THE TRIPLE CROWN - Documentary

This three-sided silver trophy symbolizes one of the most difficult achievements in sports, any sport, all sports. This is the trophy presented for a sweep of the three American classic races known as Triple Crow. It begins on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, when three-year-olds race for the roses, the Kentucky Derby at a mile and a quarter, 2 weeks later, they go to the Old Hilltop pimo racetrack in Maryland, the pness at a mile and 316, the race for black eyes. Susans trophy, the Woodlong Voss, is the most valuable in American sports and then, 3 weeks later, the show moves right off Broadway for the champion trial, the mile and a half Belmont Stakes for 5 weeks in the spring, three races, three tracks. three different distances RS thorough three years trying to make history in the Triple Crown challenge Sir Barton in 1919 became the first to wear the

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before it was known as the Triple Crown in the 1930s there were three Triple Crowns winners including Gallant Fox 1930 Omaha 1935 and War Admiral 1937, the following decade saw four in which the crowds walked away 1941 in 194 43 was the assault of the Count's Fleet in 1946 and in 1948 the big mention, but for 25 years after the sweep of the mention no one would claim the Triple Crown Trophy that would change in 1973 with a horse that had become a racing legend Secretariat the departure of the cult of cimet Farm swept away the Triple Crown at the time when no It had a lot of impact on the world of sport after all it was the fourth time in that 1940s that Athor had done so and he completed his sweep that year no one could have imagined that a quarter of a century would pass before another Trophy of the Triple Crown It was 1973 and America needed a hero at any time. type of hero, it was the time of the Vietnam War and the end of civil unrest in the United States, it was the perfect time for a hero to arrive and he did so in the form of a thoroughbred named Secretary, he was a big chestnut red color with a star. on his head and three white stockings he wore the blue and white silks from Penny Chen's metal stable here he was a red, white and blue hero for America he was as good as a 2 year old winning races at five different tracks he was named horse of the year even before he started competing at three years old.

He was syndicated to Prospect stud for just over $6 million. He began his three-year-old campaign with easy wins at Bayshore and Goa, but when Secretariat was upset in the Wood Memorial final preparation for the Kentucky Derby the pressure was really off the wood, it was a tougher competition and also a longer distance. long, so it was one more obstacle to overcome, but it certainly wasn't one I expected to stumble upon and when we stumbled it was just desperation, what could have gone wrong and, um, a lot of worry, the first Saturday in May 1973 and the Secretariat fans didn't seem worried as they made him the 3-2 favorite, but there were still doubts. he walked silently in the number 10 position and then he ran into the dirty story and the RO secretary is fourth and moving out and now he is third and moving towards the leaders as they come for you in the section where they are head of the straight and Cham is the leader, he leads it for a long secretari is in the center of the race track and driving Jacky Green now back coming towards a forum our native on the outside now and they are on the straight.

The SEC Secretariat, the Secretariat abroad to take the lead, Cham remains in second place, his Secretariat pulls away, he has it by two and a half. Cham, then, on the outside, our native on the wire, will be the Secretariat, wins it by two lengths. The Secretariat had done it. It was the fastest Kentucky Derby in history and the first mile and a quarter ever run at Churchill Downs in under 2 minutes, 159.2, but the great horse seemed less interested in the roses than in getting to Maryland to contest the second Jewel of the Triple Crown. The press at the Press Secretariat seemed to have made up their minds when he left the starting gate about how he was going to run this race.

He surprised everyone, including owner Penny Chener, when they walked through the stands the first time he was with the horses. It was a long time ago and all of a sudden he just Leap Forward on his account like hey I'm ready to go and he just left and Ronnie hadn't asked him, it wasn't when we planned that he was going to do it. move, he just decided to do it and I just thought, okay, we have this one, but here comes Secretary, he's moving fast and he's going out, he's going for the lead and he's right now looking for it at the front of the stretch.

Secretary 2 and A2 JM under a strong left-handed whip and he's making the run on him now, but it's still Secretary holding Secretary by two lengths, simulating second handling, there's a strong left-handed whip. Again for ptin Kai, he goes to that again and again. but Ronnie Turkot has his whip away and Secretary has put it away he is starting to walk away is Secretary he is nearing the end wins it by 2 and a half almost three Secretary accepted the victory blanket from black eyed Susan for the much better pness he handled the roses in the Derby but even as the wooden vase was presented there was another trophy on everyone's mind the

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in the 3 weeks between the pness and the Belmont in 1973 The Secretariat transcended Sports became a national phenomenon in the same The Last week he appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated Time and Newsweek.

It had been a quarter of a century since pitch racing had a Triple Crown winner. Since its appointment in 1948, in that period of 25 years, 73 people had the opportunity to achieve immortality. They were all arrested. At the Belmont One and a Half Mile Champion Trial for Secret Chariot owner Penny Chener, the preparation for the race was almost too much to bear, it was just every day, one more day until race day, uh, I had no idea if he could do it or not. but I knew that he would be as fit as Lu could make him and that he had grown intellectually and mentally he was a much more professional athlete than he had been before, say in the forest, so I felt that everything was fine for but we still had to do it the confidence of Secretariat jockey Ron Turot and trainer Lucian Lauren never wavered he says uh then Lauren I say if this horse doesn't win the Belmont I'm going to hang up my tag, that's how much confidence I had in the horse and Mr.

Lauren turned around Tell me, Ron said, he says he's the best horse he's ever looked for. Bridal, if you don't win, I'm going to hang up my book. I'm going to stop training too. That's how much confidence we both had. On June 9, 1973, race day had finally arrived. , but would it be a coronation for the Secretariat or would all those who doubted that this son of ruler B could go to the end be right and then there was the dream of the morning of the race Mr. Lauren came to the barn and says Ronnie, says that I had a terrible dream, I said what kind of dream do you have?

He says I had a dream, he fell on the way out the door, he says oh my God, he says the last thing. two

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crown winners bump into Le at the door and I guess that's what he was thinking the whole time, everyone's lined up and they're out, looks like the early lead goes to Mike Gallen, yeah, Mike Gallen's going for it I lead with chice in the The external secretary is very good, he has a good position on the rail and in fact he is now moving up with the leaders who are moving for the first turn, it is a farce of secretary in the external he is also moving with strength and now it's a farce and the Secretariat is right together in the first turn Mike Gallen has third place behind them, then he's twice a prince and the trailer is private Smile as they go through the turn, those two together they pretend on the outside they pretend to get ahead as they move around the bend with the secretary in second, then there's a big gap, make eight lengths back to my gallon in third and vice of Prince, fourth and soldier Smiles is still a tow, They are in the final stretch, it is almost a match race now the secretariats on the inside ahead, the farce is on the outside, they have opened 10 lengths over Mike Gallen, who is third ahead with a prince fourth, then there are another eight sections returning to Private Smiles, who is behind the field, continue along the final stretch and that secretary, by not taking the lead, has him ahead. about a length and a half still simulates 10 lengths behind my Gallant price a PR they are moving on the turn now for the turn it is Secretary it seems that it is opening the advantage it is increasing that it is three 3 and a half it is moving on the turn secretariai and holding on to a big fish leader is second and then it's a long way back to my gallon and twice a PR are in the turn his second is blazing through the first 3/4 mile at 109 and 45 dry is Now he's moving like a tremendous Secretary machine at Cove, Secretary by 14 lengths at the turn, the farce is backing up, looks like he'll be caught today as M Gallen and CLA Prince are closing in on him now, but Secretariat is all . alone, he is out there almost 16 miles away from the rest of the har Secretary is in a position that seems impossible to overcome he is in the stretch Secretaryi leads his field by 18 lengths and now twice he took second place and M lowered his move the third who are in the set SE Chariot has opened the lead of 22 lengths he will be the winner of the Triple Crown here returns Chariot all the way with an incredible and surprising performance Secretary by 31 links Secretary in a world record of 224 by the mile and medium, the first winner of the sporting Triple Crown in a quarter of a century, the joy and relief was evident in Penny Chen's celebration just after the race and what was she thinking as she watched her Secretariat make Triple Crown history ?

Lucian and I were at our side. side by side and suddenly Lucian said oh my God, Ronnie, just don't fall, don't fall, don't fall, that's all he was saying, everyone was cheering for the horse, but we were just cheering for him. He wouldn't stumble or anything. go wrong, but and I just watch my own horse in a race, I didn't know how far he was ahead of the others and that year another part of Tri Triple Crown history was made when Governor Nelson Rockefeller presented the first Trophy of the Triple Crown. For Penny Chenery, before 1973 there had been no trophy for the Triple Raven Secretariat, a red, white and blue hero just when America needed him.

Secret Chariot not only made the Triple Crown seem possible again after a quarter century, but they also made it look easy for two others. would follow him into the immortality races before the 1970s ended in 1977, it was a large Dark Bay quasi-black cult called Seattle FLW, unlike Secret Chariot, who was born into Bold Ruler royalty and the prince brought out something real, there was nothing real in In fact, the Seattle Slooh ranks as one of the all-time great bargains in horse racing history, purchased for just $17,500 at a yearling sale in Kentucky in 1975 Lumberjack Mickey Taylor and his wife Karen bought the Seattle Slooh on the advice of veterinarian Jim Hill.

Well it was on a rainy afternoon in a fast guy and I mean very very rainy uh and uh Karen and I decided uh we were going to buy uh oh we're at 10 horses we're going to average like around 15,000 um we uh I picked up the offer for him at 15 and we were only going to go to 125 so he was already over our or Karen's limit and someone else picked him up at 155 and then I picked him up again at 16 when I said pick him. I went back and I bid and someone bid 165 and maybe it was the same person who bid 155 and then it went to 17 and I got a cubit I got the first cubit at 16 you know I mean 15 but when was the uh 175 , I got both elbows, this horse was an athlete and you could tell from the moment he came out of the barn, he was just a gorgeous looking individual with a lot of presence and you knew he had to be a The racehorse Seattle Slow was given to a young trainer in his 30s, a tall, lean Irishman called Billy Turner, so how did this former steeple chase jockey and relative newcomer to the profession end up with Seattle slooh?

Well, it was through a mutual connection, um, uh, Jim. Hill, uh, my vet in New York helped the tailor buy some horses and through that connection, um, uh, heh, introduced them to me. The other part of the team that would become known as the slooh crew was jock Jang Krug, the French native. just starting his career in the United States, he remembers his first meeting with Seattle slooh and we like sometime in June I went to the door and I went 48, you know, there is nothing to talk about because at some point when I come back and P, a horse, good horse, I'll be back. my wife, me, a good horse, I didn't even mention it to my wife, he was just a horse to me, even though Seattle slooh didn't start his racing career until September of his 2-year-old year, it didn't take long time to I realized that there was something very special about this cult of bargains.

I thoughtthat he had the ability to beat anything that was running when he was two years old and if nothing new came along, I thought he could beat anything if you took care of him and that's exactly what he did. He was the 2-year-old champion. He arrived at Churchill Downs for the 1977 Kentucky Derby with a perfect 6-for-6 record at the start of that 103rd Kentucky Derby. Micky Taylor thought it was the end for Seattle slooh, the one-two favorite, the gate closed. open and I can see slooh come out to the right and then there were no yellow and black sils I mean he was gone uh so uh uh I remember another elbow Karen saying where is he where is he where is he?

It's Seattle slooh however the one that takes over at the beginning of the stretch Seattle slooh moving away now opens two and a half runs Dusty run going up on the outside to Steve's second friend here is San hean now also closing along the side reaching the wire Seattle snoo opens it to four Lan in the goal, it will be Seattle Sno and goes easily, he knew it for about two L as the Roses advanced in Seattle Slew in the Derby Winner Circle the doubts that many had about how genuine his perfect record really faded quickly the second Jewel the Preakness was even easier slooh he was in control the entire race he could have won by a tie greater margin but his jockey jean kay was looking ahead it was a piece of cake and so I say I was worried about the m and a half because it wasn't m half because I surprised how a foury was kind probably a bit of a horse and spent my and a half here with the gold cap because the track was sloping, that dragged him, but he was a real model, you know, now he was at Belmont Park, where Seattle Slooh would have the opportunity to make history in the triple crown. to win the crown undefeated in the stretch here he comes and he is opening it again it is Seattle SLO and he is drawing the game of the field Seattle slw has four lengths in the race Dusty run it's run Dusty run in second and San Edan third, they clear the finish Line , is still Seattle slooh and opened it to four and a half, then ran Dusty run and San Hedrin, the $17,500 bargain yearling had won the tenth Crow triple and was the first to win it undefeated with nine executive wins against.

Seattle slooh was syndicated. After his racing career as a stud for a record $12 million, he would become one of the most influential players of the last quarter of the 20th century. For all time in Kings sports it will be known simply as the affirmed versus affirmed Aladar rivalry. He became Racing's eleventh triple chron winner and none of the previous winners had to fight harder against a rival than against Aladar. A company's combined margins of victory in all three races were less than two lengths of about 16 feet over nearly 4 miles of racing. Fans had previewed the 1978 triple clown rivalry the year before in the Laurel Futurity.

They claimed that on the outside they outperformed Aladar by a neck in his 2-year-old year. They claimed they won four of his six races. They would not meet again until The first Saturday in May at Churchill DS for the 104th Kentucky Derby, confirm that the 1977 champion 2-year-old had gone west with trainer L Barrera and won all four of his prep races at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, while Aladar was a perfect three out of three. in Florida, including wins in the Flamingo and the Florida Derby, Aladar wore the famous red and blue Devil silks of an American racing institution.

Calat Farm, owned by Admiral and Mrs. Jee Mary, the Young John Beach-trained Cult is ridden by future Hall of Famer George Velasquez. airmed raced in the pink and black flamingo colors of his Florida owners and breeders, Luen's Harbor View Farm Patrice Wolfson, Hall of Fame veteran trainer Laz Barrera and jockey Steve Coffin, a Kentucky native and well-known in the world of racing as the boy Coffin, he was barely 18 years old and many wondered how he would handle the pressure of his first Kentucky Derby. To be honest, I didn't really feel much pressure before the derby. um, you know, I had run in a lot of big races. very successful uh and he was probably too young to even know, you know, care about me.

I was at the fearless age where nothing bothered me. dark gains ground third are in the final Furlong is up in the air with Stevie Cin showing the way for two and a half believe it with Ed next on the outside Aladar is third but it's going to be airy for Steve CL who is going to win this 104th race of the Kentucky Derby Aladar is second the pregnant one we were in the same situation there were two three horses they had little speed and I said that we should stay outside and close to the speed waiting for Ali to return, we don't have to worry about anyone else if we became big, no I know, the horse is a shame, but the only horse we have to be is you, looking at it, they are in the stretch of 316 miles to go, affirmed dams that lead alidar upwards. on the outside to join the leaders they go down to the eighth post alidar on the outside affirms along the railing inside the eighth pole he affirms himself with a slight advantage alidar charges him reaching the 16th post alidar affirms along the outside they go down to the goal affirmed in alidar here is the finish affirmed in the railing wins the Press by a neck over Aladar but the best was yet to come the Bellon Stakes is known as the champion's test for its mile and a half distance and its position as the final leg of the American Triple Crown Series for three-year-old Thor.

BRS trainer John thought it was the race Aladar would win. Yes, I do. First of all, I thought the career was right. distance for him, loved Belmont Park, hit him in the champagne at Belmont the last time they met, uh, I thought we had him every step of the way, we got closer to him, we fought with him from the mile on. I thought I had the strongest horse, we put him in front of him and we led him at the 16 post and he came back to us and then we came back to him and it was just a jump one way or another, I thought at the end and they're out, It is a company that is going for the lead, so the defense judge Aladar is far away, well inside, they are moving towards the turn, he stated that he remains ahead in front and Aliar on the outside is challenging again, it is stated that he is ahead in the turn, alidar is second by 4 and 2 through the inside time of the midday Judge Advocate and Derby Creek Road is now beginning to pick up the pace three quarters were at 14 a mile and 37 and two the pace is increasing as they come At the beginning of the stretch, he is still affirmed when they reached the quarter pole he is grabbing a head, the leader Alidar is outside of him and challenging that leader, the two are with their heads separated and Aladar has a leader, Aliar, put a head up front right in the middle of the stretch, it's Aliar and affirmed fighting for the interior will test these two until the cable affirmed under a whip with the left hand Aliar on the outside driving a company that Aliar separates a company has the nose in front when he reaches the cable he just said come on, you were doing everything I did and I want to tell you that she rooted it right in her, it's your shaking legs, you can't hold the monoculars, you know and um, you just him just look for more and and um, it was a great performance, it was a situation where I knew he was steady and they were both probably tired, but underneath me I could feel he was steady, you know he was starting to fall, you know he was giving it his all.

I had, but I was pretending a little bit and I needed you to find something extra and plus Georgie was the tactical jockey he was, you know, he was lying right on top of me so I couldn't use my hand, my right stick as easily and that was when I took out my you know, whip and I hit it with my left hand for the first time and, you know, I really got a forceful response, I mean, at that moment he did it like a kind of re, you know, he jumped up and stuck his head back in. . front and, you know, the natural horse that he was, he rowed towards the cable and, uh, it doesn't get any better than that.

I have written in many races around the world and that remains to this day the most exciting and probably the best race I think I have ever participated in, he claimed to have become the eleventh winner of the Triple Crown and he did it to the old way as he earned it and Aladar was always there to make sure he did it. I think at least one DE for raising someone in the world was a lot and people followed the horses and every race was part of the nose and neck the 10 races in two years between Racing's two biggest rivals covered 10 and 516 miles claim the total margin of victory over Aladar was only 4 and A2, or about 38 feet, the 1970s had produced three triple winners CR Secretary 1973 Seattle slooh 1977 and 1978 a spruce, although there had never been a trio in the Triple Crown, but in 1979 a big gray Colt had the opportunity to change his name was spectacular offer, the son of Bold Bder of the spectacular mayor was purchased for just $337,000 for Hawksworth Farm of Maryland Harry Teresa and Tom Mehawk Tom and I we had gone for the pedigree and he was the bold bidder and We had had a Philly, uh, formerly called Bold Place, uh, which was bold and sour, so we were interested in all the old offerings and we liked his pedigree.

The spectacular offer was given to his coach, Grover Greer, a friend of Delp, and it didn't take him long. I realize that he had the horse of his life. Oh, definitely, sure. I mean, I've had a lot of really nice horses on Saturday afternoons, but I mean, deal. I mean, it's hard to describe. I did not noticed it. it was a horse like that I saw the Derby the year before I think it was a Ferman Aladar in my living room and I said I wonder what it would be, what it feels like to have a horse like that and you know, next year he got a spectacular offer for the Derby of Kentucky on a 10-race winning streak with devastating victories in the Florida Derby Flamingo Stakes and the Bluegrass, the jockey was 19-year-old Ronnie Franklin Delp, despite being highly critical of some of Franklin's races. young man he had befriended at Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

Delp was so sure he would win a spectacular bid that he let everyone know. You know, I just thought, go bad, go bad, you know, go B, he was 3 to five. I said what were they going to do. let you know they weren't going to hurt me, but yes, I did it and in the final stretch they come and it's spectacular to take the lead by a length and a half through the inside general assembly, it's the second blind, P falls again. the outside goldenneck is coming, but there's 16th mile to go and a spectacular bid is going to win the 105th running of the Kentucky Derby.

The spectacular B does not run on board everyone that everyone believed. Of in madness. The spectacular bid soared at 1 to 10 won by 5 and 1 12 lengths and was just to mark pimo's record, the bid was now ready to beat the crow, no full bread could stop him but a safety pin was about to play a key role in one of the biggest surprises. in racing history, one in a million, I knocked him down the day before the race. R Smith knocked him down the day before the race and he turned 35 and a couple just galloped up and we were sitting in front of his stall, bidding on bales of hay. and speaking, he said, well, it's all over, now all we have to do is take it to the padic and the triple crown, ours arrived the next morning, it got dark and Herman Hall, my stable boy, said: U, boss, this horse is lame.

I said, what are you taking me to? him, so he was standing there like that with one foot up and in the air, so I walked into the store real quick and I looked there was a safety pin right there, it was embedded like, oh, maybe about half an inch into the lamini , not the frog on the hardest part of that helmet and then I called Harry and told him exactly what happened. I told him I'm not going to mask anything. I'm not going to give him anything. I'm just going to pack his feet and if he's not healthy he's going to have to scrape up a spectacular offer, but it wasn't the same offer and it was more than just a safety pen two two reasons why he would have won even with the lead didn't change. the Belmont States race um Ronnie chased 101 shots, the first half of the Mile went through him, he had returned it now, he had ridden it with the defense that wrote him in the derby or says the condition he was still in won the race because I haven't chased that long shot so heavy early.

I told him I was going to immobilize him. I think he made him very nervous and he was in a hurry. The spectacular offering finished third behind Coastal and Golden in the third act and two lengths from the triple crowd, but. Owner Harry Meerhoff never had any doubt that the offering was the best horse that day. None at all. I think he would have won in triple lands. There has never been a more New York coach than Johnny Campo in the spring of 1981. He also told everyone who he was. Racing's best trainer period and he set out to prove that in the Kentucky Derby with Pleasant Colony a colt bred in Virginia by his owner Thomas Melon Evans Campo didn't even take over the cult until March 16 but in the Wooden Memorial He started to back away. the talk of him after losing his last five races, including a 13-length beating in the Florida Derby, Pleasant Colonyto a three-length victory in the Wood Memorial at Churchill Downs Cample, he let everyone know he had the best horse and he knew why it had to be.

Confident a lot of it was ego, a lot of it was timing and he was probing his horse the entire race, believe it or not, every horse had problems with every horse that was in the post and was gaining ground. the outside Pleasant Colony are moving down the straight now Pleasant Colony on the outside takes the front holds the second in the center of the truck P the tab television studio is moving up down along the inside Splendid stre during the finish is Pleasant Colony pulls away with the leading Wooden Chopper gains ground in second, it was the first victory in the derby for Campo, as well as for jockey George Velasquez and owner Thomas Melan Evans Buckland Farm after the race.

Campo had no qualms in the winner's stand speaking with ABC's Jim McCay. Well, I kept telling everyone I was going to win, but everyone thinks I'm crazy, you know, but I told Mr. Evans when it was, if we didn't win the forest, there was no point in coming, if we don't win this, there's no point. go. to the pre, shame on the poor pre boys, we had a little fun today and went easy, which made you so sure before the wood you say place your bets and go to sleep, okay, we're going to gain. He said the same thing on Thursday here I'm a good horse trainer buddy never forget it Johnny proved it again in the press when people finally listened to him and made Pleasant Colony the favorite for the first time in his career, he ran well. in the prus and U that and he was third in the uh the Belmont II didn't think you were really going to the mile I really didn't think you were going to the M.

He was worn out now he did three good races and really worn out and Johnny Campo himself seems a little worn out now the roar was gone, but it came back in. the spring of 1981 made people listen and believe and almost won the Triple Crown of Racing in the 1980s there would be two more chances for a Triple Crown winner 1987 was this cult called Ali shba the son of Al a kein longing for $500,000 purchased by the Scarboro family of Texas, trained by Jack Vanberg and ridden by Chris McCarron, both Hall of Famers Ali Sheba had won only one race and was disqualified from another victory coming into the Kentucky Derby in the race Ali Shiva made one of the most notable. comebacks in Derby history when he clipped his heels on the bet twice down the stretch and nearly fell.

Ali Shiva set himself up for a run for the Crown by taking the 1987 preus that came on the outside to again run down the bet twice just before the On the wire another rivalry was building, as Bet Two had been second behind Ali Sheba in the derby by 3/4 of a length and was beaten by just half a length in the freakness, but the Belmont was to be bet twice that day when it came to a 14-length victory with Ali Shiva finishing fourth two years later in 1989 , another legendary Hall of Fame trainer went for the Triple Crown.

Charlie Winningham, known as the Bald Eagle, was with this almost black Dark Bay cult called Sunday Silence of which Winningham was part owner. Arthur Hancock and Dr. Ernest Gayer that year's Derby was a classic showdown Sunday Silence of the West against the supposedly unbeatable power of the East Easy go Sunday Silence won by 2 1/2 lengths and the bridal hand at 76 years old got his second bouquet of Derby Roses the revenge was in the pre and it was a race for the agents in the stretch on the outside it is Sunday silence inside calmly and in the final stretch they come on the outside it is Sunday silence calm with the P day back to challenge heads aart easy go inside the slight advantage on the outside Sunday silence the rest of a far back here is the end of the brinkles Sunday silence and end of photo Easy Go no aart was Sunday silence in a photo but to cover the crow the Sunday It had to rain quietly all night and I just my horse had a bruised leg so I think that hurt us for winning the Triple Crown in the 80's but the classic Ali shba versus bet battle twice in 1987 and 1989 Sunday's silence against the tolerant was about to make up for it as in the 80s: there would be three Triple Crown opportunities in the 1990s, all three at the end of the decade in 1997 and again in 1998, the pner Bob Bafford took two big shots in The Illu Crow first was Bob and Beverly Lewis's Sver Char who, after giving Bafford his first win in the Kentucky Derby, held off Freehouse on the inside and Captain Bodet on the outside to win the pness by a head, but at the end of the mile and a half Belmont made it. it was Touch Gold who finished off Silver Charms' clown triple bid by 3/4 lengths in 1998.

Baffer returned this time with close friend Mike Pegr in a $177,000 bargain called Real Quiet, his 9-to-1 victory in long shot in the Race for the Roses and most experts wrote it off as a derby fluke, but 2 weeks later he was even more impressive winning the pre-prequest by two and a quarter lengths and in the test against champion Belmont stes looked very calm when he passed that test he extended his lead to five lengths in the stretch, but as the finish line approached, so did his main rival number one, the girl of the victory flying on the outside when they collided together against the wire, The photo poster uploaded the race too close to finally announce the race was official victory number 11.

Galloping the winner in silence had been denied the triple Crow and the $5 million Visa bonus by the narrowest margin in racing unknown The drama was not over in the 1990s. The final year of the decade, Coach D Wayne Lucas would have his first chance to sweep the classic in Voyage 99. Lucas sent a charismatic exclaimer discovered to a stunning 31-1 upset. The victory charismatic was ridden by athlete The Confident Chris his comeback from drug abuse was compelling in itself in the charismatic oddity again overtook the men to the limit this time. More decisively, Hall of Famer Lucas finally stood on the threshold of Racing's most elusive prize like his charm.

His charismatic put his head forward with a quarter-mile run at Bellmont, but he weakened and was overtaken by Lemon Drop Kid's long shot and his vision and The charismatic verse crossed the finish line third triple Cloud Hopes Dash just after the finish Anley felt that one of the charismatic man's legs bent in an instinctive movement that endeared him to horse lovers. The emotional Antley lifted and held the charismatic's injured leg. The charismatic man had broken his leg in the Belmont stage thanks. Partly thanks to An's compassion, he recovered to be on the New Millennium coach. Bob Baffer made his third attempt at sleeping as a triple clown in 2002 with the war emblem.

The nearly black Dark Bay colt wasn't even in Baer's barn until about 3 weeks before the Kentucky Derby. It was after this impressive victory in the Illinois Derby that Baffer was able to purchase 90% of War Emblem for $990,000 for the entire corporation of Prince of Saudi Arabia Akmed Ben Salman, ruled out as a 20-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby. War Emblem was the main winner by four lengths the first to go wire to wire to beat the Roses since 1988 all his opponents swore things would be different in Kimo for the certainty that he would not get that easy lead this time as It turned out that he didn't need it.

Emblem of War took over in the final stretch from his Derby rival, the proud Citizen, and then held off a Magic wizard who closed the last moment on the outside to win the pre-the son of Our emblem's Dark Bay had won four straight and nearly $2.9 million, including the crowd's first two gems, but the 2003 Triple Crown dreams were dashed when the starting gate opened in the Belmont Stakes when War Emblem stumbled. seriously and missed any chance and War Emblem is working hard as they head home medalia Doro Sunday break Sova has come forward to take the lead and War ofm has not given up triple crown for the 24th year here come sraa and madoro although they look towards the line together sraa on the outside mcdad Doro to the rail they are going down to the finish a big surprise is headed here under the line sraa has won the biggest chance in Belmont Stakes history at 70 to 1.

He would finish eighth as a 19 1/2 favorite bodies behind Sara. Now in 2003, attention has focused on one of the most unlikely horses of the year. Starring the New York Red gelding, a $75,000 purchase by the 10 partners of the Saka TOA stable of normal boys was dismissed in the 129th Kentucky Derby with outs of nearly 13 to 1 when it became New York's first fight. York in history and the first fight in 74. years to win the Kentucky Derby are approaching the top of the stretch funny side to the neck of Peace rolls Empire maker charging hard a sustained rally for him in the far z-turn toward home I the Tiger Laughs Spends Domestic Disputes in the Middle The Horses Move Wild There on the Outside They're Coming to the Final Fong And the Brave and Fun Side Has a Narrow Lead Bobby Frankle Derby Deals with Peace Rolls Inward The Creator of the Empire is giving all his funny side trying to pull up the upset here 12 to one coming to the line and the brave and funny side won the 129th victory in the Kentucky Derby for the little guy who finished behind the funny side was the empire maker Derby favorite owned by a Saudi prince followed by peace rules and that's what I'm talking about Forbes 400 billionaire owners funny sides The 65-year-old bar tag trainer was making his first start in the Triple Crown, while jockey Jose Santos, a native of Chile, had been 0 for six in the derby a week later.

Sid's victory arose from a photograph and an article in the Miami Herald that questioned whether Santos was hiding an illegal device in his whipped hand during the race and caused a brief but sensational national furor until an official meeting of delegates at Churchill Downs quickly dismissed any charges against José Santos. On the funny and strange side, the nine to five favorite showed the world how honest a three-year-old racer he really is and the funny side is now in the throat closure of the peace rules and the race continues as that are approaching the top of the section. here at pimo the field turns toward home and the fun side roars out of the turn with the fun side has repelled the peace rules and there's scrim on the outside and now he's running third Midway Road is fourth to the inside they're in the final furong now funny side and Jose SOS turning the pr this into a runaway a great effort here on his funny side and heading home back to belut he has won the prus by almost 10 legs funny side is now the 30th horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and prus and the fifth in the last seven years to have a chance at The elusive triple crop and the funny side could become just the second ging to win the Belmont Stakes joining the 1985 winner, the cream geldings Fresh had not been able to run at the Dellmont from 1918 to 1957, adding the winning portion of Belmont's million-dollar purse plus the $5 million Visa Triple Crown bonus would make a graceful leap to the top of the list of money-winning Gellings, surpassing the legendary John Henry's total of more than 6.5 million when Secretariat swept the three jewels in 1973 ended a 25-year period between Triple Crown winners the longest drought in history now 25 years have passed again since the eleventh and last triple clown winner Affirmed in 1978 a quarter of a century and with the death of Seattle slooh Last year there are no longer living Triple Crown winners.

Can the funny side change everything? We'll find out in New York on Saturday in the 35th Belmont Stakes, the champion's mile-and-a-half trial at Belmont Park on Long Island. ESPN live on Saturday, June 7 for our 2-hour Belmont Steak Special starting at 300 p.m. Eastern as the fun side of New York makes its bid to become Racing's 12th Triple Crown winner, ah