Secretariat, Belmont Stakes, back stretch

by Thomas Pollart

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Secretariat, Belmont Stakes, back stretch

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Thomas Pollart

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Mixed Media - Mixed Media

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Secretariat moving like a tremendous machine on the back stretch at Belmont Park.

Secretariat, an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1973, became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. His record-breaking win in the Belmont Stakes, where he left the field 31 lengths behind him, is widely regarded as one of the greatest races of all time.

Secretariat's 2:24 winning time still remains the course record 42 years later.

His stride angle, 110 degrees plus, which is defines the maximum opening between the front and rear legs, usually occurring at push off from the rear foot. We have found that for every degree you increase the stride angle, you increase the stride length by 2%. This means that if you increase the stride angle just 10°, you will cover 20% more ground with each stride.

It’s very difficult to catch up with someone who is covering 20% more ground than you are with each stride. In five strides, he or she will be a full stride length ahead of you. In twenty strides, they will be four stride lengths ahead of you.

When we learned that Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes in 1973 by 31 lengths and ran the fastest 1 1/2 miles on dirt in history (2:24 flat). The conventional explanation for Secretariat’s success was that on autopsy his heart was found to be three times the normal size for his breed. But we have found that the ‘conventional explanation’ for athletic success is always based on strength and endurance, and never on stride efficiency.

Barbaro won the 2006 Kentucky Derby by 6 ½ lengths, but suffered a fatal injury when he broke his right rear leg during the Preakness. Barbaro’s stride angle was 105°.

Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978 (the last horse to do so) with a 93° stride angle.
Forego is listed as #8 in the top 100 racehorses of the 20th century, with a 90° stride angle.

Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown in 1977 with a stride angle of 83°.

Man o' War won 20 of 21 races, setting three world records, two American records and three track records. His stride angle was 88°

Original art & design.

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February 16th, 2018

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