Jockey Ron Turcotte rode Riva Ridge to victory in the 1972 Kentucky Derby and back-to-back Belmont Stakes. His repeat Derby win in 1973 aboard Secretariat made him the first jockey with back-to ...
The 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah ran the sixth-fastest Belmont Stakes ever, but if he were racing against Secretariat’s record time in 1973, he would have been a distant second.
Fifty years ago, a 3-year-old chestnut Thoroughbred stallion named Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths and in a record-breaking time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds ...
The three-year-old colt also won a Grade 2 race on the Kentucky ... the race's signature moment took place in 1973, when Secretariat blew away the field at Belmont Park en route to a record ...
His 31-length Belmont Stakes victory was the stuff with which legends are made. Secretariat's story has ... even snow specialist Sectori, who twice won the featured event at the unique White ...
That means that Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes races. All of that when he was only 3 years old! His record-breaking race at the Belmont Stakes still hasn't ...
the 1988 Preakness and Belmont winner and champion 3-year-old. ~Academy Award, a talented turf runner who won the 1991 Manhattan. ~General Assembly, record-setting Travers winner from Secretariat ...
for Kentucky Derby week, Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Park in Elmont ... by Hall of Famer Ron Turcotte, Secretariat won the Eclipse Awards for Horse ...