Monarchos ran 24 years ago. In the past 15 years ONLY ONE horse (Authentic) has even run below 2:01.
I read a long article a few years ago that talked about changes being made to the track surface to help prevent injuries. They seemed effective, until last year, but... they make the track softer, and thus slower.
So, it could well be a very long time before Secretariat’s record at Churchill is broken. Unless of course, they change the track again to speed it up.
Yes, that may be right.
Times are great, but even more is something like Beyer Speed Figures.
However, it’s still worth noting that Northern Dancer was only 1/5 off Secretariat, etc.