For 50 years, this image has defined Secretariat’s famed Triple Crown. Who took it? - NBC Sports
It's been fifty years since Secretariat won the Belmont to seal the Triple Crown. But the iconic photo of that moment is far from settled history.
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raydm6
Yay! Cameras! 🙈🙉🙊┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ [◉"]
I don't know who the photographer was, but this is the 2nd RFF synchronicity the past few weeks. (The other was an Elton John concert photo appearing in the gallery banner and an EJ song playing on my streamer on the computer at the same time.... ...(cue eeerie music...) 
And this morning, a radio announcer was broadcasting "..this day in history... ...June 9"... and Secretariat was mentioned winning the Belmont Stakes in 1973 and this thread appeared 😱:
And this morning, a radio announcer was broadcasting "..this day in history... ...June 9"... and Secretariat was mentioned winning the Belmont Stakes in 1973 and this thread appeared 😱:
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KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Regardless of the photographer, it's such a great photo. I'm not a horse racing fan by any means, but Secretariat was just so great. That race was incredible. I'll always remember Affirmed and Alydar too -- their Triple Crown head to head races.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Great story by NBC Sports. I believe Kaplan made the photo.
My bet is that the truth can be uncovered if more photos of the stand from the crowd could be obtained. But likely they were watching the race and not making many photos.
I like this kind of photographic controversy and detective work; it’s similar to that of Roger Fenton’s Crimean War cannonballs photo.
p.s. Why is the horse wearing that head covering - is that what the blinders are attached to?
My bet is that the truth can be uncovered if more photos of the stand from the crowd could be obtained. But likely they were watching the race and not making many photos.
I like this kind of photographic controversy and detective work; it’s similar to that of Roger Fenton’s Crimean War cannonballs photo.
p.s. Why is the horse wearing that head covering - is that what the blinders are attached to?
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KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Yes -- blinkers, they call them. They keep the horse from being spooked by things in the corner of their vision, as I understand it.