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(Citation had received the other first-place vote.) Man o'War was listed at first, second, or third on all seven ballots six of the voters gave the same placement to Secretariat.

Hammonds revealed that Secretariat and Man o'War had received three of the seven first-place votes. At the time of the list's unveiling, Blood-Horse managing editor Evan Hammonds spoke to the Associated Press. The small body of voters meant that any individual ballot had the potential to disproportionately influence the final tally, which ended up coming to pass.

The list was then expanded into a book with complete biographies. Each of the experts compiled a list of what they considered to be the top 100 thoroughbred racehorses of the 20th century, which was then combined into a master list.

William B.In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine assembled a seven-person panel of distinguished horse racing people: Keeneland racing secretary, Howard Battle Maryland Jockey Club vice president, Lenny Hale Daily Racing Form columnist, Jay Hovdey Sports Illustrated senior writer, William Nack California senior steward, Pete Pederson Louisville Courier-Journal racing writer, Jennie Rees and Gulfstream Park steward Tommy Trotter.

His presentation will include film clips from all three of the ’73 Triple Crown races that Secretariat won. The extraordinary popularity of the latter lecture has led to the unusual circumstance of his being invited for a “return engagement.” In the interim he has served as an advisor on (and appeared in) the Disney film, Secretariat.

He has charmed Great Lives audiences in the past with presentations on Muhammad Ali and Babe Ruth, as well as on Secretariat in 2007. He has written three books including Secretariat: The Making of a Champion My Turf: Horses, Boxers, Blood Money, and the Sporting Life and Ruffian: A Racetrack Romance. Since leaving Sports Illustrated in 2001, Nack has freelanced for numerous publications including GQ and. For eleven years he wrote about sports, politics, and the environment at Newsday, before joining the staff at Sports Illustrated in 1978 as an investigative reporter and general feature writer, often focusing on boxing and horse-racing. William Nack is one of America’s most prominent and most respected sports journalists.