They were. Through a horse named Fair Play, sire to Man-O-War, grandsire to Seabiscuit. This is very common in horse pedigrees to see similar bloodlines. With the creation of other American breeds such as the Quarter Horse and American Paint, these same Thoroughbred bloodlines are found in the family tree of many of these stock horses. Three Bars, a Thoroughbred stallion is considered one of four foundation stallions that all AQHA and APHA registered horses can trace back in their pedigrees.
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Well, Secretariat was a triple crown winner. It wasn't just that he won them, he won them faster then anyone who ever run them. He won the Belmont by 31 lengths, and still holds it today.
Seabiscuit, was the short horse with a tall jockey. He won "The Match of the Century" with War Admiral. He and his jockey injured themselves while racing and raced together again and won.
No. Secretariat is actually the 9th Triple Crown winner. He won it in 1973. It would be impossible that the other Triple Crown winners, such as Sir Barton, who was the first to win it all the back in 1919, could be related to Secretariat. In fact, Secretariat's successful foals were mostly fillies, and they became great broodmares. Secretariat has no Triple Crown winners in his pedigree.