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Secretariat won the 105th Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, completing the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The race was held on June 9, 1973, at Belmont Park in New York, with 69,138 spectators and a winning time of 2:24.
Secretariat was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973 and set speed records in all three races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and a leading broodmare sire in North America.
Learn about the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes, where Secretariat won by 2⁄ lengths ahead of Sham in a record time of 1:53. The web page has no video of the race, but provides details of the pre-race activity, the race conditions, and the post-race reactions.
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.
Learn about the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown for three-year-old Thoroughbreds in New York. Find out the history, distance, records, traditions, and winners of the race since 1867.
Ron Turcotte is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey who rode Secretariat to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973. He was also the first jockey to win back-to-back Kentucky Derbies and the first to win five of six consecutive Triple Crown races.
Secretariat won the 99th Kentucky Derby in a record time of 1:592⁄5, 21⁄2 lengths ahead of Sham, while Our Native finished in third. The race was viewed by a record crowd of 134,476 and was the first leg of Secretariat's Triple Crown.