Secretariat Wins Virtual Kentucky Derby

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Published on May 4 2020 6:25 am
Last Updated on May 4 2020 6:28 am

Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against the 12 other Triple Crown winners on Saturday, when this year’s real Kentucky Derby would have been run if not for the coronavirus.

 

The Derby has been postponed to September 5. 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.

FINAL RESULTS

WIN: Secretariat (1973)

PLACE: Citation (1948)

SHOW: Seattle Slew (1977)

4 -- Affirmed (1978)

5 -- American Pharoah (2015)

6 -- Whirlaway (1941)

7 -- Count Fleet (1943)

8 -- Justify (2018)

9 -- Assault (1946)

10 -- War Admiral (1937)

11 -- Omaha (1935)

12 -- Gallant Fox (1930)

13 -- Sir Barton (1919)

Secretariat set a still-standing Kentucky Derby record of 1:59.40 in 1973.