Sham is a legend too, his KD time still stands after he’d ripped two teeth out in the gate and bled profusely the whole way. He was a warrior and imo pushed Sec to find new gears, especially in Belmont. My personal favorite but I love Sec also.
I like this different version of the race. We get to see the battle for second between Twice A Prince and My Gallant, as well as a bit closer look of Secretariat coming around the far turn, and, of course, his backside.
Thank you so very much for finding this historic footage! I've been waiting so long to hear Dave Johnson's take of Secretariat's masterpiece, and I'm very glad that the NYRA has decided to release it. It's a quite straightforward race call due to Dave's duties to the track and the betting public, but the angles and the sheer nostalgic value is priceless. Now if only CBS would release the original full broadcast film stock footage that is collecting dust in their archives. Remastering costs for them would be negligible considering the net worth of the network. Hopefully, one day it will be.
It's amazing no one found this for years. Equally amazing is no one at NYRA kept their original videotape of Johnson's call of the 1973 Belmont. If there had been an eighth season of "Mad Men," I would have advanced the storylines to 1973 and opened such a season with this race.
Rare , unseen , alternate footage of the " track " call by my ex neighbor and friend the greatest track announcer in the history of north ⬆️ American thoroughbred horse 🐴🐎😀 racing 🐎 Mr Dave Johnson who was just a great super terrific incredible and unbelievable guy that I've not seen in years and I hope he's doing well ❤️🩹 ! ! !
Dave "And, Down the stretch they come" Johnson. He didn't use that famous phrase here because only one horse was coming down the stretch. He was my favorite race caller too.
@@NalaRichenbach Johnson didn't begin using that phrase until later. If you hear his call of the 1972 Belmont, he didn't use it there nor on most other calls early in his career. That also included the fabled 1976 Marlboro Cup (the famed "Forego's coming like a freight train" call Chic Anderson did for CBS) where he didn't use it either. I believe he only started that after he left NYRA for The Meadowlands in 1977 where he became their first thoroughbred track announcer.
You finally found the Dave Johnson NYRA call . Even though this is a film because the replay from NYRA would have the NYRA Replay graffic with the numbers of the 4 horses on the bottom with the time on top
Secretariat ran off the screen. The camera used in this version couldn’t show the entire stretch. State of the Art equipment for 1973. The CBS camera was able to capture the entire stretch. That was a good race for 2nd by two horses that probably ran about a 2 minute 28 second mile and a half. Which would be good enough to win many runnings of the Belmont Stakes. I like this version’s angle of Secretariat in a full sprint up the backstretch. That was amazing to watch. Horses just don’t do that in a mile and a half race.
This was very early in Dave Johnson's career. He was following a legend in Fred Caposella (who retired at the end of the 1971 season as NYRA didn't race year-round then) and could not be as flamboyant as he would be later on.
That’s Dave Johnson. The only thing I didn’t like about his call is that he wasn’t giving out the split times. That made the race more exciting when Chic Anderson gave out the running time for the first three quarters ….1:09 and three. That was Secretariat’s warmup. That puts it all into prospective. He was burning up the backstretch.
Dave Johnson was an outstanding race track announcer . He replaced the legendary, Fred Cappeslla . Dave was the NYRA announcer from 1972 to 1978 and Chick Anderson replaced Dave in 1978 and held on the NYRA track announcing job untill he passed away in 1979 and Chick was replaced by Marshall Cassidy
@@laurenurban3942 They didn't give split times back then. That only really started under Marshall Cassidy when Off-Track Betting locations in New York were getting the live calls. Even Chic Anderson on his pre-NYRA race calls for CBS never did that (Anderson would replace Johnson as the main track announcer in the spring of 1977 at the NYRA tracks (with Cassidy then his backup until he succeeded Anderson when Anderson died in March 1979) when Johnson left to become the first thoroughbred announcer at The Meadowlands).
@@brendanmullarkey1787 Actually it was the spring of 1977 when Johnson left NYRA to become the first track announcer for thoroughbred racing at The Meadowlands ahead of their first thoroughbred meet that fall. Chic Anderson became the only announcer because of when he replaced Johnson to call two legs as the on-track voice when Seattle Slew won the TC in 1977 as he was the track announcer at Churchill Downs from 1961-'77 before leaving midway through the 1977 spring meet at CD to replace Johnson at the start of or early in the Belmont spring meet.
Wow, never seen this before. Thanks for posting.
Secretariat is the greatest horse in racing and lets not leave out Sham he was also great.
Sham is a legend too, his KD time still stands after he’d ripped two teeth out in the gate and bled profusely the whole way. He was a warrior and imo pushed Sec to find new gears, especially in Belmont. My personal favorite but I love Sec also.
I like this different version of the race. We get to see the battle for second between Twice A Prince and My Gallant, as well as a bit closer look of Secretariat coming around the far turn, and, of course, his backside.
Thank you so very much for finding this historic footage! I've been waiting so long to hear Dave Johnson's take of Secretariat's masterpiece, and I'm very glad that the NYRA has decided to release it. It's a quite straightforward race call due to Dave's duties to the track and the betting public, but the angles and the sheer nostalgic value is priceless. Now if only CBS would release the original full broadcast film stock footage that is collecting dust in their archives. Remastering costs for them would be negligible considering the net worth of the network. Hopefully, one day it will be.
It's amazing no one found this for years. Equally amazing is no one at NYRA kept their original videotape of Johnson's call of the 1973 Belmont.
If there had been an eighth season of "Mad Men," I would have advanced the storylines to 1973 and opened such a season with this race.
Go Big Red!!
Thanks for posting this. I often wondered what Johnson's call sounded like.
Rare , unseen , alternate footage of the " track " call by my ex neighbor and friend the greatest track announcer in the history of north ⬆️ American thoroughbred horse 🐴🐎😀 racing 🐎 Mr Dave Johnson who was just a great super terrific incredible and unbelievable guy that I've not seen in years and I hope he's doing well ❤️🩹 ! ! !
Dave "And, Down the stretch they come" Johnson. He didn't use that famous phrase here because only one horse was coming down the stretch. He was my favorite race caller too.
@@NalaRichenbach Johnson didn't begin using that phrase until later. If you hear his call of the 1972 Belmont, he didn't use it there nor on most other calls early in his career. That also included the fabled 1976 Marlboro Cup (the famed "Forego's coming like a freight train" call Chic Anderson did for CBS) where he didn't use it either. I believe he only started that after he left NYRA for The Meadowlands in 1977 where he became their first thoroughbred track announcer.
@@WaltGekko I don't really care when he started using it....he used the phrase better than anyone I know.
You finally found the Dave Johnson NYRA call . Even though this is a film because the replay from NYRA would have the NYRA Replay graffic with the numbers of the 4 horses on the bottom with the time on top
I like secretariat moving like a tremendous machine and the excitement, I like hearing, He's All Alone..thanks for the footage, But!
Wow, this is something to see and hear after all these years!!!!
Prefer the other announcer they didn't even show Secretariat crossing the finish line
Secretariat ran off the screen. The camera used in this version couldn’t show the entire stretch. State of the Art equipment for 1973. The CBS camera was able to capture the entire stretch. That was a good race for 2nd by two horses that probably ran about a 2 minute 28 second mile and a half. Which would be good enough to win many runnings of the Belmont Stakes. I like this version’s angle of Secretariat in a full sprint up the backstretch. That was amazing to watch. Horses just don’t do that in a mile and a half race.
This is a lame call no emotion Chic's was light years better!
This was very early in Dave Johnson's career. He was following a legend in Fred Caposella (who retired at the end of the 1971 season as NYRA didn't race year-round then) and could not be as flamboyant as he would be later on.
Nobody was ever going to top Anderson's call of this race, and that goes for any sports announcer in any sport.
🔵THE GUY DOING THE PLAY BY PLAY IS LOUSY!🔴
That’s Dave Johnson. The only thing I didn’t like about his call is that he wasn’t giving out the split times. That made the race more exciting when Chic Anderson gave out the running time for the first three quarters ….1:09 and three. That was Secretariat’s warmup. That puts it all into prospective. He was burning up the backstretch.
Dave Johnson was an outstanding race track announcer .
He replaced the legendary, Fred Cappeslla . Dave was the NYRA announcer from 1972 to 1978 and Chick Anderson replaced Dave in 1978 and held on the NYRA track announcing job untill he passed away in 1979 and Chick was replaced by Marshall Cassidy
@@laurenurban3942 They didn't give split times back then. That only really started under Marshall Cassidy when Off-Track Betting locations in New York were getting the live calls. Even Chic Anderson on his pre-NYRA race calls for CBS never did that (Anderson would replace Johnson as the main track announcer in the spring of 1977 at the NYRA tracks (with Cassidy then his backup until he succeeded Anderson when Anderson died in March 1979) when Johnson left to become the first thoroughbred announcer at The Meadowlands).
@@brendanmullarkey1787 Actually it was the spring of 1977 when Johnson left NYRA to become the first track announcer for thoroughbred racing at The Meadowlands ahead of their first thoroughbred meet that fall. Chic Anderson became the only announcer because of when he replaced Johnson to call two legs as the on-track voice when Seattle Slew won the TC in 1977 as he was the track announcer at Churchill Downs from 1961-'77 before leaving midway through the 1977 spring meet at CD to replace Johnson at the start of or early in the Belmont spring meet.