Final Quarter Faster Than Secretariat
Triple Crown winner Secretariat may have taken the 1973 Belmont by a record 31 lengths and in a record time of 2:24, but American Pharoah was faster to the finish over the final 440 yards. Big Red took 25 seconds; American Pharoah was .68 seconds quicker, going two furlongs in 24.32 seconds.
“He flew home the last quarter,” American Pharoah’s trainer Bob Baffert said June 7. “I’ve never had a horse like that. I’ve never seen a horse run like that. I wasn’t around for the Seattle Slews and Secretariats. But what we witnessed... I was pretty in awe.’
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/92491/final-quarter-faster-than-secretariat
If I were leading by 30 lengths I’d slow down too!