1973 Preakness (UPDATE: Maryland accepts 1:53.0)

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

DRF has a story up about how MD is looking into retiming the Preakness the year Secretariat won it.

What I found interesting was the video. In the beginning of the video, as they approach the gate, they talk about how Sham was kicked/hammered in the head before the race and lost a couple of teeth. Anyone ever heard that before?

http://www.drf.com/news/secretariats...and-commission

I believe he lost some teeth in the starting gate for the Derby.