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Secretariat, 1973, ridden by Ron Turcotte, broke the Belmont track record, and possibly the fastest 1 1/2 mile time ever recorded, at 2:24.
Secretariat won by 31 lengths. He started out in the lead flanked by Sham, and they set a blistering pace for six furlongs, when Sham fell back and finished last.
Two others battled it out for second and third. Ron, Secretariat's jockey, was checking his time at the furlong markers, as they passed them, knowing they stood to break a record following Secretariat's track breaking times at the Derby and Preakness.
They rounded the back stretch leading by seven lengths and gained twenty-four more lengths by the finish.
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