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TIL that the champion racehorse Secretariat (1970 – 1989), in addition to being an influential sire in the Thoroughbred breed, sired two part-bred sons, First Secretary and Statesman, to test his fertility. These colts went on to become prominent sires in the Appaloosa and American Warmblood breeds.

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