Secretariat

Thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown since Sir Barton swept all three races in 1919. To win it, a horse must take the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes in the same season — three elite races over five weeks, with distances increasing at each leg and fresh competition entering specifically …

Yes — Secretariat was the fastest horse to ever race. Three reasons stand above all others: He set records in all three Triple Crown races in 1973 — records that still stand more than 50 years later His Belmont Stakes time of 2:24 flat for 1½ miles has never been approached by any horse in …