Talk:1973 Belmont Stakes

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Did you know... that the 1973 Belmont Stakes was won by Secretariat, whose 31-length lead was the largest margin of victory in the history of the race?

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 09:02, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Going to take a look. Comments will come soon. MWright96 (talk) 09:02, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
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Pre-race coverage

I think it's not necessary to establish who William Bonifice for a second time in this sub-section

Event details

May I ask exactly which radio station(s) aired the race?
Use the convert template for the weight of the horses from pounds to kilograms
"After expecting close to 70,000," - I think you want to clarify that this was the number of spectators expected to attend the race
"This became the second-most attended Belmont Stakes," - Needs a mention that it was the second-most attended Belmont Stakes at the time

Race summary

Out of the gates should be reworded to "Out of the starting gate". Also same issue in the lede

Results

Laffit Pincay, Jr. doesn't need a comma per MOS:JR

Analysis

Clarify who exactly Neil Milbert is/was
The comma in Angel Cordero, Jr is not needed
"of the greatest race horses all-time." - "of the greatest race horses of all-time"
"before entering few more competitions" - missing "a" inbetween "entering" and "few"

References

Reference 18 is a bare url
You are inconsistent in the use of author= parameter in the references that contain them, for example, refs 14 and 15 use first= and last= when the remainder of the citations do not. Please correct this.

Kudos to you for writing an article on the Belmont Stakes. On hold until the issues have been addressed. MWright96 (talk) 18:48, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96:Apologize for the late response, been very busy with school and forgot about this. However, I have fixed all the outstanding issues aside from the radio station one which I was unable to find the exact answer for what stations did carry it, other than just it being on the radio. Disc Wheel (T + C) 03:25, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Disc Wheel: Thank you for making the changes. I can't spot anything else that needs doing, so this article can now be promoted to GA. MWright96 (talk) 07:18, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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