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Three-year-old Gigante won his last big race on the Secretariat Turf Course at Colonial Downs, taking home $500,000, and is predicted to finish second Saturday.
Vintage Chicago Tribune offers a look back at events, places and people involved in shaping Chicago’s past, present and future, in ways both small and big.
The nation’s most decorated and exciting athlete arrived in Chicago 50 years ago this month. He wasn’t, however, a baseball, basketball or football player. He was a horse — 16 hands-1 1/2 inches tall and weighing more than 1,550 pounds. Nicknamed “Big Red” for the color of his hair, Secretariat became the first thoroughbred in 25 years — and ninth in American history — to claim the Triple .