Secretariat's Record-Breaking Victory
A Look Back at One of Horse Racing's Most Thrilling Moments
The Preakness Stakes, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, has a long and storied history.
But no victory in the Preakness is more legendary than Secretariat's record-breaking win in 1973. Ridden by the legendary Ron Turcotte, Secretariat shattered the previous record by an astonishing 31 lengths, a margin that still stands today.
Secertariat's Preakness victory was part of his legendary Triple Crown campaign, in which he won all three of the American Classic Races - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes - in record-breaking fashion.
He is considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time, and his Preakness victory remains one of the most iconic moments in horse racing history.
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