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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.
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 ...
Secretariat eventually sired a number of major stakes winners, including: [21] General Assembly, winner of the 1979 Travers Stakes, setting a track record of 2:00 flat that stood for 37 years. [116] [117] Lady's Secret, 1986 Horse of the Year. [118] Risen Star, 1988 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner. [119]
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.
Many believe Secretariat’s Belmont to be the greatest performance in the history of American racing.” Secretariat ran six more races after the Belmont, winning four of them, before retiring at ...
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 ...
Secretariat is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written by Mike Rich and Sheldon Turner based largely on William Nack's 1975 book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, with music by Nick Glennie-Smith and directed by Randall Wallace.
Heading into the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, the racing has become almost an afterthought as the public has focused on a recent spike in deaths of horses at racetracks and air quality ...