And all that this money has garnered is 55,880 votes -- with half from a race that was only symbolic.
In 1973, Secretariat became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, setting records that still stand at the Kentucky Derby and the grueling, mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes — a race that he won by an unheard of 31 lengths.
The mile-and-a half race was run in memory of the 10-time champion trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who died in June of last year.
A crowded field puts a premium on luck and tactics, especially in a mile-and-a-half race.
That was a monster run, as befitting the physical challenge of a mile-and-a-half race, the third leg of the Triple Crown.
The mile-and-a-half race took less than two and a half minutes but is permanently etched in the annals of Triple Crown legend.
I think he's going to have to be close in a mile-and-a-half race".
When I was three and half, I drew a race car stuck in the mud.
Blame beat Zenyatta fair and square by a half head in a race for the ages in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
