💬 Here's an interesting note: Belmont Stakes race today ... all the contenders are descendants from Secretariat.

[TerryP]

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

Wow... That's interesting. I guess it was just a matter of time if this hasn't happened already before.

 

[rick4bama]

He got around now didn't he!

 

['65 Cobra]

The greatest of all time. He ran the Belmont in 2:24 - still the record for the Belmont Stakes and for any mile and a half on dirt. He won by 31 lengths which is still a record for the Belmont as well.

 

[#80]

Big fan of horse racing happy to see a live event today. The sport of kings.

 

[TerryP]

The greatest of all time. He ran the Belmont in 2:24 - still the record for the Belmont Stakes and for any mile and a half on dirt. He won by 31 lengths which is still a record for the Belmont as well.

Until today on the time...Tiz the Law was 1:46.53

 

[252BAMA]

The greatest of all time. He ran the Belmont in 2:24 - still the record for the Belmont Stakes and for any mile and a half on dirt. He won by 31 lengths which is still a record for the Belmont as well.

"He is moving like a tremendous machine!"

 

['65 Cobra]

Until today on the time...Tiz the Law was 1:46.53

Um, yes, Tiz the Law won and his time was 146.53... seconds. That's 2:26.5. Which is an excellent time, but it also means Secretariat would have beaten him by 12-13 lengths.

 

[252BAMA]

Um, yes, Tiz the Law won and his time was 146.53... seconds. That's 2:26.5. Which is an excellent time, but it also means Secretariat would have beaten him by 12-13 lengths.

Um, no. the time was 1:46.53. For 1 1/8 mile.

"The race was shortened from the usual 1½-mile standard to account for competitors' unusual training schedules. Horses kicked off from a starting gate placed atop the backstretch, rather than in front of the grandstands."

New York-bred Tiz the Law wins spectator-less Belmont Stakes

Heavily favored Tiz the Law won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes on Saturday, claiming victory at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule in front of eerily empty grandstands.

www.espn.com

 

[LeGarrette]

Secretariat's a baby batter making machine.

There is no telling the amount of his love juice thay has been sold.

 

[TerryP]

Secretariat's a baby batter making machine.

There is no telling the amount of his love juice thay has been sold.

32 breeding shares at 190K per for a total of about 6 million...in 1973.

 

[rick4bama]

Bad thing about all his little ones running today! He didn't have the fun in making them!

 

['65 Cobra]

Um, no. the time was 1:46.53. For 1 1/8 mile.

"The race was shortened from the usual 1½-mile standard to account for competitors' unusual training schedules. Horses kicked off from a starting gate placed atop the backstretch, rather than in front of the grandstands."

New York-bred Tiz the Law wins spectator-less Belmont Stakes

Heavily favored Tiz the Law won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes on Saturday, claiming victory at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule in front of eerily empty grandstands.

www.espn.com

Interesting. This is the piece that I read. Scroll down to where it says 146.53 seconds and four lengths.

Who won the Belmont Stakes in 2020? Full results, finish order & highlights from the race | Sporting News

www.sportingnews.com

 

[TerryP]

Interesting. This is the piece that I read. Scroll down to where it says 146.53 seconds and four lengths.

Who won the Belmont Stakes in 2020? Full results, finish order & highlights from the race | Sporting News

www.sportingnews.com

A typo, no doubt. Or, the guy writing the piece didn't understand how a clock works?

NY Times.

It was the fifth victory in six starts for the son of Constitution, and the $535,000 first-place check pushed his career earnings past $1.4 million. He ran the mile-and-an-eighth distance in 1:46:53 and paid his backers $3.60 for a $2 bet.