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06-02-2009, 04:50 PM
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TC misses: Dual Classic Winners
Year KD PS BS
1920 Man o' War DNS won won 1922 Pillory DNS won won 1923 Zev won 12th won 1931 Twenty Grand won 2nd won 1932 Burgoo King won won DNS 1936 Bold Venture won won DNS 1939 Johnstown won 5th won 1940 Bimelech 2nd won won 1942 Shut Out won 5th won 1944 Pensive won won 2nd 1949 Capot 2nd won won 1950 Middleground won 2nd won 1953 Native Dancer 2nd won won 1955 Nashua 2nd won won 1956 Needles won 2nd won 1958 Tim Tam won won 2nd 1961 Carry Back won won 7th 1963 Chateaugay won 2nd won 1964 Northern Dancer won won 3rd 1966 Kauai King won won 4th 1967 Damascus 3rd won won 1968 Forward Pass won* won 2nd 1969 Majestic Prince won won 2nd 1971 Canonero II won won 4th 1972 Riva Ridge won 4th won 1974 Little Current 5th won won 1976 Bold Forbes won 3rd won 1979 Spectacular Bid won won 3rd 1981 Pleasant Colony won won 3rd 1984 Swale won 7th won 1987 Alysheba won won 4th 1988 Risen Star 3rd won won 1989 Sunday Silence won won 2nd 1991 Hansel 10th won won 1994 Tabasco Cat 6th won won 1995 Thunder Gulch won 3rd won 1997 Silver Charm won won 2nd 1998 Real Quiet won won 2nd 1999 Charismatic won won 3rd 2001 Point Given 5th won won 2002 War Emblem won won 8th 2003 Funny Cide won won 3rd 2004 Smarty Jones won won 2nd 2005 Afleet Alex 3rd won won 2008 Big Brown won won 9th
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#2
06-02-2009, 07:19 PM
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The Triple Crown as we know it didn't evolve until the 1930s, which is why we find that before that time horses rarely ran in all three or even two of the races. The Belmont was the US Derby (said 'Darby'); the Kentucky Derby was a good regional race that threw up decent horses; the Preakness was a prep race of interest mainly to Marylanders.
The only 'Triple Crown' that existed before Mr Hatton christened the current trio was run entirely at New York tracks and consisted of the Withers (a mile race like the 2000 Guineas), the Belmont, and the Realization (a 14f race in the fall, like the St. Leger), consciously modeled on the English Triple Crown. Only it was never promoted as such.
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06-02-2009, 09:25 PM
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Some year the Derby and Preakness were run on the same day. Gallant Fox won the Preakness before the Derby.
I don't think that it's was after War Admiral that the term Triple Crown was used by Chas. Hatton to represent the Derby/Preakness/Belmont series. Other than wedding 3 significant circuits, I'm not sure what would make him join the threee events into s sequence of meaning.
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