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  • TRIPLE CROWN SUCCESSES-FAILURES

    Eleven 3-year-olds have won the Triple Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Fourteen others have failed by losing in the Belmont. Here's how they raced in the Belmont.


     Fulfillment
     1919 -- Sir Barton has no trouble beating only two rivals, winning by 5 lengths over 1 3/8 miles. Distance becomes 1 1/2 miles in 1926.
     1930 -- Gallant Fox leads almost all the way and won by 3 lengths in a four-horse field.
     1935 -- Shuffled back at the start, Omaha overtakes Firethorn in the stretch and wins by 1 1/2 lengths in a field of four.
     1937 -- War Admiral takes lead shortly after start and holds it for a 3-length in seven-horse field.
     1941 -- Whirlaway opens 7-length lead at midpoint, then finishes in hand for a 2 1/2 length win in a four-horse field.
     1943 -- Gallant Fox gets no competition from two rivals and wins by 25 lengths.
     1946 -- Third with about an eighth-mile remaining, Assault charges to victory by 3 lengths in a seven-horse field.
     1948 -- Citation leads seven rivals every step of the way and wins by 8 lengths.
     1973 -- In probably the greatest performance ever by a racehorse, Secretariat wins by from 31 to 45 1/4 lengths over four rivals in 2:24, which still stands as a world record for 1 1-2 miles on dirt.
     1977 -- Seattle Slew has no problems disposing of seven rivals, leading all the way and winning by 4 lengths.
     1978 -- 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.
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     Failure
     1944 -- Pensive leads with a quarter-mile remaining, but he loses by a half-length to Bounding Home in a seven-horse field.
     1958 -- Tim Tam is unable to cut in Cavan's lead and finished second by 6 lengths in an eight-horse field.
     1961 -- Carry Back never gets into contention and finishes seventh in a nine-horse field, 13 3/4 lengths behind winner Sherluck.
     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.
     1966 -- Leading 10 rivals with a quarter-mile remaining, Kauai King fades to fourth, 7 lengths behind winner Amberoid.
     1968 -- Forward Pass leads until eighth-pole, then finishes second by 1 3/4 lengths to Stage Door Johnny in nine-horse field.
     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 5 1/4 lengths.
     1971 -- Canonero II leads 12 rivals for the first mile before finishing fourth, 4 1/4 lengths behind winner Pass Catcher.
     1979 -- The 1-5 favorite, Spectacular Bid leads with a quarter-mile left, weakens finishes third in an eight-horse field, 3 1/4 lengths behind Coastal and another head behind Golden Act.
     1981 -- Pleasant Colony, never better than third, finishes a little more than 1 1/2 lengths behind Summing, with Highland Blade second in an 11-horse field.
     1987 -- Checked sharply on final turn, Alysheba finishes fourth 14 lengths behind winner Bet Twice in a 10-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.
     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.
     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.
     



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