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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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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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Dubai Hosts Triple Crown Winner
UAE's first Triple Crown winner is Asiatic Boy, victorious in the Dubai Derby by nine lengths. Vengeance of Rain scores for Hong Kong in the Dubai Sheema Classic.
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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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Match Races
Triple Crown winners haven't done well in match races.
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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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Baseball's Batting Triple Crown
It's tough to win a batting title, a home run crown, or an RBI championship, but it's much harder to win all three in one season. Here are the 12 players who've done it.
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Kentucky Derby Chart and Facts
A record crowd, second largest in its history, attended the Kentucky Derby May 3. Big Brown put himself in the top 20 of Derby speedsters. Filly Eight Belles ran 2nd.
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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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Barbaro to Win the Triple Crown?
The sport of kings has longed for a Triple Crown Winner for nearly three decades. With a victory at the Kentucky Derby, Barbaro is the newest hope to join an elite group.
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Whirlaway Won 1941 Triple Crown
Whirlaway had his own quirky ways, and like Count Fleet, was considered somewhat dangerous as a youngster. He straightened out under Ben Jones and Eddie Arcaro.
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Kentucky Derby Trivia
The historical data of the Kentucky Derby is resplendent in numbers, beautiful coincidences, and facts. Take the dare. Find your trivia. Discover your own knowledge.
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Surprise Starter Boosts Travers Field to 7
The 136th Travers, America's oldest stakes race for 3-year-olds, has attracted seven horses going 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga on Saturday.
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1940s Triple Crown Pedigrees
There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s. Two of them, Count Fleet and Citation, became high profile stallions, but Whirlaway and Assault had other attributes.
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Birdstone Gets Triple Double In 2009 Classics
Triple Crown winner Count Fleet sired the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes victors of 1951. In 2009, Birdstone became the first stallion to match that accomplishment.
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Can Big Brown Bounce, Still Win?
There have been many bouncers in the Preakness Stakes after Kentuck Derby wins. Can Big Brown be a bit short in the Preakness after his big Derby and still win?
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Citation: Everyone's Champion
Citation posted 45 times and ran off the board only once. His Triple Crown of 1948 was stupendous. His career was compared to the great Man o' War, who died in 1947.
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Ford, Mantle, and the Rules
Ford and Mantle had to promise the Yankees that they would be "good boys," obey the club's rules, not miss any trains or planes, and distinguish midnight from noon.
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Kentucky Derby Is Greatest Thoroughbred Day
Even though the Kentucky Derby is highly anticipated as the front end race of the Triple Crown, it is also a single global icon. Its victors gain lasting world acclaim.
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Secretariat's Belmont Run Historic
No other thoroughbred won the Belmont Stakes by as many lengths as did Secretariat. The hype at Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby, and at Pimlico was not unwarranted.
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Stengel and Torre: Make a Choice
Torre's teams finished first as many times as Stengel's, but Torre won 4 fewer pennants because he was defeated in the playoffs, which didn't exist when Stengel managed.
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Ted Lost More Than a Batting Title
If Ted had one more hit or one less at bat, he would have become the first player to win the Triple Crown three times. Since 1901, only he and Hornsby have won it twice.
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Whirlaway Bested All Comers
Whirlaway was the third Triple Crown champion to lose a match race at age four. Sir Barton (1920) and War Admiral (1938) did the same. Whirlaway stood at stud in France.
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Belmont Defeat Impossible - Dutrow
Richard Dutrow, Jr. says there is "no way" Big Brown can lose his Triple Crown attempt June 7. Trainer Bob Baffert likes Dutrow's situation, one Baffert has lost 3 times.
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Kentucky Derby Winners and Stories of The 1980s
Swale, son of Seattle Slew, was short-lived. Spend a Buck had six names. Winning Colors was a filly. These Thoroughbreds had something in common: Kentucky Derby wins.
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Man o' War Overshadowed Sir Barton
Sir Barton ran a HOY season in 1919 before Eclipse Awards were given out. Man o' War, as a juvenile that year, was more popular. The two matched up in 1920.
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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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Seattle Slew's 1977 Triple Crown
Front running 1977 Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew equaled Secretariat's Preakness speed and romped through the classics to claim the 10th historical triple title.
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NOSE TO NOSE
This chestnut colt was a true champion in every way, yet fate left him standing in the shadow of the 11th Triple Crown winner.
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BUT FOR A STUMBLE
The Pacific Classic, the Breeder's Cup, the Dubai World Cup. Be watching as this horse with an attitude leads them to the wire each time.
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Cauthen Watches Fusaichi's Triple Crown Challenge
Steve Cauthen, jockey of the last horse to win the Triple Crown, watches as Fusaichi Pegasus, named in part for the flying horse of Greek myth, tries to becoming a racing legend.
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How Fast Do Horses Run?
Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses are built for speed.
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Larry Jones' Horses Lead Kentucky Derby Trail
Two strong colts, Friesan Fire and Old Fashioned, trained by Larry Jones, have won early races on the Derby prep trail. Jones' filly, Eight Belles, died in 2008's Derby.
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Nascar's Nextel Cup 2007
With two races under their belts, the Cup positions are full of the usual suspects. But what about Clint Bowyer, Joe Nemechek, JJ Yeley and other underdogs?
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No Women Trainers Have Won Kentucky Derby
Hall of Fame Trainer D. Wayne Lukas leads all trainers in number of starters sent to the Kentucky Derby. Twelve females trainers have started thirteen horses.
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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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Smarty Jones - Yes!
It’s not just his record, but his style, that convinces me this horse will be tough to beat in the Belmont Stakes on June 5th.
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The Top 100 Racehorses
Blood-Horse Interactive's Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century.

1973 Derby Fractions Were Dazzling
In thoroughbred racing, a horse's fractions are generally a few ticks slower as he moves through each quarter mile. Secretariat ran each Derby fraction in faster time.
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Affirmed Won 1978 Derby vs. Alydar
There are always rivalries in thoroughbred racing. Affirmed and Alydar took their six-race juvenile battle to the Kentucky Derby as three-year-olds. Fans liked Alydar.
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Belmont 2002
War Emblem aims to become the 12th horse to capture the Triple Crown. Since the 1940s, quite a few 3-year-olds have tried to win the Belmont Stakes and failed. Will the son of Our Emblem triumph? I hope so.
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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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Does Smarty Jones Have a Date With Destiny?
Smarty Joes will try to accomplish who no horse has done in nearly three decades: Win the triple crown and remain unfeated.
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Fit to Fight, Terlingua Euthanized
A New York Handicap Triple champion, Fit to Fight, 29, and a Secretariat broodmare, Terlingua, 32, were euthanized this season due to complications of old age.
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Friesan Fire Leads Kentucky Derby Pedigrees
Kelly Leak's pedigree isn't as fancy as Friesan Fire's and his Sunland win didn't qualify him to run with the top three colts, FF, Quality Road, and Pioneerof The Nile.
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Godolphin Lacked Winner in Dubai
All Godolphin Racing's hopefuls failed in this year's Dubai World Cup races. American Horse of the Year Curlin starred, as A.P. Arrow, Benny the Bull, others thrilled.
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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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Lucinda Fredericks and Headley Won Rolex
Bettina Hoy took second at Lexington with Ringwood Cockatoo (Cocky), while Bruce (Buck) Davidson, Jr. finished third with My Boy Bobby.
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Pedigrees of Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire
Bundles of champions like Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Buckpasser, and Bold Ruler show up in the pedigrees of Kentucky Derby contenders Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire.
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Red Rocks Beats Curlin On Turf
Horse of the Year Curlin tried the turf for the first time, and Red Rocks, of Ireland descent, took his measure in the Man o' War Stakes.  Better Talk Now went third.
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