Secretariat awarded Preakness record time 39 years later, marking the first time in history a dead horse has beaten another dead horse.
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Nearly 40 years after his Triple Crown victory, Secretariat is still making a mark in the record books. He already holds the fastest time for the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5) and the Belmont (2:24), but his Preakness Stakes time has been debated since that day in 1973. Tuesday, the Maryland Racing Commission officially revised Secretariat’s winning time from 1:54 2/5 to 1:53, a new stakes record.
The Pimlico course record at the time was the 1:54 established by Canonero II in winning the 1971 Preakness. Later, Tank’s Prospect (1985), Louis Quatorze (1996), and Curlin (2007) each won the Preakness in 1:53 2/5, the stakes record that was officially recognized until yesterday.
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