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12. I was in the third level in the aisle between sections S and R. We couldn't believe...

Sat Jun 9, 2018, 05:36 PM

Jun 2018

....the last six furlongs.

This is a TRUE story. I was 25 and this was going to be the biggest race I'd ever seen. My friend and I were talking about it all week, we couldn't wait. On the way to Belmont I told him about a dream I'd had the night before. I dreamed that Secretariat would win easily and the final time would be...........2:24 flat! He thought I was crazy, that was 2-3/5 faster than the track/stakes record.

The final time? 2:24 flat!

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