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It takes more than talent, if not for bad luck Riva would be there, Canonero, Swale and others

And, since the first TC winner in 1919, Sir Barton, there has never been as long a drought as now. The previous longest drought was 25 years(1948 - Citation, to 1973 - Secretariat). This drought currently is 34 years.

Should be "statement".

The draught between Sir Barton and Gallant Fox doesn't really count as the order of the Derby first, Preakness second and Belmont third didn't formally come into being until after 1931. Prior to that the Preakness was run eleven times before the Derby and at least twice on the same day.

quote:But horse racing is more popular because of no Triple Crown Winners lately. What? give me the source for this fantasyland quote. In the 2o's and 30's IT Was the game of choice for most everyone....today it is failing as we speak..Get with reality

Actually a natural copy of the Triple from baseball.

Really, jmac, please explain that ststement. Is that what you actually meant??

Retrospective ....The Triple Crown was never ever determined until Charles Hatton named it.... It is hard to claim Charles Hatton as th e inventor of the Triple Crown because the phrase was in use before and during the peri od that Gallant Fox won the three races in 1930. The New York Times first used “Triple Crown” to describe the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont in 1923 at a time when Hatton was at most 17 years old. The Times wrote in a year where the Preakness preceded the Derby, “Thomas J. Healey had Walter J. Salmon’s Preakness winner, Vigil, and his ow ner wired today that he would be here {Louisville] Friday to see his colt try to capture his second classic in the triple crown of the American turf.” .....http://www.albanylaw.edu/media/user/glc/racing_gaming/wheredidthetriplecrowncomefrom.pdf

But horse racing is more popular because of no Triple Crown Winners lately.