The Claiborne Family Cemetary is truly amazing and a wonderful place to visit. Here are two graves right across from Secretariat's in which Swale and Round Table rest. Round Table was born on April 6, 1954, the exact same day as Bold Ruler. Both horses were truly amazing, both on the track and then in the shed -- so it is truly a miraculous event that they were born on the same farm on the same day!
Anyway, Round Table's record was 66: 43-8-5 and $1,749,869. He earned Horse of the Year, a Handicap Champion award, was grass champion for 3 consecutive years, and an all-time leading money winner when he retired. He was consistent, sound, game, travelled a lot, and very productive for his family. When he was a colt, the Hancock's sold a majority interest in him and managed to save their farm after the death of A.B. Hancock, Sr. What a good boy Round Table was! Anyway, he sired 401 foals and had a 21% stakes winner percentage, just shy of Bold Ruler's 23% rating! He was so famous and so loved that even 5 years after being pensioned from breeding, at a ripe old age, the Queen of England changed her travel plans in 1984 in order to visit him. She wanted to see her relative, since her father had sold Knight's Daughter who was Round Table's dam! He passed away in 1987 at the very nicely old age of 33!
Now, Swale is a sad story. He is Seattle Slew's son and in his short life from 1981-1984, he earned the Champion 3 year-old award, and won both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, among others. His final abbreviated record was 14: 9-2-2. He won the Belmont on June 9th, 1984 and passed away of a heart attack on June 17th, 1984 while having a bath! He rests with the greatest!