did secretariat have a larger than normal heart?
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- To address the original question, I believe the statement that Secretariat had a heart almost twice the normal size can be traced back to a posthumous article written in Sports Illustrated by William Nack. He was quoting the doctor who performed the necropsy. But Secretariat was a very big horse in general.
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Elephant Circulatory System The circulatory system of the elephant is not significantly different from that of other mammals, including us as humans. In fact, it is set apart mainly by the fact that the components of the system are so much larger than those of any other land animal. The heart of an African Elephant bull can weigh up to 28kg alone. While this is sizeable, it is in perfect proportion to the size of the animal's body. This heart beats much slower than that of humans, but pumps harder with each pump lasting for slightly longer than most mammals. Because of the size of the elephant's body, the heart has to be strong, sizeable and efficient to ensure that blood reaches every extremity at a suitable blood pressure. The blood travelling this distance also has to have sufficient oxygen to enrich all of the tissue in the elephant's body.
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- Heart Problems in HorsesBy Kentucky Equine Research Staff · December 20, 2010. The circulatory system (heart and blood vessels) and respiratory system (lungs and airway) work together to provide oxygen and transport waste material from the horse's tissues.
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- So a male horse has one chance of a large heart. He inherits one of two chromosomes from his dam, and that determines his heart size. A female horse has 2 X chromosomes and can have one, both, or neither that carry the large heart.
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Secretariatâs Record-Breaking Run, 40 Years Later Secretariat’s record off the track was not as successful as it had been on it. Put out to stud in late 1973, he sired nearly 600 foals, including one horse that sold for more than $1 million at auction—but nearly all of his male offspring failed miserably at the racetrack.
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- You are going to email the following Effect of Birth Month on Size and Weight Gain in Thoroughbred Foals. Message Subject Equinews: Effect of Birth Month on Size and Weight Gain in Thoroughbred Foals. Message Body (Your name) thought you would like to see this page from the Equinews web site.his increase in dry matter intake would equal about 0.75%-1.0% of BW per day. A comparison was made for body weight and height between Kentucky foals and Canadian foals born in March. Kentucky foals were slightly taller (101.2%) and heavier (102.0 %) at 14 days of age.
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- Big Red comet. ESPN.com. He was the only honest thing in this country at the time. This huge magnificent animal who wasn't tied up in scandal, wasn't tied up in money, he just ran because he loved running, says author George Plimpton about Secretariat on ESPN's SportsCentury show.
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- He was a decent sire, but nothing special...but as a broodmare sire, there were few better than Sec. IOW, a lot of Sec's ability (and, possibly, his heart size) were inherited from his mom, Somethingroyal.
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Pure Heart: The thrilling life and emotional death of Secretariat Secretariat made the cover of SI before -- but not after -- his dominating run at the Belmont Stakes. You could see the blue-and-white silks as they disappeared behind one horse, reappeared in a gap between horses, dropped out of sight again and finally reemerged as Secretariat powered to the lead off the turn.
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Mass of a Human Heart Sex variation in the area of the coronary ostia was studied in hearts with a normal weight (heart weight less than 400 g) and hypertrophic hearts (heart weight greater than or equal to 400 g)..The Heart. The Franklin Institute Science Museum, 1996.he Heart weighs between 7 and 15 ounces (200 to 425 grams) and is a little larger than the size of your fist.. 200 - 425 g. Paulsen S, Vetner M, Hagerup LM. Relationship between heart weight and the cross sectional area of the coronary ostia.
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Pocahontas and the Large Heart It is a bigger engine in the chest. The large heart gene is a sex linked gene, it only travels on the x chromosome. The x chromosome is the female contribution, mares have two x chromosomes, one each from their sire and dam, and they pass one of their x's to each of their children. Stallions get their x chromosome from their dams.
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On This Day On This Day: Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown. On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, becoming the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown. “The Greatest Performance by a Racehorse in This Century”. In 1972, Secretariat won seven of nine starts as a 2-year-old to win the Horse of the Year award.
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"""SECRETARIAT"" Greatest Race Horse of All Time - Kentucky Derby Preakness Belmont Stakes 1973 Video" Secretariat (March 30, 1970 -- October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—(May 5, 1973 Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5) - the first horse ever to run under 2 minutes, and June 9, 1973 Belmont Stakes a World record—these two records still stand today... 39 years later.
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- Heart Size in Pedigrees. by R. Soutar. The typical Thoroughbred horse has a heart that weighs around seven pounds. However, some exceptional runners have been found to have hearts twice that size and even larger.
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- Secretariat was blessed with refined features and chiseled musculature, pleasing to the eye. Man O' War was half-a-hand taller and slightly more bulky in frame...ruggedly handsome. Neither horse would have met rejection from an amorous filly. War was foaled on March 29, 1917; Secretariat on March 30, 1970. Each had 21 races and competed only as 2 and 3-year-olds.
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- Secretariat's birthplace at The Meadow is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and... Visit the Virginia farm that produced an American legend, now listed on the state and national historic registers!Walk in the hoofprints of Secretariat at The Meadow where the legendary Triple Crown winner was born and raised.ours are conducted by Leeanne Meadows Ladin, Secretariat tourism manager and co-author of the award-winning Secretariat's Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend. She shares exclusive behind-the-scenes stories about the farm, the family and the famous mares and stallions of Meadow Stable.
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Horse science: What makes a Derby winner Since horse lungs work like a giant bellows, the beast with the longest stride should be able to inhale the most oxygen and race the fastest for the longest time. It just happens that the horse with the longest measured stride was Secretariat, and he was obviously a winner, Birks said.
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Secretariat  (film) The film chronicles the life of Thoroughbred race horse Secretariat, winner of the Triple Crown in 1973. Diane Lane portrays Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery, and John Malkovich plays his trainer, Lucien Laurin. Filming took place on location in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, and around Lafayette, Louisiana and Carencro, Louisiana.
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Secretariatâs Record-Breaking Run, 40 Years Later As the 1973 Derby began, Secretariat broke out of the gate last, before quickly moving up on the field. Accelerating with each quarter-mile segment, he crossed the finish line at 1:59 2/5th, a new (and still standing) course record. In the 40 years since, only one other horse, Monarchos, has finished in under 2 minutes.
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LOST Sequel What is known is that during the Second Dynasty, there was a period in which the King Peribsen 's name or Serekh — which had been surmounted by a Horus falcon in the First Dynasty — was for a time surmounted by a Set animal, suggesting some kind of religious struggle.
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- Sired by the famous Bold Ruler and out of Somethingroyal , Secretariat was foaled one day after Man O' War's birthday anniversary. His racing career lasted only 16 months but the standard he set during that time has been unequalled since.
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Secretariat Won The Belmont Stakes By 31 Lengths 40 Years Ago Today Today's the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's victory at the Belmont Stakes. The horse won by an unfathomable 31 lengths to clinch the 1973 Triple Crown. Secretariat was the first Triple Crown winner since 1948, and there have only been two since. Secretariat averaged 37.5 miles an hour during the race and finished in 2:24, two seconds faster than the next best times at the Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer ran 2:26 in 1989, and A.P. Indy did the same three years later.
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Secretariat's Preakness Run Is Time-Tested Controversy Secretariat's Preakness Run Is Time-Tested Controversy. Thirty years after what is widely considered the greatest of the Triple Crown sweeps, Secretariat still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
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Is horse racing CRUEL? Debate rages over the welfare of horses who race in the Melbourne Cup after the deaths of two stallions A Sydney University veterinarian says there is no condition that exists called sudden death syndrome. 'Sudden death syndrome is just sudden death. It doesn't tell me what killed the horse,' Dr David Evans said. Racing Victoria's chief veterinarian said cup favourite Admire Rakti died from 'sudden death syndrome'. Dr Evans also said the horses were pushed beyond their limits when racing because of the physical demands. German-trained Araldo, who came in at seventh place, was the second horse to die after breaking his leg.