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Gallant Fox Impressed in Classics
Not an immediate favorite in the American classics, Gallant Fox earned his status slowly and won nine races in 1930, after a bleak two-year-old season.
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1930 TC Champ Sired 1935 Winner
Unmentioned at two years of age, Gallant Fox, the first major American winner bred from foreign stock, came to the forefront in 1930 as a Triple Crown winner.
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Parentage of Triple Crown Winners
Many repeat parentage lines show up in the families of the American Triple Crown winners. English origins of Sir Gallahad and Blenheim strengthened 1930s lines.
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Omaha Beat Rosemont, Won TC, 1935
In Omaha's Triple Crown season, he lost to Rosemont in the Withers Stakes between the Preakness and the Belmont. In June, Omaha bested Rosemont for the TC title.
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April is Triple Crown Buzz Month
Triple Crown Champions Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Assault, and Affirmed won April races. Carry Back and Sunday Silence surprised, others ran rivalries.
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Belmont Records: TC Trivia
The largest crowd in Belmont Stakes history came out to see Smarty Jones in 2004. What was the race's official song replaced in 1997? What years had the fewest entries?
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Big Brown's Winning Margins
Big Brown's records are growing along with his celebrity. His Derby and Preakness winning margins match those of Sir Barton and other Triple Crown greats.
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Horse Racing Triple Crown
No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed did it in 1978 and only 11 have ever won it in the last 89 years.
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In 1936, Omaha Raced in England
Lameness curtailed Omaha's 1935 season. He raced in England the next year. One of his bloodline mares foaled the great stallion, Nijinsky.
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Kentucky Derby Stories and Champions 1930s
Before the days of jockey civility, riders of Brokers Tip and Head Play bashed saddle to saddle for the 1933 Kentucky Derby title. 1935's Omaha had a Derby-winning sire.
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Kentucky Derby Trainer Wins Led By B A Jones
The Florida Derby has served as a launching pad for Big Brown, Barbaro, Monarchos, Thunder Gulch, and Unbridled. B. A. Jones conditioned two 1940s Triple Crown champs.
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Last Triple Crown Winner Affirmed
From Sir Barton in 1919 to Affirmed in 1978, thoroughbred racing has seen just 11 Triple Crown winners. Can a 2007 three-year-old step into TC horse shoes?
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Messenger Bred Trotters, Runners
Messenger was a Thoroughbred, but he would stride into a trot on his own when given his choice. His blood traces to Man o' War and to Little Brown Jug.
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Pedigree Favors Big Brown
Triple Crown winners have great pedigrees, and Big Brown is favored here, as well. His daddy, Boundary, and his dam, Mien, trace to Northern Dancer and Round Table.
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Triple Crown Spotlight, Snapshots
Spotlight articles and Snapshot blogs bring America's eleven thoroughbred Triple Crown champions into larger focus. Learn more about the champs' historic lives.
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Triple Crown Trivia: 11 Champs
Only eleven Thoroughbreds have captured all three classics in the Triple Crown series. Also, just eleven horses could win only the first and the last of the three races.
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The Father of Racehorses
This thoroughbred was a Messeneger
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Top Jockeys: TC Trivia
There have been only eleven Thoroughbreds to win the Triple Crown. Eddie Arcaro rode two of them, Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). Who are the other 9 jockeys?
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Kentucky Derby Roses and Winning Stables
Calumet Farm is the leading winning stable of the Kentucky Derby. The race's ceremonial roses were first presented in official form in 1932, honoring Burgoo King.
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Saint Liam, Commentator Renew Rivalry in Woodward
Belmont’s 52nd Woodward Stakes, won multiple times by such great horses as Kelso and Forego and Cigar, on Saturday pits the one-two finishers in Saratoga’s Whitney Handicap.
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Triple Crown Winners
Since 1978 the racing world has anxiously awaited the next Triple Crown coronation and post Big Browns failed delivery, continues to wait.
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Go, Funny Cide, Go
The first gelding to win the Kentucky Derby in 79 years can become the 12th horse to capture the Triple Crown.
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