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Binky-Answer896 t1_j2ij5hk wrote

Reply to comment by zirfeld in TIL that all (northern hemisphere) thoroughbred horses celebrate their birthday on Jan 1st. by PropDad

Secretariat was a March 30 foal. Still considered an auspicious date for foaling.

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zirfeld t1_j2iwj57 wrote

It's not the real Secretariat. The horse parents just named their boy after a hero of their childhood, just as humans do.

And neither hat any idea of calenders. They noted down the birthday as "the day that started with rain and then it cleared up and became quite warm and then the nice lady with carrots came along".

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