Secretariat’s Fastest Race | The Preakness Timing Controversy

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Everyone remembers June 9, 1973 at Belmont Park—Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and sealing the Triple Crown. But three weeks earlier, on May 19, 1973 at Pimlico Race Course, the Preakness Stakes may have been even more historic—because the timer malfunctioned.

The infield electronic clock first flashed 1:55, a time many horsemen immediately called impossible. Officials changed it to the “official” 1:54 2/5 (1:54.2)—a track record tie with Canonero II. But CBS reviewed the broadcast frame-by-frame and reported 1:53 2/5 (1:53.4).
Legendary clockers, including Charles Hatton, also hand-timed it around 1:53.

If Secretariat truly ran 1:53, it wasn’t just fast, it was potentially the fastest Preakness in history, a performance so extreme officials didn’t trust the numbers. This is the 50-year horse racing controversy about Secretariat, Ron Turcotte, and the record books that may have frozen the wrong time forever.




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