Secretariat's (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) sire was Bold Ruler and his dam was Somethingroyal. Bold Ruler was a champion race horse and winner of numerous graded stakes races, including the Preakness Stakes. read more
This is Secretariat's pedigree. You can click on the links for more information about each horse. Secretariat Horse Pedigree. Secretariat was himself a good if not spectacular sire. His best progeny was 1986 Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee Lady's Secret. read more
Big Red of Meadow Stables: Secretariat, the Making of a Champion (1st ed.). New York, NY: A. Fields Books. ISBN 0-525-63012-0. Various (1973). "From the pages of The Blood-Horse: A Look Back at Secretariat's Triple Crown Season". Blood-Horse (Registration required (help)). Woolfe, Jr, Raymond G. (1974). Secretariat (1st ed.). read more
Justify’s pedigree, essentially the family tree of the horse, can be traced back to Secretariat. Justify’s sire, or dad, is Scat Daddy, “Scat Daddy is [of] a Storm Cat line and Storm Cat is a Secretariat mare,” Tugel explained. This means the horse that fathered Justify had a mother who was a descendant of Secretariat. read more