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4 days ago · If you are a horse racing enthusiast, you no doubt are familiar with Secretariat’s iconic 1973 Belmont Stakes victory, which secured a Triple Crown win. Secretariat still holds the record for the fastest Belmont Stakes run ever (2 minutes and 24 seconds) and the largest margin of victory (31 lengths).
5 days ago · Apr 28, 2023. Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to victory in the 1973 Kentucky Derby. AP FILE PHOTO. JOHN CLAY Lexington Herald-Leader. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Over the past five decades, talented racehorses have come and gone, their brilliance lighting up the sky for a moment in time, only to fade and all but disappear from our memory.
4 days ago · From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their...
4 days ago · Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat during the 99th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1973. Secretariat was the first horse to win the Derby in under 2...
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5 days ago · The first was installed in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2019. It shows “1A” as the post position that Secretariat carried in winning the Kentucky Derby in 1973 with a record pace.
