The Storied History Of The Triple Crown
The Triple Crown title is the least won trophy in sports. To win this heralded trophy, a horse must qualify and then win three of the biggest horse races. Every year, colts and fillies compete for the opportunity to earn the title, Triple Crown Winner.
The Triple Crown consists of the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and The Belmont Stakes.
The Kentucky Derby, colloquially known as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports”, is held annually on the first Saturday of May. The race is ten furloughs long, 1.25 miles. A furlough is one-eight of a mile. The field then makes its way to the state of Maryland to compete to race two wees later in the 9.5 furlough Preakness. Finally, it is the 1.5-mile Belmont Stakes held three weeks after the Preakness. The races go off, rain or shine. The races have only been rescheduled due to global events such as COVID-19 in 2020 and World War II in 1945.
The Kentucky Derby Tropy, The Woodlawn Vase, and The August Belmont Trophy are awarded at the end of each race to the managing owner/s of the respective winner. When not on tour, the Triple Crown Trophy is on display at The Kentucky Derby Museum.
There have only been thirteen winners of the Triple Crown, all colts. Fillies have won each leg of the Triple Crown, but none have won all three. Trainers Jim Fitzsimmons and Bob Baffert each have had two horses win it. Eddie Arcaro is the only jockey to have won it twice, in 1941 and 1948. American Pharoah ended a long drought winning in 2015.
This is the first in a series about the Triple Crown, the races, history, and events that make up the pinnacle of horse racing lore.
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