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Jun 19, 2012 · Using state-of-the-art timing mechanisms, the panel determined that Secretariat finished in 1:53, eclipsing the Preakness record of 1:53 2/5 shared by Tank’s Prospect (1985), Louis Quatorze ...
Aug 2, 2009 · The telecast begins with Jack Whitaker and Woody Broun looking into Preakness day events, Chic Anderson goes over the race chart particulars, with Frank Wrig...
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May 18, 2023 · When Secretariat won the Preakness a half-century ago, his final time of 1 minute, 55 seconds wasn’t all that noteworthy. It was a second slower than the Preakness mark set two years earlier by Canonero II. But the dispute over that time was only beginning. It wasn't until 2012 when owner Penny Chenery finally succeeded in securing her horse’s record. After a hearing and a review of video ...
May 19, 2023 · Last year’s Preakness winner, Early Voting, came home in 1:54.54. Oddly, Secretariat has had that time only since 2012. The electronic timer clocked Secretariat in 1:55 during the race 50 years ago.
Nov 24, 2009 · With a victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes.
May 14, 2023 · The public was eager for the third meeting of Secretariat and Sham, and the Preakness drew a record crowd of 61,657, a 26.5-percent increase over the record set the previous year. Secretariat drew ...
Nobody swept through the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes with the same drama, style and flair as Secretariat. He won 16 of 21 races, graced the covers of national magazines, and was twice named Horse of the Year. But it is the Belmont for which Secretariat is best remembered. On June 9, 1973, “Big Red” went postward as the 1 ...
