Edward “Shorty” Sweat was born in Holly Hill, S. C. in 1939. As one of nine children of a sharecropper, he grew up in a ...

Eddie Sweat was Secretariat’s constant companion.” “Rarely more than a few feet from the chestnut phenom, the experienced groom did achieve a degree of fame during the mid-1970s, not only ...

“Eddie Sweat, his groom, and I quickly became friends. We were surrounded by Pinkerton guards 24 hours a day. But I got to pet Secretariat when I'd walk past. He just seemed very confident and ...

who at 81 is the lone survivor of Secretariat’s inner circle, which included owner Penny Chenery, trainer Lucien Laurin and groom Eddie Sweat. “He was doing things that we’ve never seen ...

Edward “Shorty” “Eddie” Sweat of Vance and George Thomas “Charlie” Davis Jr. of Eutawville. Sweat was Secretariat’s groom and Davis was the horse’s exercise rider. Each of the ...

Groom Eddie Sweat died in 1998 and exercise rider Charlie Davis followed in 2018. “Charlie and Eddie were very good horsemen,” he said. “Sweat was beautiful with horses.” Secretariat died ...

It's been 50 years since Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte crushed the field by 31 lengths to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing's Triple Crown champion in 1973. Turcotte remembers ...

Secretariat was retired to stud in 1973 ... Ron Turcotte, Lucien Laurin and groom Eddie Sweat. Confined to a wheelchair since a race accident at Belmont in ’78, Turcotte is the lone survivor ...

Groom Eddie Sweat died in 1998 and exercise rider Charlie Davis followed in 2018. "Charlie and Eddie were very good horsemen," he said. "Sweat was beautiful with horses." Secretariat died in 1989.