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Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont by 31 lengths

He finished the mile and a half in 2 minutes 24 seconds, still the record The time has stood as the track and world record for the distance on dirt since June 1973. Secretariat had already won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes to take the Triple Crown, the first horse to do so in 25 years. He was retired at the end of that season. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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National Museum of Racing

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Secretariat won the 1973 Belmont by 31 lengths: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: He finished the mile and a half in 2 minutes 24 seconds, still the record. The figure is taken from National Museum of Racing, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.