Now that Secretariat had won his maiden race, and become a winner, the next step up in competition was an "allowance" race, where he would face horses that had all won one race.

The Big Red horse was no secret to racing fans. The racing fans who annually make a late-summertime pilgrimage to Saratoga Race Course would be looking for big things from Secretariat, and the son of Bold Ruler did not let them down.

Bet down to 40 cents on the dollar in this race, Secretariat won nicely and this time was in the hands of a new jockey, Canadian-born Ron Turcotte, who was the stable's top rider.

In the words of the Daily Racing Form chart caller, Secretariat was "unhurried early, moved to the leaders with a rush approaching the stretch and out-finished