Everyone is always interested in knowing about the biggest racehorse. Who ran the fastest and most intense? What was it like being there and seeing them succeed?
Most horse racing fans recognize that the Secretariat is one of the best, if not the best, of all time, and that the Secretariat’s race to this day is part of the most memorable performances in the history of the sport. During the Triple Crown in 1973, the office had a rivalry with his own talented colt, fake.
Born in 1970 at the historic Claiborne Farm, Baycolt rivaled the stakes record when he won the 1973 Santa Anita Derby. He then finished ahead of the Wood Memorial Stakes office.
But as the horse that always finished second in the secretariat, the fake probably remembers best.
After the Secretariat completed the 1973 Triple Crown Sweep by winning the Belmont Stakes for 31 lengths, he rose to legendary status and appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. There have been no horses since it compared to the secretariat with the incredible length of his journey and the size of his heart. But what happened to his rival after Belmont?
After coming second to the office in both the 1973 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, I fade tiredly and finished the final five in the Belmont Stakes.
A few weeks after the Belmont Stakes after the morning exercise in July 1973, Siam was diagnosed with a fractured cannon and had to undergo surgery. His trainer, Frank “Pancho” Martin, later speculated that the injury could have occurred in a Belmont stake, leading to a disappointing finish.
Siamese’s surgery was successful, with owner Sigmund Somer and trainer Martin hoping the horse could make it a successful four-year-old season. Unfortunately, Siam never returned to the racetrack and for his greatest profit he retired to Stud on the Expense Farm.
During his stud career, Siam raised 625 foals according to Equinline statistics. His descendants had a total lifetime profit of $17,720,006, and his 487 starters averaged $36,386. Sham’s top runners included a first-grade mare under the name Arewehaving Funyet. His top colts included Japan’s outstanding Prince Singh and the winners of Colonel Moran’s multiple staged stakes.
Siam finished his stud career at Walmak Farm. He passed away on April 3, 1993, and an autopsy was performed on his heart. Siamese’s heart is only four pounds lighter than the office, and he is a whopping 18 pounds, more than twice the average size. Perhaps this is why he was able to push the secretariat in the Kentucky Derby, finishing 2½ length behind him at 1:59 4/5.
Unfortunately, he was born on the same foal crop, one of the greatest racehorses in history. Had things been different, Siam might have been the winner of the Triple Crown, but instead he is often remembered as a rival who helped to impose the Secretariat on true greatness.
