A Tale of Two Hearts: The X-Factor From the Beginning

By K. C. Jakeman   Author & Publisher, K.C. Jakeman began her own X-Factor story in 1997 working alongside Marianna Haun tracing and tracking the X-Factor Pedigree Theory in her own Kentucky broodmare band. Book four, “A Tale of Two Hearts, The X-Factor from the Beginning,” picks up where Turf writer Marianna Haun left off with "Solving the Mystery of Secretariat's Heart." The significant breakthrough in proving the X-Factor Theory came in 2012 when Jakeman asked Haun to write a chapter called “An Artist’s Eye.” Jakeman had been reorganizing chapters for the final layout of the third book and needed a bridge chapter to organize Huan’s thoughts. “It was then we realized the difference between Secretariat’s skeleton and War Admiral’s skeleton,” says Jakeman.  "We also learned Secretariat likely had five lumbar skeleton versus the normal six. The largest hearts we have measured to date carry this skeletal anomaly along with 2 less ribs. We also proved the double copy theory meaning a