The Maryland Racing Commission used new timing technology to determine Secretariat won the Preakness in 1:53, not 1:53.4. With the change, he owns the record for each of the three Triple Crown races. The list below only counts Preakness races run since 1925, when the distance changed to one and three-sixteenth miles, which it is today.
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Preakness Stakes: Fastest Times
*Secretariat (1973) 1:53
Curlin (2007) 1:53.40
Louis Quatorze (1996) 1:53.40
Tank’s Prospect (1985) 1:53.40
Summer Squall (1990) 1:53.60
Gate Dancer (1984) 1:53.60
Sunday Silence (1989) 1:53.80
Timber Country (1995) 1:54
Hansel (1991) 1:54
Canonero II (1971) 1:54
Codex (1980) 1:54.20
*Affirmed (1978) 1:54.40
*Seattle Slew (1977) 1:54.40
Spectacular Bid (1979) 1:54.40
Little Current (1974) 1:54.40
Nashua (1955) 1:54.40
*Triple Crown winner
