Extremely cool video! Thanks so much! Andy's enthusiasm has always rubbed off on me. As awesome as Secretariat was that day, Belmont had a lot of ridiculous times in spring of '73, and a lot of the track records from that meet still hold today. Does anybody know what the deal was with the track during that meet? 139 is completely ridiculous, either way. I think Arrogate's 14-length win at the 2016 Travers was only a 122, just to give an idea of how insane this is.
Very interesting post, Marty. I’d like to know the answers to your questions too! That’s not at all to diminish Big Red’s feat. His performances in the Triple Crown series remain the stuff of dreams ❤ Breaking all 3 records, and owning them still… WOW.
Extremely cool video! Thanks so much! Andy's enthusiasm has always rubbed off on me. As awesome as Secretariat was that day, Belmont had a lot of ridiculous times in spring of '73, and a lot of the track records from that meet still hold today. Does anybody know what the deal was with the track during that meet?
139 is completely ridiculous, either way. I think Arrogate's 14-length win at the 2016 Travers was only a 122, just to give an idea of how insane this is.
Very interesting post, Marty. I’d like to know the answers to your questions too!
That’s not at all to diminish Big Red’s feat. His performances in the Triple Crown series remain the stuff of dreams ❤
Breaking all 3 records, and owning them still… WOW.