SECRETARIAT🐴🇺🇲 “He’s 1,100 pounds of baby fat, eats too much and too often. The only reason he doesn’t eat more is because he’s too busy sleeping. He only does what he wants to do, exactly when he wants to do it. He lays against the back of the starting gate like he’s in a hammock in the Caribbean. When he finally does get out of the gate, it takes him forever to find his stride.” Lucien Laurin, Secretariat’s trainer🏆🏆 Did You Know? Secretariat wasn’t just an extraordinary horse because of his speed,he was built differently. His heart was three times the size of an average horse’s heart, giving him a massive cardiovascular advantage. But that wasn’t all. His stride angle, the distance between his front and rear legs as they stretched during each step, was much wider than most other racehorses. Secretariat’s stride angle was a massive 110°,much greater than the typical 80° to 90° seen in most horses. And here’s where it gets impressive: researchers found that every degree a horse increases their stride angle results in a 2% increase in stride length. This means that with just a 10° increase, a horse like Secretariat could cover 20% more ground with each stride! A true physical marvel, his body gave him the ability to fly across the track in ways no other horse could. It’s no wonder Secretariat became the legend he is,his unique physical traits made him a one-of-a-kind racehorse…..

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SECRETARIAT 🐴🇺🇸 The Physiology of a Legend: Why “Big Red” Could Do What No Other Horse Could “He’s 1,100 pounds of baby fat, eats too […]