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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 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.
Sham was owned by Martin's longtime clients Viola and Sigmund Sommer. He placed second at the Kentucky Derby, clocking in unofficially in 1:59 4/5. [ 7 ] He ran neck and neck with Secretariat at the Belmont Stakes in the third leg of the Triple Crown, briefly taking the front spot until the back stretch, when Secretariat pulled away and Sham ...
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 ...
Bay Shore Stakes (1973) Gotham Stakes (1973 ... Only four horses ran against Secretariat for the June 9 Belmont Stakes, including Sham and three other horses thought ...
Secretariat’s final race of his career came at the end of his 3-year-old campaign when he won the Canadian International Championship Stakes at Woodbine Race Course in Canada on Oct. 28, 1973.
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 ...
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2,414 m) on dirt for three-year-olds at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.