Triple Crown

The Triple Crown is among the highest pinnacles of achievement in sports. Since 1919, there have been only 13 winners. Can 2024 Kentucky Derby champion Mystik Dan's name echo with the likes of Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Justify amid this year's limited field? The Trend is Not Your Friend: The...

The 2022 Major League Baseball season could see several records fall thanks to the bat of New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge. Here’s a look at the massive figures thrown out for home run balls from Judge before they’re even hit. What Happened: Judge leads the American League with 60...

Longshot Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby but will miss out on the potential of winning the Triple Crown in 2022. What Happened: Rich Strike’s owner Rick Dawson said his horse will skip the Preakness Stakes, set to be held on May 21. “Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent...

Instead of producing a Triple Crown winner, this year's Belmont will be void of the winner of the Kentucky Derby (Always Dreaming) and the Preakness Stakes (Cloud Computing), as well as the runner-up of the Preakness (Classic Empire). In just another testament to the grueling nature and timing...

On Saturday, Always Dreaming will attempt to win the second leg of the elusive Triple Crown against a field of nine other horses in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Track. Excitement? The Preakness, which usually shapes up as the least attractive race to wager of the three legs, is staying...

As the 143rd Kentucky Derby approaches, many horse racing fans are evaluating the field to determine not only the winner of the Run For The Roses, but whether there is a strong candidate for what would be the thirteenth winner of the elusive Triple Crown. In 2015, American Pharoah ended the 37-year...

One year ago, the horse racing world was abuzz with the prospect of the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, and American Pharoah delivered triumphantly in the Belmont Stakes. No Triple Crown This Year, But It'll Be Quite A Race This year's hope to produce back-to-back winners of the...

As has always been the thrilling scenario, the two weeks between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness fuel fans' fervor for a Triple Crown winner. In 2012, I'll Have Another never made it to the gate for the Belmont, and in 2014, California Chrome could not muster a rally in the stretch for the sweep....

On Saturday, American Pharoah will attempt to win horse racing's Triple Crown at the 147th Belmont Stakes. The feat that has only ever been accomplished 11 times. Three of those 11 winners took place in a five-year span: 1) Secretariat (1973), who still holds the Stakes record at a blazing...

As the 2015 Kentucky Derby approaches, 21 horses will be making an attempt to win the 141st edition of the race. The winner, as always, has a chance at wining the elusive Triple Crown, a feat that has only been accomplished 11 times in 141 attempts. A Brief History Interestingly, three of...

Top Stories California Chrome Comes Up Short More than 102,000 fans came to see 4-5 favorite California Chrome become the first Triple Crown winner in 36 years. Instead they saw Tonalist, coming into the day at 9-1 odds, steal the show at the 146th Belmont Stakes. Tonalist beat Commissioner...