Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend

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  • Viva Riva! Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Riva Ridge’s Derby Victory

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                                                                                     In 1969, a muddy-bay colt with floppy ears would be saved from the floodwaters of Hurricane Camille at his Virginia farm. Later, he would rescue the same farm as it was sinking into debt and preserve it as the launching pad of its greatest champion.  Though he would be swept aside in the…