EditorialSecretariat on his way to winning the Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths, a feat many consider to be the greatest ever by a thoroughbred, in Elmont, N.Y., June 9, 1973. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
EditorialBridget Eukers at Windsor Hunt Stables, in Windsor, Conn. on Nov. 16, 2022, where she kept Rush beginning in 2008. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)
EditorialRasi Harper of The Real Players Inside the Backstretch, second from right, interviews backstretch worker Tyler Sousa, right, for a YouTube segment, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2022. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialTyler Gaffalione and Emily Yagoda posed for photos while holding cutouts of the thoroughbred owners Len and Lois Green at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2022. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialThoroughbred race horses are prepped for racing ahead of the Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, on a hot Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialMedina Spirit, who died on Dec. 6, 2021, at Pimlico Race Course on the morning of the Preakness, in Baltimore, May 15, 2021. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialFILE - Billy Turner with future Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., April 23, 1977. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
EditorialJessica Paquette, communications director for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, with the retired racehorses Brickbat and My Teddy Bear in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on Aug. 21, 2021. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialCheryl White’s family?has embarked on a mission to restake her place in the annals of thoroughbred racing glory. (Nate Smallwood/The New York Times)