Great Site for Triple Crown + Belmont historic statistics

[sb]

http://belmontstakes.nyra.com/belstakes ... cords.asp#

Example:
The Six Fastest Belmonts

No contest for Affleet Alex whose time was 28 3/5?

Secretariat simply smashed all the records.... just about

Fastest first quarter-:23 by Another Review in 1991
(Hansel won)
Fastest first mile-1:34 1/5 by Secretariat in 1973
(Secretariat won)
Fastest first half-mile-:46 1/5 by Secretariat in 1973
(Secretariat won)
Fastest first 1 1/4 mile-1:59 by Secretariat in 1973
(Secretariat won)
Fastest first 3/4's-1:09 4/5 by Secretariat in 1973
(Secretariat won)

*Secretariat's time of 2:24 is a world record for the mile-and-a-half distance ona dirt track.

[louis finochio]

Thanks for the memories as I will never forget his stretch run in the Belmont. Lucin Laurin his trainer and Penny Tweedy made history on that big day.