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The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.
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Secretariat (horse)
1973 US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner
Secretariat, also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1973 Belmont Stakes
American thoroughbred horse race
The 1973 Belmont Stakes was the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, held on June 9, 1973. Facing a field of five horses, Secretariat won by 31 lengths going away, the largest margin of victory in Belmont history, in front of a crowd of 69,138…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Horse length
Unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail; approximately 240 cm
A horse length, or simply length, is a unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail, approximately 8 feet (2.4 m).Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
Racing honor
In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)