Race fans enter the track beneath the statue of Secretariat on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in 2023. / Sam Upshaw Jr. / Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Secretariat ...

Secretariat remains the greatest race horse ever. And more than 50 years on from his mile-and-a-quarter record at Churchill Downs, his influence is all over the Kentucky Derby. There's actually ...

Big Red's lineage shows up in every Kentucky Derby contender's background this year. Secretariat. 1973. The fastest mile-and-a-quarter in Kentucky Derby history. You know the stats. But did you ...