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Jockey Ron Turcotte guiding Secretariat to the first Triple Crown Victory in 25 years. "Big Red" won the June 9, 1973, Belmont Stakes by an unbelievable 31 lengths. This is the iconic image of Turcotte peeking over his shoulder to see just how far behind the rest of the field was.

His winning margin of 31 lengths in the long and grueling Belmont Stakes is remembered as one of the most dramatic events in thoroughbred racing history and one of the most incredible individual athletic achievements ever, both human and non-human. Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated featured Secretariat on their covers on June 11, 1973, the first to be featured on all three magazines' covers in the same week. Nobody expected the pure and absolute domination that Secretariat exhibited.

Secretariat was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, the most prestigious honor in racing, both as a two-year-old (the first horse so honored at that age) and as a three-year-old. Secretariat demonstrated his superiority on grass with a win in the Canadian International Stakes against the best horses his age and older from around the world. His performance on grass earned him the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse.