Avg *

Secretariat

ManOWar

Height (hands)

16

16 2"

16 2"

Weight (lbs)

1100

1155

1150

Heart Wght (lbs)

8.5¹³

22 ¹³

13.6¹³

Girth (inches)

72

76

72

Stride (ft)

21-24

24-27**^{, 2}

24.5-28

Fastest Quarter

-

21 2/5***

22.0*** (ManOWar, A Legend; Dorothy Ours, 2006)

*Information extracted from various net sites; avg quarter time unkwn.

**Estimated through frame by frame video analysis of the first turn and backstretch of the Belmont Stakes; analysis of first turn of Kentucky Derby; also, c Pratt, Bibliography: #2.

***Recorded in workouts.

Records Summary

Track

# Records 

Distance(s)

Track

Secretariat

Aquaduct

equaled

1

Main Dirt

Belmont Park

3

1 1/8, 1 1/2,
 1 1/2 (T)

Main Dirt, Turf Track

Churchill Downs

1

1 1/4

Main Dirt

Pimlico

1

1 3/16

Main Dirt

Summary: Ran 7 distances on 7 tracks two of which were turf;

Set 5 records on 4 tracks (one which was on a Turf course) at 4 distances; equaled 1 record on another track at a 5th distance.

Note: Set records in 3 of 4 races at Belmont; Track condition was 'sloppy' for the 1 race in which a record was not set.

On dirt, of 6 distances, set or equaled 5 records at 5 distances on 4 tracks; track condition was 'sloppy' at the 6th distance.

ManOWar

Aquaduct

1

1 1/8

Main Dirt

Belmont Park

4

1, 1 3/8, 1 1/2, 1 5/8

Main Dirt

Havre de Grace

1

1  1/16

Main Dirt

Kenilworth Park, Canada

1

1 1/4

Main Dirt

Saratoga

equaled

1 1/4

Main Dirt

Summary: Ran 8 distances on 7 tracks;

Set 7 records on 4 tracks at 7 distances; equaled a track record on a 5th track.

Note: Set records in all 4 races at Belmont; Track conditions were 'fast' for all races.