Espírito Cavaleiro

05/11/2025

This is an original June 8, 1973 photo asking whether Secretariat would join Count Fleet, Assault, and Citation in winning the Triple Crown.

05/11/2025

This is a photo of an original Richard Stone Reeves print that I own of Phar Lap, the Red Terror. It is signed by both Reeves and Tommy Woodcock.

In order for Woodcock to sign the print, Reeves brought the entire print edition to Australia because Tommy Woodcock was too ill to travel.

Tommy Woodcock died before he could sign the entire edition. Only a small number of prints have both signatures.

05/11/2025

This is an original 1932 photo of Phar Lap leaving Agua Caliente for the Perry Ranch.

On the back of the photo is a copy of a newspaper article discussing this.

I will put the article up separately. Again these pictures come from the Estate of George W. Schilling.

05/10/2025

Secretariat with Spectacular Bid in the background.

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22-year-old legend Man o' War takes his daily jog at Faraway Farm on a winter's day in 1939.

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Secretariat (1970–1989)

Breed: American Thoroughbred
Nickname: "Big Red"
S*x: Stallion
Color: Chestnut
Height: 16.2 hands (about 66 inches / 168 cm)
Owner: Penny Chenery (Meadow Stable)
Trainer: Lucien Laurin
Jockey: Ron Turcotte

05/10/2025

Secretariat was also the name of one of the most legendary racehorses in history.

Born: 1970

Died: 1989

Breed: American Thoroughbred

Famous For: Winning the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes) in 1973.

Legacy: Known for his incredible speed and stamina. His record time in the Belmont Stakes (winning by 31 lengths) is still considered one of the greatest moments in sports history.

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Imperatrice, dam of Somethingroyal and Secretariat’s grandmother.

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Roy Rogers showing his love and affection kissing the great Trigger (1943)

Love this show, Trigger and Roy was the best.

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Sham - This dark, leggy, elegant bay who rode alongside history instead of into it

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Jimmy Stewart (about Pie): “The horse was amazing. I rode him for 22 years. I never was able to buy him because he was owned by a little girl by the name of Stevie Myers, who is the daughter of an old wrangler who used to wrangle horses for Tom Mix and W.S. Hart. He retired and he gave this horse to her. He was a sort of a maverick. He hurt a couple of people. I saw him when I started making Westerns.

Audie Murphy rode him a couple of times. He nearly killed Glen Ford, ran right into a tree… But I liked this darned little horse. He was a little bit small, a little quarter horse and Arabian. I got to know him like a friend. I actually believed that he understood about making pictures. I ran at a full gallop, straight towards the camera, pulled him up and then did a lot of dialogue and he stood absolutely still. He never moved. He knew when the camera would start rolling and when they did the slates. He knew that because his ears came up.”