Secretariat's owner has asked the Maryland Racing Commission to
conduct a hearing about changing the time of the horse's winning run in the 1973
Preakness Stakes.
Penny Chenery, along with Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas, say
advances in modern video technology will prove Secretariat ran the 1 3/16 mile race
in 1 minute, 53 and 2/5 seconds. That would have been a record at the time and
would match the standing record for the Preakness.
The commission will consider the request for a hearing at its meeting on June
19th.
Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973. His time in the Preakness was
originally clocked electronically at 1:55, then changed to 1.54 2/5.
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? Really. He won the triple crown who cares about the time.
ReplyDelete39 lengths. Jockey who rode him is in a wheel chair now.
ReplyDeleteWhy do horse races have times in 5ths when electronic timing can record into the thousandths? I know it was the 70's when Secretariat ran, but even then, they had timing to the nearest tenth, unless it was an even number of tenths that was reduced to fifths. Just had to rant.
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