'Where the Kentucky Derby had been a slow burn, the Preakness was pyrotechnics' – how Secretariat broke the clock at Pimlico | Topics: Pimlico, Penny Chenery, Secretariat, Ron Turcotte, Pancho Martin, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes, Lucien Laurin, Sham

Article by Steve Dennis: Thoughts of the Triple Crown came into sharp focus as Secretariat headed for the Preakness Stakes and another clash with arch-rival Sham. In the latest instalment of his popular series, Steve Dennis recalls the Pimlico Classic – and an error of history it took nearly four decades to rectify

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