Which races are in the triple crown

Swiss Skydiver wins the race. The race was originally scheduled for May 16, but postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The longest of the three triple crown races at 1.

Secretariat set a world record at the race that still stands for the mile and a half distance on a dirt track at The winner of the race is given a blanket made of between white carnations, the traditional flower of the Belmont Stakes.

June 20, — The nd Belmont Stakes takes place without spectators in attendance and as the first leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history.

Most top-tier racehorses run once a month or so at racetracks near their home base. The Triple Crown requires a horse to run three times in five weeks at three different tracks over three different distances, traversing the eastern half of the U. A horse has only one shot at each of the three Triple Crown races and there are no do-overs; everything must go perfectly.

Horses who win these races also greatly increase their value for their post-racing breeding career. However, there is currently no special bonus or monetary prize associated with sweeping the Triple Crown.

Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing! Photographers capture American Pharoah as he nears the finish of the Belmont Stakes, moments before he became the 12th Thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown. Eclipse Sportswire. Photos: Justify wins Triple Crown.

Justify, left, with jockey Mike Smith, crosses the finish line to win the th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race on Saturday, June 9, , in Elmont, New York.

Justify became the 13th thoroughbred to win horse racing's Triple Crown, taking first in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes last month. Hide Caption. Justify is now the 13th Triple Crown winner and the first since American Pharoah in WinStar is one of the owners of Justify, who has won all six races he has run this year. Justify No. Justify's saddle towel drips water after the horse won the th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5, , in Louisville, Kentucky.

Justify, the No. A horse must win all three races to achieve the Triple Crown. Max Chilton. Louis Chiron. Derek Daly. Mark Donohue. Teo Fabi. Christian Fittipaldi. Masten Gregory.

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