Today's History - July 27th

[billrock]

On this date in 1973, in preparation for the August 4 Whitney Stakes, Secretariat worked a mile at Saratoga Racecourse in 1:34 over a muddy track. His workout time was 4/5 of a second lower than the 55-year-old track record for the distance. He galloped out another eighth of a mile for a final time of 1:47 4/5, which was 2/5 of a second lower than the track record.

[bigmack]

Works, races, from off the pace, dirt, turf, epic move to "send a message" in the Preakness, to say nothing of a mutitude of other examples including The Belmont, and this beast just went out and ran, balls out. He was quite the athlete.

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