October 28, 1973 Canadian International ~ 1 5/8 mile ~ Woodbine Racecourse When Secretariat stepped off the plane in Toronto, Ontario, for his final race, he was greeted with a hero’s welcome, complete with news journalists, photographers and television cameras rolling. In those days it was very unusual for racehorses to travel by air, and even Secretariat had never been on a airplane. But the Big Red Horse seemed to understand he was the toast of the racing world, and handled the plane and the