PDA

View Full Version : The Belmont Stakes



Mest30
06-17-2008, 12:21 PM
I missed the anniversary by a week or so, but for those who never saw Secretariat's 1973 Belmont, check it out. He still holds the track record to this day and it's a world record for the fastest time ever recorded on a dirt track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFquax2F-k

Check out his still standing track record at the Kentucky Derby, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyqllleV6WA

And, of course, his Preakness, which at the time was a track record and later tied by 3 horses until it was broken in 1991.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEOlWDz2KBw

I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do. I'm not into horse racing, but this horse was something special. In fact, it's the only non human that made ESPN's top 50 sports figures of the century!

merc
06-17-2008, 01:11 PM
I had the honor to meet Helen "Penny" Chenery and her famed horse at Pimlico. Thanks for the video links. Maryland is one of the greatest horse racing States. Sadly this industry is fading away. :bigcry: