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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.
While Sham did not race again after the Belmont Stakes, he was not retired until July 1973. The cause was a hairline fracture in the front right cannon bone that he sustained during training, which was surgically repaired with three screws. [7] "Sham broke a cannon bone," trainer Frank Martin said.
The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the track record (which is also a world record on dirt) of 2:24. The race covers one full lap of Belmont Park, known as "The Championship Track" because nearly every major American champion in racing history has competed on the racetrack.
June 9th, 1973 is the moment when Secretariat cemented his place in history with the Belmont run that still brings tears to sports' fans eyes today. Secretariat won by an astounding, record ...
Jockey Ron Turcotte, left, aboard Secretariat, turns for a look at the field behind as they make the final turn on their way to winning the 1973 Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes.
The July 10, 1973 New York Times reported that a number of Chicago fans in attendance did as their New York counterparts had in the Belmont Stakes and $11,170 worth of winning tickets on Secretariat had not been cashed.
The Grade 1 Travers Stakes is the peak of the track's annual summer racing, with crowds upwards of 40,000. Last year, Phish played a sold-out 27,000-crowd concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts ...
Five years later, for both CBS Sports and the Belmont Park fans, Anderson called a 1978 Belmont Stakes race that was as close as the 1973 Belmont was a romp. Affirmed and Alydar —who battled each other closely both as two-year-old horses and in the 1978 Triple Crown races (with Affirmed prevailing barely in both the Kentucky Derby and ...