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Up next, a sports performance story for the ages.

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 Wilk Chamberlain's 100-point performance in 1962.

He was the only athlete on that list with one name and the only one with four legs,

Secretariat.

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.

And for good reason, the three races test very different till.

The first, the Kentucky Derby is a one-and-a-quarter-mile-long race.

The second, the Preakness, is shorter at 1N316th, with some especially tight turns.

Belmont, the last of the three, is one and a half miles,

a thoroughbred marathon, and with a far turn as wide as the Suez Canal and a home stretch that never seems to end. Only seven horses had won all three races in 100 plus years, making the feat as improbable

as a baseball player winning the Triple Crown or a tennis player winning the Grand Slam.

Fixed horses had won the first two legs of the Triple Crown since 1948, Tim Tam in 1958,

carryback in 1961, Northern Dan Tam in 1958. Carryback in 1961.

Northern Dancer in 1964.

And Kowai King in 1966.

Forward Pass in 1968.

And Conanero in 1971.

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