1973 Preakness Stakes combined victories at the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, and Kentucky Derby, Secretariat became the ninth horse to complete the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, and the first horse since Citation in 1948, ending a 25-year period without a Triple Crown winner. Secretariat's times in all three Triple Crown races were stakes records and still stand to this day. 1973 Preakness Stakes The 1973 Preakness Stakes was the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland held on May 19, 1973. Six horses entered, and Secretariat won by lengths ahead of Sham in front of a
Fort Marcy Stakes it took place at Belmont Park on the day of the Kentucky Derby. Speed record: (at current distance of miles) Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Fort Marcy Stakes The Fort Marcy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Grade III race, it is open to horses three-years-old and up and is raced on turf over a distance of miles. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000 added. It was initially known as