![]() ![]() Secretariat's win in the Gotham Stakes tied the track record for 1 mile, he set a world record in the Marlboro Cup at 1 + 1⁄ 8 miles and further proved his versatility by winning two major stakes races on turf. In 2012, his actual time of 1:53 in the Preakness Stakes was recognized as a stakes record after an official review. His time in the Kentucky Derby still stands as the Churchill Downs track record for 1 + 1⁄ 4 miles, and his time in the Belmont Stakes stands as the American record for 1 + 1⁄ 2 miles on the dirt. He received the Eclipse Award for champion two-year-old colt, and also was the 1972 Horse of the Year, a rare honor for a horse so young.Īt age three, Secretariat not only won the Triple Crown, but he also set speed records in all three races. ![]() His only loss during this period was in the Champagne Stakes, where he finished first but was disqualified to second for interference. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Secretariat was second to Man o' War.Īt age two, Secretariat finished fourth in his 1972 debut in a maiden race, but then won seven of his remaining eight starts, including five stakes victories. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. He was nominated to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1974. During his racing career, he won five Eclipse Awards, including Horse of the Year honors at ages two and three. He became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and his record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is widely regarded as one of the greatest races in history. He is considered by many to be the greatest racehorse of all time. Secretariat (Ma– October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. Leading broodmare sire in North America (1992)Ĭanadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2013) I feel very proud as J created the game himself – we haven’t done any matching games with him as he hasn’t had the patience before to play them but creating his own game he’s very eager to play.Meadow Stable ( Christopher Chenery, Penny Chenery)īlue, white blocks, white stripes on sleeves, blue capĪmerican Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1972)Īmerican Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1973) With T we played it “Mummy has a horse can you find a horse” and I would show her the horse and she would then try to hunt for the horse among the cards. *you will notice on some of the cards I have the same name for the baby animal as the adult as we haven’t got around to the name for those specific baby animal names yet*. and then to find the baby animal, foal, lamb, puppy etc…. With J I asked him to find the mummy horse, sheep, dog etc…. We moved away from the table and set up by cards on the floor. He was very proud of his animal cards and asked me to write the animals names on the cards – he then “wrote” over a few with his crayons as he wanted to be like Mummy. Onto each card that I had cut J stuck a single animal. ![]() J and I then peeled off the backs of the stickers – he did really well peeling off a few of the stickers but then found it a bit too much of a challenge and handed me each one after telling me what the animal was and the noise it made with “Mummy take off back please”. I started by cutting a couple of pieces of card into small sections (it was very spur of the moment so some of the cards aren’t the same size as others). How we made the where’s my mummy farm animal matching game J practiced his fine motor skills peeling off the back of stickers If you are using pictures you will need some glue What you need to make the where’s my mummy gameĪnimal pictures of a mummy animal and a baby – we used foam stickers Using that he said we could find the mummy and thinking on my feet we cut up some card and had fun sticking the animals on and then we played Where’s my mummy with J and T. He noticed when we were sorting out the stickers for the farm picture that we made that there were 2 different sizes of animal stickers – a mummy and a baby animal. In yesterday’s 30 days to hands on play post about stickers I let on that J had created his own game – this is the first time he has done anything like this and it’s such a proud mummy moment.
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