Triple Crown - Horse Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses.

Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse, if not by any athlete (human or animal). In recent years, the triple crown has become a very rare achievement, with most horses specialising on a limited range of distances.

In 1930, Gallant Fox won all three important races, and sportswriter Charles Hatton brought the phrase "Triple Crown" into the American lexicon. In the more-than-125-year history of the U.S. events, only 11 horses have ever won the U.S. Triple Crown; none since 1978

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Triple Crown Winner

Affirmed, a chestnut colt born February 21, 1975, at Harbor View Farm, Ocala, Florida – died January 12, 2001 at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was an American thoroughbred race horse that won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1978, only the 11th horse to accomplish the feat. As of 2005, he was the last horse to do so..

Harbor View Farm, established by Louis Wolfson and his wife, Patrice, in 1960, was a top breeding farm in earnings in 1970 and 1971 and again from 1978 to 1980 but Affirmed brought the farm much fame, earning it an Eclipse Award in 1978 as Horse of the Year. As a four-year-old, Affirmed continued his brillance, earning his second consecutive Horse of the Year honors.

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In the United States, the Triple Crown consists of three Horse Races

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