Horse racing-Secretariat wins Triple Crown showdown

[ASFN Admin]

Secretariat found his stride down the stretch and emerged victorious on Saturday in a computer-simulated Kentucky Derby, which pitted all of horse racing's 13 Triple Crown winners against each other. Seattle Slew led for most of the race but had to settle for third after being overtaken by the victorious chestnut stallion, who won the Triple Crown in 1973 and whose story inspired a Disney film in 2010. Citation, who won the Triple Crown in 1948 and was the first race horse to earn $1 million, came in second.

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