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The third and final leg of the Triple Crown is the G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup on 23 May and, if successful there, Golden Sixty would become the second horse after River Verdon (who got the job done in the 1993/94 racing season) to win the Triple Crown. For trainer John Size it. The Filly Triple Crown seems to have become an official entity in 1961, when the New York Racing Association claimed the name to describe the Acorn, the Mother Goose, and the Coaching Club American Oaks.
Triple Crown betting on Thoroughbred Horse Racing is made up of three races for three-year-olds. In order to win the Triple Crown, a horse must win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
The Triple Crown is one of the most elusive accomplishments in all of sports. Last won by Affirmed back in 1978 with jockey Steve Cauthen for trainer Laz Barrera.
The first crown jewel of the Triple Crown is the Kentucky Derby held at Churchill Downs in Louisville under the famous Twin Spires. The Kentucky Derby is run on a dirt track over 1 ¼ miles with a twenty horse field. Known as the Run for the Roses and the greatest two minutes in sports, the drink of choice for the Kentucky Derby is the Mint Julep.
Second stop on the Triple Crown trail is the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is the shortest of the Triple Crown races at 1 3/16th miles with the field limited to 14 horses. Known as the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans which are the state flower of Maryland and a blanket of Black-Eyed Susans draped over the winning horse. The drink of the Preakness Stakes is the Black Eyed Susan.
The final stop on the Triple Crown trail is the Belmont Stakes held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The Belmont Stakes is the longest leg of the Triple Crown at 1 ½ miles and is never more exciting than if a horse win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes with the Triple Crown title on the line. The Belmont Stakes is known as the Test of Champions or the Run for the Carnations. The official drink for the Belmont Stakes is the Belmont Breeze.
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Triple Crown Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George H. Conway |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert |
| 2018 | Justify | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert |
By Mike Farrell
And you thought Triple Crown fever dissipated after the Preakness (G1) earlier this month.
Not so fast friends. There is another pandemic-delayed Crown on the line Saturday, and the venue is Woodbine.
Clayton – Courtesy of Woodbine Racetrack/Michael Burns Photo.
Mighty Heart, the underdog colt with only one eye, bids for the Canadian Triple Crown in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes.
With a victory, Mighty Heart would be the 13th horse to complete the sweep. Wando did it most recently in 2003.
There are several similarities between the U.S. Crown and its Canadian counterpart. Both are restricted to 3-year-olds, and both traditionally conclude with the longest race in the series. The Breeders’ Stakes is 1 1/2 miles, once around Woodbine’s sweeping turf course.
There you see one of the fundamental differences in the Crowns. The trio of U.S. races are contested on dirt. In Canada, three different surfaces are employed.
Mighty Heart has already decisively passed two of the three tests. He was the 13-1 upset winner of the Queen’s Plate by 7 1/2 lengths in mid-September at Woodbine over the Tapeta all-weather synthetic track.
He took the shift to natural dirt in stride for the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie, rallying for a 2 1/2 length victory.
Now comes a 12-furlong challenge over a course likely to be soft this late in the Canadian turf season.
“I can’t tell you how he’s going to handle a yielding turf,” trainer Josie Carroll said. “In North America, we very seldom get the chance to run on very soft turf. I believe he’ll handle the grass. He’s run once on the grass, and we had him up on the course the other day, and he just skipped across it.”
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Three races, three different surfaces is a lot to ask of any horse chasing a Crown.
“It’s a very, very challenging thing to be asking him to do right now,” Carroll said. “This horse has run two hard races and now you’re asking him to go a mile and a half on a possibly tiring course. Hopefully, he’s up to the challenge.”
A victory would make Carroll the first woman on either side of the border to train at a Triple Crown winner.
The horse who lost his left eye as a baby in a paddock accident has become a folk hero in Canada.
“In this time of COVID, this is a boost to people,” owner-breeder Larry Cordes said. “The phone calls I get from the west coast to east coast of Canada, my girlfriend and I have had multiple dozens of calls … people are just so excited.”
Another major difference between the Crowns are the eligibility standards. The U.S. series is open to all comers, providing they have enough qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby, and the owners are willing to pay stiff entry and starting fees.
Up north, the Canadian Crown features native-born horses. That explains why the stakes are not graded. Restricting the stakes to horses bred in Canada renders them ineligible for grading.
Belichick, named for the New England Patriots coach and Mighty Heart’s stablemate, is the 7-2 second choice despite being a maiden. He has a pair of seconds and a third in three starts. Belichick has not run since enduring multiple traffic issues to run second to Mighty Heart in the Queen’s Plate.
“This is a really talented horse,” Carroll said of Belichick. “I think from the moment he came into my barn, he showed a great deal of ability. If anything has surprised me, it’s that it has taken this long for him to really blossom.”
Mighty Heart faces a familiar face in Clayton who joins him as the only other horse to contest all three jewels of this Crown. Clayton was third in the Queen’s Plate and the runner-up most recently in the Prince of Wales.
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Clayton has hit the board in all six starts and has never gone off at odds higher than 3-1. He is 6-1 on the Breeders’ Stakes morning line. He would be exceptional value — and a must consider — at that price.
Triple Crown 2020 Dates
The field, from the rail out, with jockey, trainer, owner, odds:
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