INSIDE THE CROWN: Breaking the Curse
It took 136 years to see an unraced 2-year-old win the Kentucky Derby. How long will it take for us to see another horse do what Justify did in 2018? He left some pretty big shoes to fill.
It took 136 years to see an unraced 2-year-old win the Kentucky Derby. How long will it take for us to see another horse do what Justify did in 2018? He left some pretty big shoes to fill.
Affirmed was a Florida-bred that was the last Triple Crown winner until 2015, when American Pharoah would break the drought of 37 years.
Seattle Slew, the $17,500 auction purchase that brought his owner’s so much more, became the first horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated.
Secretariat, aka “Big Red”, was the horse that ended the 25 year Triple Crown drought.
Citation, the first horse to win $1 million dollars in purse money, was foaled on April 11, 1945 to the Hyperion mare *Hydroplane II.
Assault was one of my favorite stories when I was growing up, just how this plucky little horse managed to overcome such an awful injury while becoming one of the hallowed Triple Crown winners.
82 Days!!! War Admiral, “The Mighty Atom”, was the great Man O’ War’s most famous son. He was bred and owned by Sam Riddle, who was born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania.
89 Days!!! 1930 Gallant Fox “The Fox of Belair” became racing’s second Triple Crown winner, in the year that the event became known as such.
