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Old 05-19-2007, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sumitas
the real record holder, Secretariat, what was his time there in '73 ?
"The original teletimer time was 1:55; Pimlico amended it to 1:54 2-5 two days later -- the official time in the Preakness media guide. Daily Racing Form clockers, though, timed Big Red in 1:53 2-5, a time which equals the Preakness record by Tank's Prospect in 1983 and Louis Quatorze in 1996."
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