On anniversary of Secretariat's death, see the last-known footage
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Bob Coglianese / NYRA
The crew at Secretariat.com never seems to miss a milestone when it comes to Big Red. On Thursday, which marks the anniversary of the champion horse's death, a sad reminder came with a poignant story.
Bill Lamb, who is now president and general manager of Louisville's Fox affiliate, WDRB, worked in sales for the station in 1989. It was he who, when visiting Claiborne Farm on a whim days before Secretariat succumbed to laminitis, is believed to have captured the last footage of the big horse.
You may have already seen it -- after all, according to YouTube it has been viewed nearly three million times -- but the below video tells that story, and includes that footage in Secretariat's final days.
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