Secretariat set a world record for a one and a half mile course in 2:24, and a record for largest margin of victory in the Belmont, 31 lengths.(AP Photo) AP ...

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When you win the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in two minutes and 24 seconds that record is almost certainly never going to be broken.” Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, won the 1973 Kentucky ...

When you win the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in two minutes and 24 seconds that record is almost certainly never going to be broken.” Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, won the 1973 Kentucky ...

When you win the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in two minutes and 24 seconds that record is almost certainly never going to be broken.” Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, won the 1973 Kentucky ...

In a field of only five horses, Secretariat broke out of the gate early, winning by 31 lengths, the largest margin of victory in Belmont history. His winning time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds is ...

Secretariat won by an astonishing 31 lengths and his final time of 2:24 remains a record 50 years later. A career cut short Turcotte’s riding career was cut short on July 13, 1978.

AP Photo Secretariat surges ahead of the pack at the 1973 Belmont Stakes, ... Secretariat approaches the finish line to win the 1973 Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths.

Secretariat led nearly all the way and, in effect, sprinted for a mile and a half, drawing steadily away to triumph by a scarcely credible margin of 31 lengths in a time of exactly 2min 24sec – a ...