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  2. Sir Barton, the first Triple Crown winner, at the 1919 Preakness Stakes. In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in ...

  3. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing - Wikipedia

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    The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for Thoroughbreds, often restricted to three-year-olds. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment in Thoroughbred racing.

  4. English Triple Crown race winners - Wikipedia

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    The English Triple Crown Winners is a three-race competition for Thoroughbred racehorses. The English Triple Crown consists of the 2000 Guineas Stakes (at 1 mile), The Derby (at 1½ miles), and the St Leger Stakes (at 1 mile 6 furlongs and 127 yds) although the distances have varied throughout the years.

  5. How many horses have won Triple Crown? Meet winners of the ...

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    The 1940s were a good time for horse racing, and a good time for the Triple Crown, with four horses taking home the title in an eight-year period. Whirlaway, owned by the famed Camulet Farm, won ...

  6. What is the Triple Crown? Kentucky Derby kicks off horse ...

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    The three Triple Crown races are held at Churchill Downs in Louisville (Kentucky Derby); Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore (Preakness Stakes); and, in a typical year, Belmont Park in Elmont, New ...

  7. Secretariat's record-setting Belmont Stakes win to claim the ...

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    The Triple Crown has been won only 13 times in all, with the first coming in 1919, and its history is marked by long drought Secretariat's record-setting Belmont Stakes win to claim the Triple ...

  8. Secretariat (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.

  9. Preakness Stakes - Wikipedia

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    Since 1932, the order of Triple Crown races has the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1932, the Preakness was run before the Derby eleven times. On May 12, 1917, and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day. [20]