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Secretariat's lineage includes 663 descendants and 19 horses competing in the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Remarkably, all replacements for scratched horses also share this legendary bloodline.

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Secretariat's family tree spans almost the entire world of modern thoroughbred horse racing.
That includes the 2026 Kentucky Derby, in which 19 of the 20 horses competing can claim to be descendants of the legendary 'Big Red.'
In fact, it really works out to 22 of the 23. Three horses have scratched as of Friday morning, but all three of their replacements also have Secretariat in their bloodline.
It's actually a downgrade from 2025, when every single horse in the field had Secretariat in their lineage.
At this point, it's hard to find a horse at this level who doesn't hail from Secretariat in some way.
Secretariat officially sired 663 registered foals.
His stud career began in 1974 and continued until he died in 1989.
Secretariat's direct children themselves weren't necessarily huge winners, but his blood line carried down into more success.
He had better daughters than sons, in general, and that side of the tree began to produce horses like A.P. Indy and Storm Cat, who became great sires themselves after strong racing careers.
Secretariat's family tree is so widespread that many of the horses in the 2026 Kentucky Derby have multiple tracks in their lineage that come from him.
The Puma and Demon Bourbon both feature Secretariat four times in their bloodlines, .
Secretariat has 663 descendants participating in the 2026 Kentucky Derby.
Secretariat's bloodline is significant as it influences the majority of horses in modern thoroughbred racing, including 19 out of 20 in the 2026 Kentucky Derby.
Nineteen horses in the 2026 Kentucky Derby are descendants of Secretariat.
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Further Ado and Pavlovian both have Secretariat three times.
Another six have him twice: Commandment, Renegade, Incredibolt, Six Speed, Litmus Test and Great White.
The one holdout in the 2026 field is Emerging Market.
Emerging Market's parents are Candy Ride and Wild Empress.
Candy Ride won all six of his races between 2002 and 2003, and he was Argentine-bred.
His mother, Wild Empress, had just one seventh-place finish before retiring. Emerging Market is her first foal.
In Wild Empress' family tree is 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled, who sired her father Empire Maker, who was second in the Derby and first in the Belmont.
There is winning blood for Emerging Market, even if none of it comes from Secretariat -- as improbable as that is.