Penny Chenery, best known as the owner of Secretariat, has died aged 95. Obituary here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/sports/horse-racing/penny-chenery-dead.html
The passing of Penny Chenery will be big news in the US, for a while she was almost as famous as the great horse. As for Secretariat's win, I just watched it again. It was a real surprise to hear the caller say that the horse went through the first 6 furlongs in 1.09.8. Amazing stuff. That flat 2.24 is still a world dirt record.