The list below shows how much each triple crown winner won by in each race and who finished second to them in each race. It shows how dominant each horse was in each race. Triple Crown Winner Runner-Up MOV (lengths) ------------------------------------------ Sir Barton (1919) Kentucky Derby- Billy Kelly 5 Preakness- Eternal 4 Belmont- Sweep On 5 Gallant Fox (1930) Kentucky Derby- Gallant Knight 2 Preakness- Crack Brigade 3/4 Belmont- Whichone 3 Omaha (1935) Kentucky Derby- Roman Soldier 1 1/2 Preakness- Firethorn 6 Belmont- Firethorn 1 1/2 War Admiral (1937) Kentucky Derby- Pompoon 1 3/4 Preakness- Pompoon head Belmont- Sceneshifter 3 Whirlaway (1941) Kentucky Derby- Staretor 8 Preakness- King Cole 5 1/2 Belmont- Robert Morris 2 1/2 Count Fleet (1943) Kentucky Derby- Blue Swords 3 Preakness- Blue Swords 8 Belmont- Fairy Manhurst 25 Assault (1946) Kentucky Derby- Spy Song 8 Preakness- Lord Boswell neck Belmont- Natchez 3 Citation (1948) Kentucky Derby- Coaltown 3 1/2 Preakness- Vulcan's Forge 5 1/2 Belmont- Better Self 8 Secretariat (1973) Kentucky Derby- Sham 2 1/2 Preakness- Sham 2 1/2 Belmont- Twice a Prince 31 Seattle Slew (1977) Kentucky Derby- Run Dusty Run 1 3/4 Preakness- Iron Constitution 1 1/2 Belmont- Run Dusty Run 4 Affirmed (1978) Kentucky Derby- Alydar 1 1/2 Preakness- Alydar neck Belmont- Alydar nose American Pharoah (2015) Kentucky Derby- Firing Line 1 Preakness- Tale of Verve 7 Belmont- Frosted 5 1/2 Justify (2018) Kentucky Derby- Good Magic 2 1/2 Preakness- Bravazo 1/2 Belmont- Gronkowski 1 3/4
That 2 second scene where Hosea enters the manor and then Dutch exits the manor with the Braithwaite woman on his shoulders. Pure brilliance editting wise.
Sad Barbaro never got to be apart of the greats. I loved that horse with all my might and cheered for him and it’s a horse I’ll always remember watching as a young child when I started getting into horse racing, but the poor fella. Never got the chance to truly take off and become as famous as these magnificent champions. Now as for a favorite still in the spotlight, I have to say one of my other very favorite race horses has to be the mischievous Japanese white spotted thoroughbred filly, called Buchika I believe?
They do get something, and that something is the appreciation of the people and a more than assured retirement, as well as the treatment that every king deserves
Driving cars kills nearly 50,000 people per year. I think it should be outlawed. 20,000 horse are born per year that wouldn't exist if it weren't for racing. Most race horses are well treated and loved. Unfortunately, racing is dangerous. But much less dangerous than war which horses no longer have to partake.
il me semble qu'il y a eu un record de vitesse récemment chez les chevaux de courses (je l'avais vu passer en publication après le covid) , mais je ne sais plus qui ni quand et ou et quel type mais aujourd'hui j'étais à mon centre équestre et suite de panique pour une selle mal sanglé, un trotteur a couru comme un pur-sang et a fait tout le tour de la carrière avant de sauter la clôture ! J'ai jamais vu un trotteur aussi bien galoper et aussi vite haha oh sérieusement, pauvre cheval, heureusement on a réussi à le reprendre en mains et on a tout défait et on a refait un petit travail de désensibilisation (tout le monde va bien vous en faites pas)
Secrétariat avait un cœur de 11 kilos, plus du double d'un cœur moyen. Rien n'est un hasard, d'ailleurs la plupart des chevaux célèbres ont tous un cœur plus gros que la moyenne. Ils étaient nés pour être des athlètes. ☺️
Sir Barton deserves more respect IMHO, during his lifetime his accomplishment wasn't recognized for the amazing thing that it was. I'm just happy that he got a relatively happy ending with someone who appreciated him... even if Wyoming is an admittedly off-beat locale for a triple crown winner to retire to!
Actually Sir Barton was very much recognized for his greatness AT THE TIME. Problem is we have forgotten it. He was a record-setter (including 1 SAR record matched by Man O'War 3 weeks later) and largely considered the best of 1919 and possibly of 1920, certainly for the handicap elders. As to Man O'War detractors, they try to say he was afraid of Exterminator, that Exterminator was the real measure of greatness, but in truth, Exterminator was not considered quite as great as Sir Barton that year. Exterminator actually had a great year, but much of DRF press was watching and praising Sir Barton.
@@emilycarrick3570 There are some that say that, but the owners basically denied it. Read the great book "Boots & Saddles" by the son of Cmdr Ross, who was also there himself. Even so, SB definitely had problems but he did well considering. Both he and MOW beat the track record, and if you saddled MOW with the same weight, he'd still likely finish in front of SB but just by a length.
The first 11 were real triple crown winners….no point system in place to make it easy. They ran against everyone…..not the same field of point system earners over and over and over again. And, they ran more than 4 or 5 times in their career. The last two are nothing more than triple point system winners…and that’s about it…..neither of those two would ever have survived Secretariat’s 21 race career or Citations race schedule and career or any year with more than 5 races. The triple crown ended with Affirmed…..speaking of which neither of the last two could ever match strides with Affirmed or Alydar. Come on, Man, we’re talking real race horses here……not 5 race wonder nags.
Actually I consider the '60s (as with most things) the downfall of racing, including the horses. In the '70s the trend had begun of racing them lightly - unless you're a claimer. For some reason the "best" horses ran less and less, with longer between-time, etc. Think of Slew - he ran only 3x as a 2yo yet was considered champ 2yo. Really? Meanwhile, for as many hot-house campaigns as we have now, I really respected American Pharoah, as he still ran a decent season and won many of the best races - not JUST the Triple Crown.
Seabiscuit beat war admiral because war admiral broke slower and never got into the race after having a long campaign. Seabiscuit also had every advantage…..his trainer got to pick which track they would run on…..the distance…..the date of the race and they could cancel if the weather was bad. It was so stupid. It wasn’t a match race…..it was a parade for men with too much money.
@@penelopelopez8296 Got to pick the track? Would a CA guy pick the east coast, except to brag about it? They certainly engaged in negotiations with different tracks, etc - Woodward managed to get them to Pimlico with the right incentives.
sorry to war admiral fans, but the stipulations were all dictated by riddle, war admiral's owner, including the walking start, which favors fast starters like war admiral. both horses carried 120 pounds. war admiral drew the rail, the fastest line, ran his fastest time for 1 3/16 and seabiscuit still blew his doors off.
@@johntucker7063 hardly Secretariat has unbroken records if that horse could have beaten him then Secretariat wouldn’t have those records to begin with
She won the Triple Crown for fillies, which means that she was only competing with other mares, since she did not run in any of the triple crown races, although she qualified for all of them
50 years ago still ranks as the best sports moment in history. (And I was at the Miracle on Ice in 1980.) What a majesty. How lucky we were to have witnessed it.
I was only 10 years old at the time but I clearly remember watching it. I just wish I could have appreciated it more, what I was witnessing, at the time.
@@penelopelopez8296 we're roughly the same age. I suppose it's hard to contextualize, although it leaves me today with the same overwhelming joy I know I felt then, where no other re-visited event quite does the same. I don't think it's because I was so young; I remember the Miracle Mets and Mark Spitz's seven gold medals of around the same time, I heroized Babe Ruth and Bob Beamon and Wilt's 100 and Pele. All the amazing feats since then in all sports, including other amazing horses (I just rewatched Rich Strike's last quarter in the Derby on a loop about twenty times). But the Belmont? With the flag waving in the foreground? Praying that Big Red would do as hoped and pull away down the back stretch? With the whole country falling apart? With monthly air raid drills in school? "Moving like a tremendous machine"? AND CONTINUING TO PULL AWAY? AND TO SET A STILL UNBEATEN RECORD- BY SECONDS? Many people forget the emotions of Franz Klammer's downhill. I consider that to be of an oft-overlooked moment, especially to Amero centrists. I dunno. There's something that lives up to our ideas of "greater than perfect", of mythology about the feat on that day, and the fact that it was witnessed by so many. It wasn't until after the race that I heard the stats about how fast he was going relative to every race ever run, and how the fear was that the horse could even die from going so fast. The mythology only grew in years later, learning about the size of Secretariat's heart, etc. And, I think it matters that the feat wasn't by a human being. It makes our awe all that much greater. It is beyond all of us. I don't think I've ever thought about it once without crying.
