PREVIEW: The National Racing Museum

A racehorse coming out of the gate can reach 40 miles per hour in about two and a half seconds. That statistic alone is amazing, but then when you compare that to a Ferrari getting to 60 miles an hour in five and a half seconds, side by side, it's just amazing. And at one time, all four legs are off the ground. That horse is, quote, almost flying. Nothing is touching the ground. The feeling when I'm on their back, traveling at 40 miles an hour, that's indescribable. Thoroughbreds are a half ton of sheer power and muscle. From breast to top speed, a horse's heart rate increases by a factor of ten. A man's by a factor of four. That's what they're meant to do. That's why they were bred over two centuries ago, was to run. It's that tension, that strength, that drive. Secretariat, Man o' War, Citation, and Seabiscuit. Names etched into our collective memory, images of grace and stamina. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, tells the story of racing in America from the early 18th century to the present day. Honed to stories of the horses, the jockeys, the trainers, tracks, and trophies. The museum brims with racing memorabilia.