George
Pons, Josh
Pony Club
Poole, George
Pratt, George
Preakness
press corp
Price, Sloan (“Duck Butter”)
Princequillo
“Profiles of Best Horses” (Hatton)
Prove Out
racetrack(s). See also Aqueduct; backstretch housing; backstretch society; backstretch workers; Belmont Park; Churchill Downs; Garden State; horse racing; Laurel; Pimlico; Saratoga; Thoroughbred horse(s); Woodbine attendance decline at
attraction of
daily Darwinism of
dawn observations at
language of
media horde at
race fans at
sordidness of
traffic laws of
racism
Red Ball Express. See Secretariat (“Big Red”)
Reeves, Richard Stone
Reno, Jim
Resseguet, William J., Jr.
retired racehorses
Riddle, Samuel D.
riding academy horses
Riggs, Joe, Jr.
Riggs, Joe, Sr.
Riva Ridge (“Peahead”)
first year purse of
as Kentucky Derby winner
last race of
Sweat’s relationship with
syndication of
Rivas, Mim Eichler
Robinson, Jackie
Robinson, Lawrence
Rock Hill Church
Rogers, Phyllis
Ross, Charlie
Rothmans International
Rower, Whitney
Rozelle, Pete
Ruffian
Sanford Stakes
Santa Anita Park, medical clinic
Saratoga
backstretch housing at
Secretariat’s races at
Saratoga’s Whitney Stakes, Secretariat’s loss at
Saroma Dark Fox Dali
The Saturday Evening Post
Scanlan, Wayne
Schefstad, Anthony J.
backstretch study by
Scooter
Seabiscuit
Seattle Slew
personality of
Wade’s relationship with
Secretariat (“Big Red”)
as “Athlete of the Year,”
autopsy findings on
birth/birthplace of
blinkers worn by
death/burial of
earnings of
exercise riders of
fans’ appreciation of
final race of
foal/colt grooms of
foaling shed of
food/feeding of
graceful running of
heart size of
homestretch charge of
as “Horse of the Year,”
jockeys of
last years of
Man o’ War v.
memorabilia
naming of
as “Ol’ Hopalong,”
pedigree of
perfection of
personality of
physical characteristics of
physical presence of
Pratt’s efficiency measure of
racing career of
racing stride of
rarity of
sleeping style of
spirit/ghost of
stud life of
syndication of
on top athlete lists
trainers working with
victories/wins of
world records of
as young colt
Secretariat (Woolfe)
Secretariat Center, for retired racehorses
Secretariat Day
at Aqueduct
at Kentucky Horse Park
Secretariat Foundation
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion (Nack)
Secretariat.com
Secretariatfest
Secretariat’s Belmont 1973
win
as racing’s greatest moment
with Turcotte
Secretariat’s Belmont Stakes win
Secretariat’s bronze statue
Bogucki’s sculpting of
unveiling of
Secretariat’s Kentucky Derby win
speeds during
with Turcotte
Secretariat’s Preakness win
Secretariat’s progeny
stakes winners of
strong daughters of
Secretariat’s race(s). See also Secretariat’s Belmont 1973
win;
Secretariat’s Belmont Stakes win
at Aqueduct
Belmont disqualification of
in Belmont Futurity
at Belmont Park
in Belmont’s Woodward
in Champagne Stakes
at Churchill Downs
at Garden State
in Gotham Mile
on grass surface
in Hopeful Stakes
at Laurel
in Man o’ War Stakes
in Marlboro Cup
mouth abscess and
at Pimlico
in Sanford Stakes
at Saratoga
Saratoga loss of
Wood Memorial loss of
at Woodbine
Secretariat’s relationship
with Bold Ruler (sire)
with Chenery, Penny
with Davis, Charlie
with Feliciano
with Gaffney
with handlers
with Laurin, Lucien
with Maple
with McClain
with Phipps
with Somethingroyal (dam)
with Sweat
Secretariat’s relationship (continued)
with Turcotte
Secretariat’s Triple Crown win
keeping horse’s focus for
Laurin, Lucien, description of
Sweat’s premonition of
segregation, in racing
In Service to the Horse: Chronicles of a Labor of Love (Nusser)
Sewell, Anna
shaking off, dust/water, horse v. dog in
Sham
at Kentucky Derby
leg injury of
in Preakness
Shecky Greene
Shorty. See Sweat, Edward Simply Bell
Siters, Tammy
Smarty Jones
Smiley, Jane
Smith, Red
Snowman
Snyder, Jimmy (“the Greek”)
Somethingroyal
as Secretariat’s mother (dam)
Sosby, John
South Carolina
Sweat’s grave site in
Sparks, Clyde
Sports Illustrated
Squires, Jim
starting gate
Statesman (“Twinkie”)
Stephens, Woody
Stermer, Jenifer
Stone, Fred
Stop the Music
O’Sullivan, Michael
Sullivan, John Jeremiah
Summer Yearlings Sale
horse’s behavior at
in Kentucky
price factors at
Sunday Silence
Sutherland, Chantal
Sweat, David (father)
Sweat, Eddie. See Sweat, Edward
(“Shorty”) Sweat, Edward (“Shorty”)
childhood/youth of
death of
Derby preparations of
early horses groomed by
example to others of
family life of
funeral of
grave site of
“great leg man” of
grooming behavior of
Gullah/Geechee language of
horse skills of
as horse whisperer
image of
Kentucky Derby winners of
manner around horses of
New York life of
opportunities declined by
other’s praise of
personality of
poverty of
responsibilities of
rumors about
Secretariat memorabilia of
Secretariat’s death and
Secretariat’s Derby win and
South Carolina racism and
winnings/wages of
Woolfe’s photos of
Sweat, Linda (wife)
Sweat, Mary (mother)
Sweat’s relationship
with Bogucki
with Chenery, Penny
with Davis, Charlie
with Gaffney
with Laurin, Lucien
with Laurin, Roger
with McClain
with Moorer, Laverne
with Moorer, Marvin (son)
with Riva Ridge
with Secretariat
with Turcotte
with Wade
Swerczek, Tom
Swisher, Bob
Tailor, event horse
Taren, Jeff
Taylor, E. P.
Taylor, Tobi
They Call Me Gus (Gray)
Thompson, George
Thoroughbred Charities of America
Thoroughbred Daily News
Thoroughbred farms, raids on
Thoroughbred horse(s). See also horse
black riders/grooms ties to
catastrophic injuries of
cortisone use on
improper drug use on
outside interference to
rehabilitation of
responsible breeding of
slaughter of
stall v. pasture time of
stallions of
Thoroughbred Racing’s Hall of Fame
Thoroughbred Record
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
“Thoroughbreds of the Century,”
Three Chimneys Farm
Tillman, Louis
Time
trainer(s)
backstretch worker’s relationship with
dual role of owner and
exercise rider’s relationship to
expertise missing in
grooms’ relationships with
horse skills of
hot walker’s relationship to
instant and mega types of
outside interferences for
owners’ relationships with
racetrack types of
wages of
Tri Jet
Triple Crown
Secretariat’s winning of
speed/endurance test of
winner/winning of
Triple Crown races. See also Belmont
Park; Belmont Stakes; Churchill
Downs; Kentucky Derby;
Pimlico; Preakness press corps distraction to
pressure/distractions around
Tunstall, Cindy
Turcotte, Ron
backstretch experience of
on Belmont disqualification
Davis, Charlie, relationship with
jockey’s life of
Laurin, Lucien, relationship with
as Racing’s Hall of Fame inductee
Secretariat’s Belmont win with
Secretariat’s Derby win with
Secretariat’s Preakness win with
Secretariat’s relationship with
on Sweat’s horse skills
Sweat’s relationship with
on track society benevolence
on Wood Memorial loss
Twice a Prince
Unwanted Horse Summit
Ussery, Bobby
Vasquez, Jacinto
Veitch, John
Veitch, Sylvester
Wade, Tom
groom’s life of
Seattle Slew’s relationship with
Sweat’s poverty v.
Sweat’s relationship with
Walker, Birtha Lee
Walker, Bruce
Walker, David
Walker, Vincent
Waltman, Lisa
Warbucks
Webster, Reginald
Western Horseman photo
Where They Sleep: Burial Sites of Thoroughbreds in the Bluegrass Country of Kentucky (Durkis)
Whiteley, Frank
Whitney Stakes
Secretariat’s loss in
Wild About Horses (Scanlan)
Williams, Dan
Williams, Mordecai
The Will to Win (Turcotte)
“Wind Beneath My Wings,”
Windfields Farm
Winners Foundation
Wood Memorial
Secretariat’s loss at
Woodbine
Secretariat’s race at
Woolfe, Raymond
on Chenery, Christopher
on press corps at Belmont
on racing’s light/dark sides
on Secretariat’s physical presence
Secretariat-Sweat photos of
Secretariat-Turcotte photos of
World Equestrian Games (2010)
world records, of Secretariat
Xtra Heat
A Year at the Races (Smiley)
yearling sale
in Keeneland
in Kentucky
Zeh, Lucy