Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand, and ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought. Get top local Philly stories delivered to you every morning with NBC ...

There won't be a Triple Crown winner in 2025 -- and that's known before the second leg even takes place. Prior to Sovereignty officially being ruled out of the Preakness, trainer Bill Mott told ...

Justify defied all the odds on his way to achieving Triple Crown immortality. The late bloomer won the Belmont Stakes by 1 lengths on Saturday, giving the sport its 13th Triple Crown champion.

American Pharoah ran the final quarter-mile - a stretch that has dashed numerous Triple Crown dreams - in 24.32 seconds, faster than Secretariat's time of 25 seconds in winning the 1973 Belmont.

The last horse to win the Triple Crown was Justify in 2018. ADVERTISEMENT Dornoch won the 156th edition of the race in 2024, closing as a 17-1 long shot and finishing with a time of 2:01.64.

Aaron Judge is doing a pretty good version of Secretariat in 2025. He is running away from his contemporaries and toward history. He is not overwhelming in all the traditional Triple Crown categories.

Since Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978, there have been 11 horses who won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short at the Belmont Stakes. 1979 – Spectacular Bid ...