PHOTOS: Celebrating the 50-year anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown
Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte leave other racers in the dust at the 1973 Belmont Stakes.
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Two of Secretariat's great granddaughters, Twinkie and Clever (right) walk in a pen in front of Secretariat's yearling stall where the 1973 triple crown winner stayed in his time at Meadow Farm, now home to the State Fair of Virginia in Doswell on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Groundshaker, a great-great granddaughter of Secretariat, at Meadow Event Park in Doswell VA Wed. March 23, 2016.
Mark Gormus
Owner Penny Chenery shown with Secretariat in a family photo.
JOE MAHONEY
Nabil Elhilali from Malage, Spain, stopped by to see a Secretariat display at Main Street Station, which features the second largest horseshoe in the world along with other items from Meadow Farm, the land now occupied by Meadow Event Park in Caroline County.
JOE MAHONEY
Kate Tweedy, daughter of Penny Chenery who operated The Meadow horse farm in Caroline County when Secretariat was born.
BILL LOHMANN
Curry Roberts, president of State Fair of Va. stands outside the stables that once housed the great Secretariat.
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Richmond Police Department's Mounted Division officers Amanda Bass, L, and Dawn Lehmann escorted the Percheron team driven by Goochland's Dr. Tom Newton and pulling a carriage bringing Penny Chenery and her daughter Kate Chenery Tweedy to celebrations for Secretariat's 40th anniversary of Triple Crown victories in 1973.
JOE MAHONEY
Meadow Farm, where Secretariat was born, photographed Tuesday, June 2, 1998.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Horses on Meadow Farm, where Secretariat was born, photographed Tuesday, June 2, 1998.
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