The Race that Forever Sealed Secretariat's Legacy: The Story of the 1973 Belmont Stakes
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, no horse had won the Triple Crown in horse racing in a quarter of a century. Heading into the third race of the Triple Crown - the Belmont Stakes - Secretariat was the oddsmaker's favorite. And America's, too. Here's the story.
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| 0:48.4 | Up next, a sports performance story for the ages. |
| 1:01.0 | In ESPN's Who's number one list of greatest sports performances ever, this athlete's performance on a racetrack in Elmont, New York on June 9, 1973, placed a close second behind NBA star |
| 1:09.0 | Wilk Chamberlain's 100-point performance in 1962. |
| 1:14.5 | He was the only athlete on that list with one name and the only one with four legs. |
| 1:20.6 | Secretary. |
| 1:27.1 | Going into the 105th Belmont Stakes, there hadn't been a triple crown winner, horse racing's ultimate prize for three-year-olds, since citation in 1948. |
| 1:39.3 | And for good reason, the three races test very different still. |
| 1:47.0 | The first the Kentucky Derby is a one-and-a-quarter-mile long race. |
| 1:51.0 | The second, the Preakness, is shorter at 1N316th, with some especially tight turns. |
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