The fastest time was Secretariat's 31 length win in 1973 of 2:24.
Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont Stakes in world record time of 2:24 flat, by 31 lengths. The race is one and one half miles.
Animal Kingdom won that Derby in 2:02.4 Secretariat's win was 1:59 4/5 Secretariat wins by nine lengths.
31 lengths.
He had 53 stakes winners. His son, Risen Star, won the 1988 Preakness and Belmont, and his daughter, Lady's Secret, won Horse of the Year in '86.
19/20 Races!
He won 16 of 21 starts.
the Kentucky, Preakness and Belmont
A 'length' in horseracing is appoximately 8', the distance from the horse's nose to his tail. Secretariat's Belmont Stakes win put him at 31 lengths or 248 ft. in front of the 2nd place horse, Sham. He was clocked at the wire travelling 52 fps, or 52 feet per second. To this day Secretariat's record at the Belmont Stakes has never even been approached and is considered the greatest racehorse of all time.
Secretariat won in 1973.
$1,316,808.00
May 5th, 1973.