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Covert Action, 20, will represent his grandfather Secretariat and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation at the Virginia Horse Festival and Secretariat's Birthday Celebration this month.

Secretariat grandson to help honor the legend

A 20-year-old grandson of Secretariat, whose star never shined as brightly as the one that hung over the great red racehorse, will step into the yearling paddock once occupied by the famous Triple Crown winner this month and bring a little mystique of his own to a Virginia event designed for horse lovers and Secretariat fans alike. Covert Action, a bay Thoroughbred gelding who looks nothing like his great-granddad, but who still melts hearts and charms onlookers with similar star quality, will appear at Secretariat’s former farm, now named Meadow Event Park, to kick off the annual Virginia Horse Festival […]