With the 157th Running of the Belmont Stakes set for Saturday, here's a look at the history of the iconic trophy.

“Beau told me after the regional race, he said ‘I got more’,” said Coach Raines. “He told me he knew that he had more left on ...

Edward “Shorty” Sweat was born in Holly Hill, S. C. in 1939. As one of nine children of a sharecropper, he grew up in a ...

“He is moving like a tremendous machine! Secretariat by 12, Secretariat by 14 lengths at the turn!” He won by 31 lengths, nearly the length of a football field, in an unheard-of 2:24, a full ...

"When you're alone like that, I could hear the announcer very well." Secretariat won by an astonishing 31 lengths and his final time of 2:24 remains a record 50 years later. Turcotte's riding ...

Secretariat’s was a legendary Belmont. The Belmont of all Belmonts. There was the unbelievable 31-length winning margin. There was the famous photograph of jockey Ron Turcotte looking back in ...

Construction of the Wood River refinery began in 1907 ...

He won by 31 lengths, a distance so absurd that the broadcast needed to shift to a seldom-used ultra-wide shot to show the race's conclusion. Secretariat's splits got faster each quarter-mile he ...

Secretariat sets a world record on the 1½-mile course with 2:24, and a record for largest margin of victory in the Belmont, 31 lengths. 1978 — Larry Holmes scores a 15-round split decision over ...

The third and final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown happens Saturday, and this year’s “Run for the Carnations” has a $2 ...

Focus Features / Via giphy.com Well, it seems a whole lot of people decided to snap a photo of those moments. We've compiled them here, so sit back, relax, and prepare to say, "That's unfortunate": ...