U.S. Triple Crown

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horse racing series sporting achievement

The U.S. Triple Crown is a prestigious series of three American Thoroughbred horse races—comprising the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes—won by only a select few three-year-old champions.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing 2
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing 2
Triple Crown 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horse racing series ⓘ
sporting achievement ⓘ
ageRestriction three years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing NERFINISHED ⓘ
americanPharoahMilestone American Pharoah ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought in 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedBreed Thoroughbred NERFINISHED ⓘ
belmontStakesLocation Belmont Park, Elmont, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
consistsOf Belmont Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kentucky Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preakness Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance major event in American sports culture ⓘ
distanceVariation each leg has a different distance ⓘ
eligibility three-year-old Thoroughbreds ⓘ
firstLeg Kentucky Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstWinner Sir Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderEligibility colts and fillies ⓘ
governingBreedRegistry The Jockey Club (U.S.) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inauguralYear 1919 ⓘ
justifyMilestone Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018 while undefeated NERFINISHED ⓘ
kentuckyDerbyLocation Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverage national ⓘ
notableWinner Affirmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
American Pharoah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assault NERFINISHED ⓘ
Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Count Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallant Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Justify NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omaha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seattle Slew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ
War Admiral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whirlaway NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfWinners 13 ⓘ
preaknessStakesLocation Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
prestige one of the highest honors in American horse racing ⓘ
qualification must win Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in same year ⓘ
raceType Thoroughbred flat racing ⓘ
rarity rarely achieved ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
secondLeg Preakness Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
secretariatRecord Secretariat holds multiple Triple Crown race records ⓘ
sport horse racing ⓘ
surface dirt ⓘ
thirdLeg Belmont Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalSeason spring ⓘ

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The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports → associatedWith → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Trotting Triple Crown → comparedTo → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
horse racing Triple Crown → countrySpecificFormat → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
horse racing Triple Crown → example → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Triple Crown
WST → hasMajorSeries → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Crown Series
Secretariat → mainSubject → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretariat (2010 film)
this entity surface form: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
horse racing Triple Crown → oftenCalled → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triple Crown
Belmont Park → partOf → U.S. Triple Crown ⓘ
subject surface form: Belmont Stakes