Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against the 12 other Triple Crown winners on Saturday (May 2nd), when this year’s real Kentucky Derby would have been run if not for the coronavirus.
Watch it again! The 13 Triple Crown winners face off in a virtual race under the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs.
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The Derby has been postponed to September 5th. Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973, and the other horses ran on a virtual Churchill Downs track, with the race aired on NBC. Larry Collmus, who calls the Triple Crown races for NBC, provided a live call. 1948 Triple Crown champ Citation was second, and 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slewwas third.
