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

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  • The Holy Grail on the Secretariat’s Meadow Tour…the Foaling Shed

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    Visitors are often moved to tears when they see it.  They touch the wooden door reverently.  They walk inside the stall, looking around in quiet awe. They snap photo after photo, not wanting to leave what many consider hallowed ground. It’s a modest little structure of whitewashed barnboard.  Its appearance could be called “unprepossessing,” to…

  • Secretariat’s Meadow Tour…Next Stop, The Stallion Barns

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                                            As we continue our “virtual tram tour” of the historic  grounds of The Meadow, Secretariat’s birthplace, we’re moving from the Cove to the Stallion Barns.  These are the original barns built by Chris Chenery, founder of Meadow Stable. There is the L-shaped Stallion Barn, where Chenery’s office was located,  and the West Stallion Barn. Perhaps…