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Video: Just in time for the Kentucky Derby, the trailer for Secretariat

Not related to Kentucky basketball but is a truly inspiring sports story and one I hope you'll enjoy. Secretariat was a thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24)—records that still stand today. The movie is the life story of Penny Chenery, owner of Secretariat. Much of the film was produced in Lexington and Louisville and is scheduled to be released to theatres in October of this year. Secretariat died Oct. 4, 1989, at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky.

 

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 10, 1951, Bob Burrow collected 34 rebounds against Temple for the most rebounds ever in a single game by a Kentucky player.

 

On December 10, 1977, as top-ranked UK is defeating Kansas on “Adolph Rupp Night” in Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence, Kansas, Rupp dies. Thousands would participate in the funeral procession in Lexington.

 

On December 10, 2011, Indiana's Christian Watford hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer in Assembly Hall to stun No. 1 Kentucky.  It's only the second time Indiana had beaten a top-ranked team at Assembly Hall.

 

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