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Secretariat led into the straight but was overtaken by the Allen Jerkens-trained four-year-old Prove Out, who pulled clear to win by 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths despite carrying seven more pounds than Secretariat under the weight-for-age conditions of the race. Prove Out ran the race of his life that day: his time was the second-fastest mile-and-a-half ...
The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973.Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away (had the race been longer he would have won by even more), the largest margin of victory in Belmont history, in front of a crowd of 69,138 spectators.
With a Maryland racing record audience of 61,653 looking on, Secretariat defeated Sham for the second time in two weeks in the 98th running of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes. In a field of six horses, Sham again finished second to Secretariat by 2 1 ⁄ 2 lengths. Before the race, Sham was given only bottled water to drink.
Secretariat's run in the Belmont is so legendary the racetrack has a pole inside the rail — in his signature blue-and-white checkered silks — marking where the next-closest horse was when he ...
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Rewatching the broadcasts of all three races from 1973 makes it easy to understand why Secretariat’s legend has stood the test of time. Watch: Secretariat’s record-setting Triple Crown races ...
Betting on the ten races held that day at Churchill Downs totaled to $7,627,965, breaking the previous single-day record for American horse racing events of $7,164,717. [25] [27] Off-track betting on the Kentucky Derby reached $3,050,194, which was included in the previous record total. [25] Secretariat went on to participate in the Preakness ...
“In a bigger picture, the ‘70s were a great era of horse racing,” said veteran racing writer Bill Finley of Thoroughbred Daily News. “You had the three Triple Crown winners (Secretariat in ...