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Triple Crown Successes and Failures Posted: Wednesday June 04, 2003 5:34 PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Eleven 3-year-olds have won the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes). Sixteen have failed by losing in the Belmont. How they raced in the Belmont. Success1978 -- Affirmed duels with arch-rival Alydar for about the final five-eighths of a mile and beats him by a head. The other three starters finish far back. 1977 -- Seattle Slew has no problems disposing of seven rivals, leading all the way and winning by 4 lengths. 1973 -- In probably the greatest performance ever by a racehorse, Secretariat wins by from 31 to 451/4 lengths over four rivals in 2:24, which still stands as a world record for 1 1-2 miles on dirt. 1948 -- Citation leads seven rivals every step of the way and wins by 8 lengths. 1946 -- Third with about an eighth-mile remaining, Assault charges to victory by 3 lengths in a seven-horse field. 1943 -- Count Fleet gets no competition from two rivals and wins by 25 lengths. 1941 -- Whirlaway opens 7-length lead at midpoint, then finishes in hand for a 21/2 length win in a four-horse field. 1937 -- War Admiral takes lead shortly after start and holds it for a 3-length in seven-horse field. 1935 -- Shuffled back at the start, Omaha overtakes Firethorn in the stretch and wins by 11/2 lengths in a field of four. 1930 -- Gallant Fox leads almost all the way and won by 3 lengths in a four-horse field. 1919 -- Sir Barton has no trouble beating only two rivals, winning by 5 lengths over 13/8 miles. Distance becomes 11/2 miles in 1926. Failure2002 -- War Emblem stumbles badly out of the gate then bumps Magic Weisner at start in an 11-horse field. Is rank for three-quarters of a mile and takes brief lead nearing the half mile pole. Remains a factor to the turn and gives way finishing eighth, 191/2 lengths back. 1999 -- Charismatic takes the lead briefly at the turn but Lemon Drop Kid and Vision and Verse flew by him on the outside and finishes third 11/2 lengths back. 1998 -- Four lengths ahead with an eighth-mile remaining, Real Quiet gets nipped by a nose at the wire by Victory Gallop in a nine-horse field. 1997 -- Silver Charm fails to hold off Touch Gold in the final eighth-mile and finishes second three-quarters of a length back in a seven-horse field. 1989 -- Sunday Silence can't match Easy Goer in final quarter of a mile and finishes second 8 lengths back in a 10-horse field. 1987 -- Checked sharply on final turn, Alysheba finishes fourth 14 lengths behind winner Bet Twice in a 10-horse field. 1981 -- Pleasant Colony, never better than third, finishes a little more than 11/2 lengths behind Summing, with Highland Blade second in an 11-horse field. 1979 -- The 1-5 favorite, Spectacular Bid leads with a quarter-mile left, weakens finishes third in an eight-horse field, 31/4 lengths behind Coastal and another head behind Golden Act. 1971 -- Canonero II leads 12 rivals for the first mile before finishing fourth, 41/4 lengths behind winner Pass Catcher. 1969 -- Majestic Prince closes to second in a six-horse field with an eighth-mile remaining, but he can't catch Arts And Letters and is beaten by 51/4 lengths. 1968 -- Forward Pass leads until eighth-pole, then finishes second by 13/4 lengths to Stage Door Johnny in nine-horse field. 1966 -- Leading 10 rivals with a quarter-mile remaining, Kauai King fades to fourth, 7 lengths behind winner Amberoid. 1964 -- Northern Dancer is second in a nine-horse field with an eighth-mile remaining, but he finishes third 6 lengths behind Quadrangle and 4 lengths behind Roman Brother. 1961 -- Carry Back never gets into contention and finishes seventh in a nine-horse field, 133/4 lengths behind winner Sherluck. 1958 -- Tim Tam is unable to cut in Cavan's lead and finished second by 6 lengths in an eight-horse field. 1944 -- Pensive leads with a quarter-mile remaining, but he loses by a half-length to Bounding Home in a seven-horse field. |
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