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  • Barbaro, races across the finish line to win the 132nd Kentucky Derby, with other horses trailing behind.
    Kentucky Derby
    / Records

    (The runner-up in that race, Sham, finished two and a half lengths behind Secretariat, which some observers believe meant that he also broke two minutes, but only winners’ times were then recorded.) The second horse to surpass the two-minute mark was Monarchos, who won the 2001 Derby in a computer-timed…

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    (The runner-up in that race, Sham, finished two and a half lengths behind Secretariat, which some observers believe meant that he also broke two minutes, but only winners’ times were then recorded.) The second horse to surpass the two-minute mark was Monarchos, who won the 2001 Derby in a computer-timed…

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  • Secretariat
    Secretariat
    / 1973: Triple Crown

    …smashing upset, finishing ahead of Sham and four lengths in front of Secretariat.

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    …smashing upset, finishing ahead of Sham and four lengths in front of Secretariat.

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