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Title: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Reuben on May 14, 2013, 07:00:17 pm In the United States, the three races that make up the Triple Crown are:
1.Kentucky Derby, run over the 11⁄4-mile (2.0 km) dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; 2.Preakness Stakes, run over the 13⁄16-mile (1.9 km) dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; 3.Belmont Stakes, run over the 11⁄2-mile (2.4 km) dirt track, the longest in thoroughbred racing, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Many Thoroughbred horses win the first and second leg of the triple crown but very few win the last leg because of the 1.5 mile distance...not to mention thre huge races within 6 weeks which takes a toll on the horses, injuries and what not... but I hope to see ORB win this coming Saturday because it just makes for beter TV when there is a possibility for a triple crown winner... Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Reuben on May 18, 2013, 01:27:02 pm I got the pit ready and the steaks marinating...getting ready for the Preakness Stakes this afternoon... :)
Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: GET.LOW.CURS on May 18, 2013, 04:33:51 pm I'm watching... Would love to see ORB win and pull off the crown but I'm gonna go with DEPARTING
Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Shotgun wg on May 18, 2013, 07:13:03 pm So who won.
Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Lance on May 18, 2013, 07:32:38 pm Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Reuben on May 18, 2013, 10:28:35 pm yep...I always root for the Kentucky derby winner hoping for a shot at the triple crown...but not this year... :(
Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Reuben on June 08, 2013, 12:24:22 pm Belmont stakes today...but no chance of a triple crown winner...the thrill is gone...
Title: Re: Triple Crown 2013 Post by: Silverton Boar Dogs on June 08, 2013, 05:50:39 pm great run by Palace Malice, I bet Pletcher wishes he had pulled those blinkers for the Derby. A great run and a great ride.
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