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race for horses 3 years old and up, it was raced over a distance of
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757:Hawksworth Farm (Harry & Teresa Meyerhoff)
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523:Star Crown Stable (Estate of Carl Rosen)
196:In the inaugural race, Secretariat set a
185:with Secretariat's stablemate and 1972
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314:No horse won this race more than once.
16:For the former soccer tournament, see
833:Marablue Farm (A. Douglas Henderson)
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127:Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap
27:Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap
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1016:Secretariat's 1973 Marlboro Cup
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162:miles on a dirt track.
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18:Marlboro Cup (soccer)
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1116:Anchorage Daily News
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254:Jockey Club Gold Cup
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791:Douglas R. Peterson
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911:East-West Stable (
907:Stephen A. DiMauro
332:(1977, 1982, 1983)
267:The advent of the
87:miles (9 furlongs)
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590:Jacinto Vasquez
557:John O. Hertler
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708:Jeffrey Fell
662:Noble Nashua
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519:Roger Laurin
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41:Belmont Park
975:Secretariat
635:Laz Barrera
514:Don MacBeth
291:Secretariat
256:. In 1984,
167:Secretariat
103:left-handed
60:Flat racing
1130:Categories
1101:2020-01-24
1060:2020-12-31
1022:References
1003:$ 150,000
964:$ 150,000
936:Big Spruce
924:$ 150,000
882:$ 170,220
842:$ 167,760
804:$ 180,000
766:$ 180,000
728:$ 180,000
688:$ 240,000
650:$ 240,000
622:Lemhi Gold
610:$ 240,000
570:$ 240,000
532:$ 300,000
494:$ 300,000
454:$ 450,000
309:Most wins:
191:Riva Ridge
183:match race
134:horse race
23:Horse race
426:Java Gold
200:time for
52:Race type
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753:Bud Delp
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488:1-1/4 m
466:Turkoman
451:2:01.00
448:1-1/4 m
388:Trainer
302:Turkoman
239:Exceller
235:Affirmed
119:Assigned
71:Distance
37:Location
1075:The Age
434:Pat Day
385:Jockey
379:Winner
369:Winners
339:trainer
279:Records
223:⁄
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189:winner
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146:Grade 1
92:Surface
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894:Wajima
854:Forego
321:jockey
304:(1986)
275:only.
129:was a
116:Weight
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812:1977
774:1978
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696:1980
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406:Time
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