Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

Justify, the 13th winner, at the 2018 Preakness Stakes.

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. (Some other countries also have series of horse races called the Triple Crown),

Secretariat holds the stakes record time for each of the three races. His time of 2:24 for 1 ¹⁄₂ miles in the 1973 Belmont Stakes also set a world record that still stands.^[1]

Winners of the United States Triple Crown:

1919 Sir Barton
1930 Gallant Fox
1935 Omaha
1937 War Admiral
1941 Whirlaway
1943 Count Fleet
1946 Assault
1948 Citation
1973 Secretariat
1977 Seattle Slew
1978 Affirmed
2015 American Pharoah
2018 Justify

References

↑ "Secretariat remains No. 1 name in racing". ESPN. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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[1] "Secretariat remains No. 1 name in racing". ESPN. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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