Exhibit honors top racehorse

A new exhibit at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is paying tribute to Secretariat, one of the best racehorses ever. Secretariat: America’s Horse opened in time to mark the 50th anniversary of the horse becoming a Triple Crown winner. To earn the rare Triple Crown, a horse must win three important US races—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—in the same year. They are usually run in May and June. Secretariat, nicknamed “Big Red” for his chestnut color, was a stallion (male) born in Virginia in 1970. He captured the nation’s attention in 1973 when he became the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown. The museum’s curator of education, Emily Dippie, told The Week Junior that the exhibit is “a celebration…

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