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01/28/2026

This castle 🏰 is in Gallatin, TN. Only about 12 miles away.

01/23/2026

01/15/2026

Before the world crowned a legend, one man quietly made him ready to fly.

June 9, 1973. Belmont Stakes. The race that would change history forever. In the paddock before the most important race in American horse racing, Eddie Sweat stood beside the magnificent chestnut he had cared for since the beginning. He wasn’t the owner. He wasn’t the trainer. He wasn’t the jockey who would take the glory. He was the groom—the man whose hands knew every muscle, every mood, every breath of the greatest racehorse the world would ever see.

Eddie grew up in Holly Hill, South Carolina, and found his calling with horses. When he met Secretariat, something deeper than duty took hold. Eddie was the first face he saw each morning and the last voice he heard at night. He knew when Secretariat was anxious, playful, or ready to run. He knew the rhythm of his breathing and the fire in his eyes.

That day at Belmont, Eddie’s work was finished. The grooming was perfect. The horse was ready. All that remained was to watch.

And what happened next became legend.

Secretariat exploded from the gate and never looked back. He didn’t just win—he erased records, shattered expectations, and outran every limit anyone believed existed. He crossed the finish line 31 lengths ahead, sealing the Triple Crown with the most dominant performance racing had ever witnessed.

The photographs became immortal: Secretariat glowing like polished copper, surrounded by owner Penny Chenery, jockey Ron Turcotte, trainer Lucien Laurin—and Eddie Sweat, standing quietly at the champion’s side, exactly where he belonged.

The world celebrated the miracle. But Eddie’s pride was never in the spotlight. It was in knowing he had helped that magnificent animal become everything he was born to be.

Years passed. Glory faded for everyone but the horse. Secretariat’s legend only grew. Life moved on for the people. Careers ended. Money came and went.

Eddie kept working with horses until he no longer could. When he died in 1998, he had little money and even less recognition. The man photographed beside the greatest Triple Crown winner in history left this world nearly forgotten by the sport that once depended on him.

But here is what could never be taken from Eddie Sweat.

Every record Secretariat still holds was prepared by Eddie’s hands. Every photo where that horse gleams like fire was made possible by Eddie’s care. Every time someone watches that impossible Belmont run and whispers “how?” part of the answer is a man from South Carolina who loved a horse more than fame.

Eddie never owned Secretariat. Never trained him. Never rode him. But he knew him. He cared for him. He loved him with a devotion that asked for nothing back.

The world remembers the horse. We should never forget the man who made him ready to fly.

Behind every legend stands someone history barely mentions. Behind every miracle is someone who did the unseen work. Eddie Sweat was both.

And his legacy isn’t counted in money or medals. It lives in every second that record still stands. Every time Secretariat’s name is spoken. Every moment a viewer feels wonder watching that race.

Eddie Sweat made magic possible. Who are the quiet heroes we still need to remember?

01/15/2026

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01/15/2026

When a Horse Lets Go

A horse does not relax by accident.
Its body is built for alertness.
For flight.
For survival 🐎🤍

So when it exhales deeply beside you,
lets its neck soften,
and releases the tension it carries—
that is not rest.

That is surrender.

It is saying,
“For this moment, I do not need to be ready.”
“For this moment, I am safe.”

Trust like that is not loud.
It is profound.

01/15/2026

Secretariat and Sham, who finished one-two in the Kentucky Derby, figure to battle it out for the Preakness Trophy, the second Jewel in racing's Triple Crown--at Pimlico. Ron Turcotte figured to be aboard Secretariat again with Laffit Pincay giving Sham another ride.

01/09/2026

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01/09/2026

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01/09/2026

Payday was getting a triple “feel good” treatment with his Bemer, Vibe Plate, and Equi-Resp. Horses do not have to be injured, sore,ir sick to use these therapy methods. It like us going to a spa for the works. Just makes us feel good