when 's the last time somebody won the triple crown
2018
12407127
(and, as of 2018, only) horse to sweep all four races, a feat that came to be known as the Grand Slam. After the first Triple Crown winner, Sir Barton, in 1919, there was not another winner until Gallant Fox in 1930, a gap of 11 years. Between 1930 and 1948, seven horses won the Triple Crown, with five years being the longest gap between winners. However, following the 1948 win of Citation, there was a considerable gap of 25 years before Secretariat ended the drought of Triple Crown champions in 1973. Between 1973 and 1978, there were three Triple
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
19220346
1949) completed the triple crown in 2016. She is an 8-time Emmy (3), 6-time Oscar (2), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Lange has won six awards. American actress Viola Davis (born 1965) completed the triple crown in 2017. She is the first black actor to win the triple crown. She is a 3-time Oscar (1), 3-time Tony (2), and 4-time Emmy (1) nominee, for a total of 10 TC nominations. Davis has won four awards. British actress Glenda Jackson (born 1936) completed the triple crown in 2018. She is a 5-time Tony (1),
Triple Crown of Acting
19220347
4-time Oscar (2), and 4-time Emmy (2) nominee, for a total of 13 TC nominations. Jackson has won five awards. Triple Crown of Acting The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories. As of June 2018, twenty-four people have achieved the triple crown of acting (15 women, 9 men). Helen Hayes's Emmy Award win on February 5, 1953, made her the first person to achieve the triple crown. Thomas Mitchell became the first man to
Triple Crown of Acting
10079824
and Williams have won all three Triple Crown events in a single season, and Hendry is the only player to achieve this feat twice, in the 1989/1990 and 1995/1996 seasons. John Higgins held all 3 Triple Crown titles at the same time between 1998 and 1999 but these spanned two separate seasons. In 2013 Robertson became the first player from outside the British Isles to have won all three events. With 19 Triple Crown titles Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record number of wins following his title at the 2018 UK Championship. A list of all winners of the three Triple
Triple Crown (snooker)
3205654
Triple Crown – although the phrase was not in use at the time – in the inaugural 1883 series of the original rugby union Home Nations Championship. The latest winners are Ireland, who won by beating England at Twickenham on St. Patrick's Day, having already beat Scotland and Wales in the 2018 Six Nations Championship. Traditionally the Triple Crown was an informal honour with no trophy associated with it. However a trophy now exists, which has been awarded to Triple Crown winners since 2006. The origins of the name "Triple Crown" are uncertain. The concept dates to the original Home
Triple Crown (rugby union)
5092896
2018 Kentucky Derby. In doing so, the horse broke the 136-year-old "curse of Apollo" by winning the Kentucky Derby without having raced at 2 years of age. The last time this feat was accomplished was by Apollo in the 1882 race. Two weeks later, Justify and Smith won the 2018 Preakness Stakes and then, on June 9th, 2018, at the 150th Belmont Stakes, Justify, ridden by Smith, became the 13th Triple Crown winner. In doing so, Smith, at age 52, became the oldest jockey to win a Triple Crown. Mike E. Smith Michael Earl Smith (born August 10, 1965) is
Mike E. Smith
9760898
his whip use did not violate state regulations. On May 16, 2015, Espinoza and American Pharoah won the 2015 Preakness Stakes on a sloppy track, setting up Espinoza's third attempt at the Triple Crown. His June 6, 2015, victory at the 2015 Belmont Stakes made him the oldest jockey to win the Triple Crown, as well as the first Latino jockey to do so. For 3 years, he held the distinction of being the last jockey to sweep the Triple Crown until Mike Smith did it aboard Justify in 2018. On October 31, 2015, Espinoza rode American Pharoah to victory
Victor Espinoza
11547720
out to be a late night finish. Higgins led 8–5 by the evening session, but Taylor won the last 4 frames to win his only Masters title and his first major title since beating Steve Davis in the 1985 World Championship. This was the first, and to date only, major final to feature 2 players from Northern Ireland. It also stood as the last time a player from Northern Ireland had won a Triple Crown title for over 30 years until Mark Allen’s victory in the 2018 Masters. Also in the 1987 Masters, Ray Reardon made his last appearance in
1987 Masters (snooker)
6078588
C Wright 45*, A McCoubrey 3-17, J McGonigle 3-22) 16 August, Brighton ECB XI 213-6 (C Amos 65, P Bryson 50, S Foster 38) Wales 111-10 (M Sharp 3-15, S Chapman 3-18, I Parkin 3-19) CB XI won the tournament winning for second time making a comeback from the disastrous last tournament where they were win less. came second in the tournament. Triple Crown Tournament The Triple Crown Tournament was a cricket competition staged annually from 1993 to 2001 between the Home Nations; that is to say Ireland, Scotland, Wales and a team representing England. England were not represented by
Triple Crown Tournament
893913
batting championship with a batting average of .321, and also leading the league in doubles and walks, finishing sixth in the Most Valuable Player voting. Yastrzemski enjoyed his best season in , when he won the American League Triple Crown with a .326 batting average, 44 home runs (tied with Harmon Killebrew) and 121 RBIs. Yastrzemski's Triple Crown win in 1967 was the last time a major league hitter won the Batting Triple Crown until Miguel Cabrera in the 2012 season – conversely six different pitchers have since won the pitchers' version. He was voted Most Valuable Player almost unanimously
Carl Yastrzemski
2637494
history, they raced the fastest last mile in Belmont Stakes history, in 1:14, the mile in 1:37 and finished in 2:26 . It was, at the time, the third fastest Belmont ever, behind Secretariat and Gallant Man. His Triple Crown win set two records: the shortest and longest gaps between the previous and next Triple Crown winners. Affirmed's win in 1978 was the first time the Triple Crown had been won in consecutive years (Seattle Slew won in 1977). Affirmed's win also marked the start of the longest gap until the next Triple Crown winner, with American Pharoah's win on
Affirmed
3205655
Nations Championship, predecessor of the Six Nations Championship, when the competition only involved England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Like the modern Grand Slam, the Triple Crown was an informal honour to a team that won the Championship with straight victories. The first use cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from "Whitaker's Almanack", 1900 (referring to the 1899 tournament): "In their last match at Cardiff against Wales, Ireland won by a try to nothing, securing the triple crown with three straight victories as in 1894." The Irish victory in 1894 was reported as a Triple Crown by "The Irish Times"
Triple Crown (rugby union)
11658812
1899 Home Nations Championship The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The 1899 Championship was won by Ireland who also took the Triple Crown. This was the fourth time Ireland had won the tournament and the second occasion they had achieved the Triple Crown, but would be Ireland's last success for some time; they would not win the title outright again until 1935 and their next Triple Crown came in 1948. The
1899 Home Nations Championship
5094616
Nations Championship, O'Connell captained the side in the absence of Brian O'Driscoll. He also played in the game against Scotland on 27 March 2004, in which Ireland won their first Triple Crown for 19 years. O'Connell also gained silverware on the club front when Munster won the last ever final of the Celtic Cup, defeating Llanelli Scarlets 27–16 in Landsdowne Road on May 14, 2005. He was also part of the Ireland team that won a Triple Crown in the 2006 Six Nations Championship, playing in a dramatic 24-28 victory over England to clinch the Crown. He scored the last
Paul O'Connell
1727033
in back-to-back years with Frank Robinson, the only time this has occurred in baseball history. As such, this helps create enormous offense for a team throughout the season, to the point where the last four times a player won the Triple Crown, his team went to the World Series. In the major leagues, the most batting Triple Crowns won by a player is two. Rogers Hornsby was the first to accomplish it, winning his first in 1922 and then leading both major leagues in 1925 en route to his second Triple Crown, both with the St. Louis Cardinals. Ted Williams
Triple Crown (baseball)
694099
fillies have won all three races: Previously the French Triple Crown for fillies consisted of: No filly has ever won the series. The Belgian Triple Crown consists of: Known Triple Crown winners in Belgium: The Fillies' Triple Crown in Belgium appears to consist of: One filly is known to have won all three races: Belgium's Jockey Club does not (or will not) disclose histories of its Triple Crown races. It is not known if the lists above are complete, and it is not known if any of the above races are still being run in Belgium. The last Derby Belge
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
694100
for which there is any known record was in 2011, when the race was won by German-bred Revanta. The Hungarian Triple consists of: Hungarian Triple Crown winners are: The Hungarian Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: No filly has swept the Hungarian Fillies' Triple Crown. In Switzerland, the Triple Crown series consists of: Plus the series for fillies One horse has won the Swiss Triple Crown. In Denmark, the Triple Crown series consists of: Three horses have won the Danish Triple Crown: The Danish Filly Triple Crown consists of: One filly has swept all three races: The Swedish Triple Crown consists
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
19220335
Moreno are the only triple crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT. American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) was the first performer to achieve the triple crown of acting. She completed the triple crown in 1953. Hayes was a 9-time Emmy (1), 3-time Tony (2), and 2-time Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. She won two Oscars, two Tonys and an Emmy for a total of five competitive triple crown awards. She also won a Grammy in 1977 for Best Spoken Word Recording to complete the EGOT,
Triple Crown of Acting
694109
year's Breeders' Cup Classic. He finished the year as the top-ranked horse in the 2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, and won the 2007 Dubai World Cup before being retired to stud following a training injury. Uruguayan Triple Crown winners are: Ecuador has two sets of races referred to as Triple Crowns: Ecuador Triple Crown Ecuador Fillies' Triple Crown In Ecuador, the Triple Crown consists of: Triple Crown Champions: Venezuela has two sets of races referred to as Triple Crowns: Venezuelan Official Triple Crown Champions (from 1956): Filly Triple Crown winners are: The following horses won their Triple Crown when still
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
19220342
Smith is the first and only Triple Crown winner to win seven awards. American actor Al Pacino (born 1940) completed the triple crown in 2004. He is an 8-time Oscar (1), 3-time Emmy (2), and 3-time Tony (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. Pacino has won five awards. Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (born 1951) completed the triple crown in 2009. He is a 4-time Oscar (1), 2-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of seven TC nominations. Rush has won three awards. American actress Ellen Burstyn (born 1932) completed the triple crown in
Triple Crown of Acting
19220337
is the only Triple Crown winner to win three Oscars. American actress Shirley Booth (1898–1992) completed the triple crown in 1962. She was a 4-time Emmy (2), 3-time Tony (3), and 1-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Booth won six awards. American actor Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981) completed the triple crown in 1968. He was a 3-time Oscar (2), 2-time Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of six TC nominations. Douglas won four awards. British actor Paul Scofield (1922–2008) completed the triple crown in 1969. He was a 2-time Oscar (1), 1-time
Triple Crown of Acting
12838860
the 1890 tournament, though missed the away match to England. When he was reselected for the final game of the championship the captaincy was passed to Arthur Gould. Hill missed the next two tournaments, before playing the entirety of the 1893 tournament which saw Wales win all their matches to take the Triple Crown for the first time. The next season was Hill's last as an international player and although only one of the team that won the Triple Crown the previous year was not reselected, the team was not harmonious. Gould and Hill fell out over scrummaging tactics against
Frank Hill (rugby union)
6638950
in 1994. The following is a list of WWE Triple Crown winners with dates indicating the wrestler's first reign with the respective championship. The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Triple Crown consisted of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (now the WWE United States Championship) and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. When Bret Hart and Goldberg won the WCW World Tag Team Championship, they both became Triple Crown winners at the same time. Chris Benoit completed the WCW Triple Crown the fastest, completing it in 309 days between March 1999 and January 2000. The Extreme
Triple Crown (professional wrestling)
19220340
Oscar (2) nominee, for a total of 16 TC nominations. Robards won four awards. British-American actress Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) completed the triple crown in 1990. She was a 5-time Tony (3), 3-time Emmy (1), and 2-time Oscar nominee (1), for a total of 10 TC nominations. Tandy won five awards. British actor Jeremy Irons (born 1948) completed the triple crown in 1997. He is a 3-time acting Emmy (2), 1-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of five TC nominations. Irons has won four TC awards. American actress Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) completed the triple crown in
Triple Crown of Acting
14371063
at Twickenham. The last two games of the Championship were both played at home, the first a win over Scotland at Lansdowne Road, for which Reid was omitted. The Scottish victory gave Ireland the Championship title, but the team had not won a Triple Crown title since 1899. A win over Wales would give Ireland the Triple Crown. Reid was reinstated back into the team for the Wales encounter, this time played at Ravenhill. The Irish pressured Wales in the first half, and a late try by prop John "Jack" Daly gave Ireland a famous Triple Crown and Grand Slam
Paddy Reid
19220341
1999. She was a 6-time (1) acting Emmy, 5-time Oscar (1), and 3-time Tony (2) nominee, for a total of 14 TC nominations. Bancroft won four triple crown awards. British actress Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) completed the triple crown in 2003. She is a 6-time Oscar (1), 6-time Emmy (2), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Redgrave has won four awards. British actress Maggie Smith (born 1934) completed the triple crown in 2003. She is a 9-time Emmy (4), 6-time Oscar (2), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations.
Triple Crown of Acting
724255
have won the Preakness Stakes. On average, fillies have won between 2% and 3% of the Triple Crown races, with similar numbers for geldings; while about 95% of these races have been won by colts. The last filly as of November 2017 to run in the Belmont was in 2013 when Unlimited Budget ran six behind the winner Palace Malice. A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.A ‡ designates a filly. Belmont Stakes The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held on the first or second Saturday in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New
Belmont Stakes
11658817
crowd by Irish brothers Mick and Jack Ryan. Bancroft fell awkwardly, fracturing several ribs and was forced to retire. 1899 Home Nations Championship The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The 1899 Championship was won by Ireland who also took the Triple Crown. This was the fourth time Ireland had won the tournament and the second occasion they had achieved the Triple Crown, but would be Ireland's last success for some time;
1899 Home Nations Championship
16928255
was on a 4-day suspension in NHK Mile Cup he was replaced by Yuga Kawada. Verxina was preferred in the betting, But Gentildonna won by five lengths to claim the second leg of the Triple Crown. After a break of almost four months, Gentildonna returned to contest the Rose Stakes at Hanshin and won by one and a half lengths from Verxina. At Kyoto on 14 October, Gentildonna completed the Triple Crown and defeated Verxina for the fourth time in a row when prevailing by a nose in the Shuka Sho. She is the fourth Japanese Triple Crown winner after
Gentildonna
3226957
racing season and had a twenty-two year breeding career. Among his progeny were 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha and Granville, the 1936 Horse of the Year. He also sired Omaha's full brother Flares, who in 1938 became only the second American-bred to ever win England's Ascot Gold Cup. Gallant Fox was the first US Triple Crown winner to sire a second-generation Triple Crown champion when his son Omaha won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1935. Fifty-eight years later, in 1993, Affirmed became the second when his son, Peteski, won the Canadian Triple Crown. Gallant Fox died on November 13, 1954,
Gallant Fox
19009667
winning a Grand Slam but were beaten by France in Paris. They beat Scotland, Wales and England to win the championship and their first Triple Crown in 33 years. Three years after their last Triple Crown win, Ireland, coached by Mick Doyle, came out in 1985 and won the Championship and the Triple Crown again. They beat Scotland and Wales. The French again prevented Ireland from claiming a Grand Slam after a 15–15 draw in Dublin. Ireland played England at Lansdowne Road and won the championship with a last minute drop goal from Michael Kiernan. The match ended 13–10 to
History of the Ireland national rugby union team
3368596
forwards, instead of six backs and nine forwards – revolutionised the sport and was eventually adopted almost universally at international and club level. With the "four three-quarter" formation Wales became Home International Champions for the first time in 1893; in the process winning the Triple Crown. Wales next won the Championship in 1900, heralding the first "golden age" of Welsh rugby which was to last until 1911. They won two more Triple Crowns in 1902 and 1905, and were runners up in 1901, 1903 and 1904. When Wales faced New Zealand's "All Blacks" at Cardiff Arms Park in late 1905
Wales national rugby union team
2544724
Preakness he pulled away from the field winning by 14 lengths the longest of the Triple Crown races, the 1½ mile Belmont Stakes, with a final time of 2:26. It is the fourth fastest Belmont Stakes behind Hall of Famers A.P. Indy, Easy Goer and Secretariat. By virtue of his two Classic victories, Risen Star won the second $1,000,000 Chrysler Triple Crown Bonus that was awarded to the three-year-old with the best finishes in the three races. An injury that occurred in the Belmont forced him into early retirement, but he still won the Eclipse Award as 1988's top three-year-old
Risen Star
17444354
IndyCar Triple Crown featured the three 500-mile races, at Indianapolis, Pocono and Fontana, and offered a $1,000,000 bonus to a driver, if they won all three events, with a $250,000 consolation prize if a driver won two of the three events. Neither prize was ultimately claimed. BOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Triple Crown event. O Oval Speedway R Road course S Temporary street circuit Takuma Sato sat on the pole, but he lost the lead at lap 30 to Will Power. On a restart on lap 82, leader Will Power was bringing the field back to green when
2014 IndyCar Series
19220339
Oscar and Tony wins. Her Grammy win was in 1972 in the Best Recording for Children category. Moreno is the first Hispanic actor to win the Triple Crown and is one of only two Triple Crown winners who have also achieved the EGOT. American actress Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006) completed the triple crown in 1982. She was a 7-time Emmy (1), 6-time Tony (2), and 4-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of 17 nominations. Stapleton won four awards. American actor Jason Robards (1922–2000) completed the triple crown in 1988. He was an 8-time Tony (1), 5-time Emmy (1), and 3-time
Triple Crown of Acting
771669
English Triple Crown. He started the 2/7 favourite and won comfortably, although his margin of victory over Meadowville was only one length. As of 2017, he is the last horse to accomplish the feat of sweeping the English Triple Crown: since 1970 only Reference Point (1987), Nashwan (1989), Sea The Stars (2009) and Camelot (2012) have won two of the three races, but Oh So Sharp won the filly's version of the Triple Crown in 1985. In his next race, Nijinsky was sent to France for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris in October. Piggott produced
Nijinsky (horse)
14565705
three, Grey Classic suffered with condition problems and did not race until July 13, 1986, when he ran eighth as one of the favorites in the Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Minor injuries kept the colt out of the next two legs of the Triple Crown, and a series of ailments meant that he did not win an important race again until age five. On June 5, 1988, he won the Connaught Cup Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack, then in November, in his last race, Grey Classic won the
Grey Classic
20969731
the June 10, 1893 Belmont Stakes, marking the first of three appearances in races that would become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series. In a field of five runners, he was aboard the favorite Dr. Rice, who had won the Withers Stakes, but it would be African-American jockey Willie Simms aboard Commanche who won by a head. On June 2, 1896 Samuel Doggett rode Del Paso II in the 1896 Belmont Stakes for the Marcus Daly stable, finishing fourth and last to August Belmont Jr.'s colt, Hastings. In a year when the Preakness Stakes was run four days after
Samuel Doggett
694098
A total of five horses have won the Australian Triple Crown: The Two Year Old Triple Crown (also known as the Two-year-old Grand Slam) consists of: Only six horses have won the Australian Two Year Old Triple Crown: In Germany, the Triple Crown ("Dreifache Krone") consists of Only one horse has won the German Triple Crown, "Königsstuhl" in 1979. In East Germany the "Dreifache Krone" consisted of Three horses have won the East German Triple Crown: The French Triple Crown consists of: Previously the French Triple Crown consisted of Two horses have swept the French Triple Crown For fillies: Four
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
3695822
decider at Lansdowne Road, ending a home unbeaten run that stretched to 10 tests since September 2002. In the 2004 Six Nations, Ireland finished second overall and won the Triple Crown. In the 2005 Six Nations, Ireland finished in third place. In the 2006 Six Nations, Ireland won the Triple Crown for the second time in three years. In the last autumn international at Lansdowne Road, Ireland beat Australia 21–6. With the rebuilding of Lansdowne Road, a new venue was required. Croke Park, home of the Gaelic Athletic Association, hosted some games from 2007 to 2010. Ireland's 2008 Six Nations
Ireland national rugby union team
6638953
win the Impact World Tag Team Championship, this would leave him "just one step shy of becoming only the second Triple Crown Champion". This indicates that the Impact World Heavyweight Championship and the Impact World Tag Team Championship are part of the existing Triple Crown accolade. The following is a list of Impact Triple Crown winners with dates indicating the wrestler's first reign with the respective championship. Under Impact's definition of the Triple Crown, wrestlers are eligible to win the Triple Crown each time they complete a new circuit. To date, only A.J. Styles has won the Impact Triple Crown
Triple Crown (professional wrestling)
8778171
he is," said Seymour. "When it comes down to the last 70 yards, that's when you've got to keep busy on him and make sure that he's paying attention. If you ask him a little too early from the eighth pole to the sixteenth pole, he'll relax on you, he'll think it's all over when he gets a head in front. This time I just decided to sit as long as I can until it's time to move. When I did make my move, I didn't miss a stride, I don't think." The Canadian Triple Crown had not been won
With Approval
7868219
Menifee Menifee (born 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that competed in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1999. His rivalry with Triple Crown contender Charismatic was compared at times with the rivalry between 1978 contenders Affirmed and Alydar, who won and placed (respectively) in all three races that year. He was trained by W. Elliott Walden and ridden in all three races by Pat Day. Menifee won a come-from-behind victory in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in his last Triple Crown prep over the highly regarded Cat Thief, Vicar Kimberlite Pipe and Wondertross. He then
Menifee
19220343
2009. She is an 8-time Emmy (2), 6-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 15 TC nominations. Burstyn has won four awards. Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (born 1929) completed the triple crown in 2012. He is a 7-time Emmy (2), 7-time Tony (2), and 3-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of 17 TC nominations. Plummer has won five awards. British actress Helen Mirren (born 1945) completed the triple crown in 2015. She is an 11-time Emmy (4), 4-time Oscar (1), and 3-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 18 TC nominations. Mirren has
Triple Crown of Acting
19220338
Emmy (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of four TC nominations. Scofield won three awards. American actor Jack Albertson (1907–1981) completed the triple crown in 1975. He was a 5-time Emmy (2), 2-time Tony (1), and 1-time Oscar (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Albertson won four awards. Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno (born 1931) completed the triple crown in 1977. She is a 6-time Emmy (2), 1-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of eight TC nominations. Her Emmy win saw her complete the EGOT for competitive Emmy, Grammy,
Triple Crown of Acting
5291829
the middle of the year when Kawada became Misawa's main rival. He gained his first singles victory over a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, when he defeated Terry Gordy in May of that year. On December 3, 1993 Kobashi gained his first pin over Kawada, won his first World's Strongest Tag Determination League, and won his first World Tag Team Championship. Kobashi received his first shot at the Triple Crown Championship against then-champion Steve Williams on September 3, 1994, but lost at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo. Kobashi's singles matches around this time with Kawada, Misawa and Stan Hansen are amongst his
Kenta Kobashi
9925430
experts, and CBS racing commentators felt he would be an illegitimate champion. Ridden by Heliodoro Gustines, Stage Door Johnny ended the Triple Crown debate when he won the Belmont Stakes in 2:27 1/5 with Forward Pass second, a length and a half back. Stage Door Johnny also won the Saranac Handicap at the end of June, then July's Dwyer Handicap. At a time when three organizations voted on the various annual racing awards, the Thoroughbred Racing Association and "Daily Racing Form" voted Stage Door Johnny 1968's U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old-Colt, while Forward Pass topped the poll organized by Turf & Sports
Stage Door Johnny
19220336
for competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony wins. Hayes is one of only two Triple Crown winners (along with Rita Moreno) to have achieved the EGOT. American actor Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962) completed the triple crown in 1953, two months after Helen Hayes. He was a 3-time Emmy (1), 2-time Oscar (1), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of six TC nominations. Mitchell won three awards. Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) completed the triple crown in 1960. She was a 7-time Oscar (3), 3-time Emmy (2), and 1-time Tony (1) nominee, for a total of 11 TC nominations. Bergman
Triple Crown of Acting
6718413
for the Venice Cup when it was contested for the second time. They also won the Mixed Teams world championship at the first Olympiad Pairs meet in 1962, an event that was not repeated. Triple crown of bridge The triple crown of bridge is a career achievement in duplicate bridge, namely winning the three marquee Open world championships conducted by the World Bridge Federation. The Bermuda Bowl is now contested by national teams in odd-number years. The Olympiad Open Teams, contested by national teams in Olympic years, has been incorporated in the World Mind Sports Games (WMSG). The Olympiad Open
Triple crown of bridge
724240
win the Triple Crown when he struggled across the finish line in 4th place behind Pass Catcher, ridden by Walter Blum. Despite this loss, Cañonero II was named the winner of the first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse. On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by thirty-one lengths in a record time of 2:24, becoming a Triple Crown champion, ending a 25-year gap between Citation, the Belmont and Triple Crown winner in 1948. Secretariat's record still stands as the fastest running of the Belmont Stakes and an American record for 1½ miles on the dirt. In
Belmont Stakes
6764678
with a 3–0 win. The end of the year was good for Cho, winning back the Kisei—another average record of 31 wins and 25 losses. 1996 is when he held the Triple Crown once more. It was a tiring year for Cho. He played 62 tournament games, 45 of which he won. It was a truly amazing record, 45 wins and 17 losses. He kept the Triple Crown for another year. The second time, he ended with a 26–13 record. He defended his Triple Crown again with a record of 28 wins and 21 losses for the year. He finally
Cho Chikun
6394978
Barrera won fourteen Grade 1 Stakes races with Affirmed, the most by any stallion in history, and earned racing immortality by capturing the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown, the tenth trainer to sweep the races in a season. Since then, one trainer (D. Wayne Lukas) has won all three of the Triple Crown races, in 1995 when he trained two horses (Thunder Gulch and Timber Country) for the only individual Triple Crown winner, but it would not be until 20 years after Lukas' unique double that Bob Baffert would do the traditional Crown with American Pharoah doing the triple in 2015.
Laz Barrera
724241
1977, Seattle Slew became the first horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated. Affirmed was the last winner of the Triple Crown in the 20th century, taking the Belmont Stakes in 2:26 4/5 on June 10, 1978. Ridden by eighteen-year-old Steve Cauthen, Affirmed defeated rival Alydar with Jorge Velasquez in the saddle. At the time the race was the third-slowest start and the third-fastest finish with the quarter in 25, the half in 50, 3/4 in 1:14, the mile in 1:37 2/5. In 1988, Secretariat's son Risen Star won the Belmont in 2:26 2/5, then the second-fastest time in
Belmont Stakes
19220345
in 1993 and 1994 and the Film BAFTA for Best Leading Actress for "The Queen" in 2007. She was the sixth of seven people to have won the British Triple Crown of Acting, with Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench, Nigel Hawthorne, Albert Finney and Julie Walters all preceding her to the honour and Mark Rylance succeeding her. American actress Frances McDormand (born 1957) completed the triple crown in 2015. She is a 5-time Oscar (2), 2-time Tony (1), and 2-time (1) acting Emmy nominee, for a total of nine TC nominations. McDormand has won four awards. American actress Jessica Lange (born
Triple Crown of Acting
20363578
included: An interesting "Triple Crown" winner was Invasor, who won the 2006 Classic, and had been the 2005 winner of Uruguay's Triple Crown. Invasor won his Triple Crown by November 2005 and won the Classic in the ensuing year (the Uruguay version races through the time period that the Classic is raced, so he swept the three races in 2005 and then finished it off in his first Classic opportunity at four years of age). Other horses who won major races in other nations prior to a Breeders' Cup Classic win included 1998 winner Awesome Again, who had won the
Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing
1839905
and Tour in 1987. Later that year, with victory at the World road race championship in Villach in Austria, Roche became only the second to win the Triple Crown of Cycling. Indurain won the Giro-Tour double in both 1992 and 1993 and in both years he was very active in the World Road Race. In 1992 he finished sixth but in 1993 Indurain was very close to winning the Triple crown when he finished second behind Lance Armstrong. Hinault was aiming for winning the triple crown during the 1980 season. That year he won the 1980 Giro d'Italia before going
Triple Crown of Cycling
17295107
1912, 1916, 1923) His breakthrough came when in 1904 he won a triple crown at the Haarlem International Championships (partnering Emilie Dolleman and J. F. Sol). In the same month he reached the finals of the Dutch International Championships in Scheveningen with his brother Christiaan but fell to Wylie Cameron Grant and Irving Wright. On top of that he became the triple crown national champion of the Netherlands after he copied his brother, August's singles feat from last year then claimed the doubles with Christiaan and finished the day with the mixed title partnering Louise Dolleman. Next year he was
Roelof van Lennep
2637551
before, he had been the sole living Triple Crown winner. At the horse's death, there were no living Triple Crown winners for the first time since Sir Barton won the first Triple Crown in 1919. This phenomenon continued until American Pharoah's Triple Crown in 2015. The Taylors remained close to Seattle Slew throughout his life and were with him at the time of his death. "He had the greatest heart," said Karen Taylor. "He was a fighter to the end." John Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale commented, "To be near greatness is what everyone in this business aspires to, and
Seattle Slew
12407120
attracted 4,224 entrants. Of these, 292 horses have won a single leg of the Triple Crown, 52 horses have won two of the races (23 the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, 18 the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, and 11 the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes), and 13 horses have won all three races. Pillory won both the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in 1922, a year when it was impossible to win the Triple Crown because the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes were run on the same day. 10 of the 13 winners have been "homebreds", owned at the
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
694103
Oaks, Indian St. Leger): The Kenya Triple Crown series is run at Ngong Racecourse, in Nairobi, and consists of: The three races have been won by: The Kenya Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: The three races have been won by: In Turkey, the three races that compose the Triple Crown are: Three-year-old horses are eligible for the Turkish Triple Crown. Champions of the Turkish Triple Crown are: The Turkish Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: Fillies that have swept this series are: Japan has two sets of races referred to as Triple Crowns. Japanese Triple Crown Only seven horses have received
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
3695818
Triple Crown in 33 years. Three years later in 1985, Ireland won the Five Nations and the Triple Crown again. It would be Ireland's last silverware until 2004. Ireland scored 10 tries against Romania in a 60–0 win on 1 November 1986, the biggest win by a Tier One country in international rugby at the time, equalling the French record set in 1967. At the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, victories over Tonga and Canada saw Ireland through to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 33–15 by joint hosts Australia. Ireland failed to win the Five Nations in the whole
Ireland national rugby union team
19844714
the race. "He doesn't owe me or anybody anything." A few days later, Zayat had reconsidered and announced that American Pharoah would race once more. "The champ deserves another chance. He won the Triple Crown and deserves to be in the sport's premier year-end event." American Pharoah came into the Classic off a two-month layoff and was also facing older horses for the first time. The Breeders' Cup Classic was first run in 1984, whereas the last Triple Crown winner before American Pharoah was Affirmed in 1978. Therefore, 2015 was the first opportunity for a horse to complete what journalists
2015 Breeders' Cup Classic
12407116
Calumet Farms won with Whirlaway and Citation. Eddie Arcaro rode both of Calumet Farms' Triple Crown champions and is the only jockey to win more than one Triple Crown. Secretariat holds the stakes record time for each of the three races. His time of 2:24 for miles in the 1973 Belmont Stakes also set a world record that still stands. The three Triple Crown races had been run for decades before the series received its name; the Belmont Stakes was first run in 1867; the Preakness, in 1873; and the Kentucky Derby, in 1875. The term was in use at
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
9014353
of the Year in 1935 is unusual as Omaha won the Triple Crown in that year. This was the only time that a Triple Crown winner has been failed to be retrospectively recognised as Horse of the Year. Racing at age 5, Discovery won his third Brooklyn and Whitney Handicaps. His achievements were formally recognized when he was the first horse to be voted U.S. Champion Handicap horse. His win in the Whitney was described by "The New York Times" as "the most decisive victory to be scored in a big American stake in many years". Retired to stud at
Discovery (horse)
694097
the three races that comprise the Triple Crown are: The Canadian Triple Crown was established in 1959 and since then seven horses have won it. In 2014, the Hall of Fame decided to honor the five horses who had won the three races before 1959, meaning 12 horses are now officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown. The Canadian Triple Tiara consists of: To date, only one filly has won it: The Australian Triple Crown comprises the following races: The three-year-old Triple Crown initially included the Canterbury Guineas (1,900 m) but nowadays the first leg is the Randwick Guineas.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
5530828
Suwama) for the World Tag Team Championship. On April 27, Omori won his first Champion Carnival, defeating Jun Akiyama in the finals. On June 15, Omori defeated Akiyama in a rematch to win the vacant Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the first time. On June 28, Omori became only the sixth "Quintuple Crown Champion" in All Japan history, when he and Akiyama defeated Joe Doering and Suwama to win the World Tag Team Championship. However, the next day, Omori lost the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship to Suwama, ending his reign at just 14 days. After successfully defending the World Tag
Takao Omori
3101996
the first place." Medwick won the National League Triple Crown and the NL Most Valuable Player in 1937, remaining the last NL player to win a Triple Crown. In one of the Triple Crown categories, home runs, Medwick finished the season tied with Mel Ott. On June 6 of that season, Medwick hit a home run that was later wiped out due to a forfeit, costing him the outright home run title. Medwick's 64 doubles in 1936 remains the National League record. He also holds the major league record for consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles, set from 1933
Joe Medwick
2637483
Affirmed Affirmed (February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Affirmed was also known for his famous rivalry with Alydar, whom he met ten times, including in all three Triple Crown races. Affirmed was the last horse to win the Triple Crown for a 37-year period, which was ended in 2015 by American Pharoah. Affirmed won fourteen Grade I stakes races over his career and was a champion each of the three years he raced. At age two in 1977, he was
Affirmed
12407126
and Zayat teamed up again for the 2015 Triple Crown victory of American Pharoah. Gallant Fox is the only Triple Crown winner to sire another U.S. Triple Crown winner, Omaha. Affirmed sired Peteski, winner of the 1993 Canadian Triple Crown. Whirlaway, in addition to winning the 1941 Triple Crown, also won the Travers Stakes that year, becoming the first and only horse to date to accomplish that feat. American Pharoah, in addition to winning the 2015 Triple Crown, also won the Breeders' Cup Classic that year. As the Breeders' Cup was not established until 1984, American Pharoah was the first
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
11824440
Olympiacos history. Dušan Ivković took over as head coach, and gave Tomić more playing time. Especially during the important last part of the season, when Ivković made him starting point guard, moving Rivers to the shooting guard position. The end of the season found Olympiacos as Greek League champions, EuroLeague champions, for the first time, and Greek Cup winners, making them the first Greek team to hold those titles simultaneously. Thus, they won the coveted Triple Crown. A few months later, Olympiacos participated in the 1997 McDonald's Championship, and made it to the final, where they faced the reigning NBA
Milan Tomić
9313782
work for Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable in the latter part of 1930, replacing Thomas W. Murphy. Rowe Jr. won all three of the U.S. Triple Crown races. He trained the 1928 Preakness Stakes winner Victorian, and in 1929 was the Leading trainer in the United States by earnings with $314,881 in purse money. Rowe Jr.'s most famous horse was the Hall of Fame inductee Twenty Grand with which he won the other two Triple Crown races in 1931 and earned American Horse of the Year honors. Twenty Grand won the Kentucky Derby, was second in the Preakness which was
James G. Rowe Jr.
6163096
St Leger, was first run 1776, the races were not designated 'classics' until 1815, shortly after the first running of the 1,000 Guineas. In 1902 Sceptre became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright, winning both Guineas, the Oaks and the St Leger. Previously, in 1868, Formosa won the same four races but dead-heated in the 2,000 Guineas. Fifteen horses have won the standard Triple Crown (2,000 Guineas – Derby – St Leger), the last being Nijinsky in 1970. In addition to Sceptre and Formosa above, eight horses have won the fillies' Triple Crown (1,000 Guineas –
British Classic Races
18154983
leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Rosehill Guineas. A horse race since 1910, it is run at the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, located in Sydney. The third and last leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Australian Derby. This race, established in 1861, is run at the Randwick Racecourse, in Sydney. All three Group One races are open to three-year-olds and all are located at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1919 and 1935: dead-heat 1928: Prince Humphrey recorded as race winner, though his brother Cragsman had won the race 1978: no races, due to racing change from spring
Australian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
4282991
Slipper and AJC Champagne Stakes. As a three-year-old, Octagonal won seven of his eleven starts, and took his record to 10 wins from 16 starts. In addition to beating a high-standard crop in Sydney's three-year-old autumn triple crown - the Canterbury and Rosehill Guineas and the Australian Derby - Octagonal won the two richest weight-for-age races on the Australian calendar, the W S Cox Plate and the Mercedes Classic. With earnings of just short of A$4 million, Octagonal was voted the 1996 Australian Champion Three Year Old, Australian Horse of the Year, and remains the last horse to have won
Octagonal (horse)
6078583
that took place in 1999 in Ireland. It was a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles and first time hosted by Ireland. Ireland who have a combined team for North and South Ireland, last time hosted the tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tournament was won by Scotland while England CB XI came second. The tournaments which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fourth time. It was the first time in this tournament that Wales did not finish at the bottom. won the tournament
Triple Crown Tournament
694107
in Chile are: Winners of the Chilean Triple Crown are: The winners of the Dominican Republic Triple Crown have been: The Jamaican Triple Crown series consists of: The winners of the Jamaican Triple Crown are: The Jamaican Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: The winners of the Jamaican Fillies' Triple Crown are: The winners of the Panamanian Triple Crown have been: In Poland, the Triple Crown ("Potrójna korona") consists of Known Polish Triple Crown winners are: The classic races for fillies are: No filly is known to have won the Polish Fillies' Triple Crown, which would conclude with the St. Leger.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
355978
team to win the old trophy, and coincidentally, the first team to win the new one. A team that wins all its games wins the 'Grand Slam'. Victory by any Home Nation over the other three Home Nations is a 'Triple Crown'. Although this achievement has long been a feature of the tournament, it was not until 2006 that a physical Triple Crown trophy was awarded. The Triple Crown may only be won by England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, when one nation wins all three of their matches against the others, during the Six Nations Championship. The Triple Crown honour
Six Nations Championship
1727031
the specified categories. A tie for a lead in any category, such as home runs, is sufficient to be considered the leader in that category. A "Major League Triple Crown" may be said to occur when a player leads all of Major League Baseball in all three categories. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement. A batter who completes a season leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) may be said to have won the "Triple Crown". As the term, unless modified, connotes the batting achievement, it may not be necessary
Triple Crown (baseball)
13399512
and 1881, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls again. In 1881, he won the Wingfield Sculls and the London Cup at the Metropolitan Regatta to achieve the "Triple Crown". In 1882, he won the Diamond Challenge sculls again. In 1883, he was rowing for the Twickenham Rowing Club and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls for the fifth time, the Wingfield Sculls for the second time, and the London Cup at the Metropolitan Regatta again for his second triple crown. In 1884, he won Silver Goblets at Henley with D E Brown. Lowndes died at Liverpool at the age of 35.
Jefferson Lowndes
3306397
80 years. With the introduction of the richer Golden Slipper Stakes in 1957, the AJC decided on extending the distance of the race to 1 mile (1972) and in such creating a natural progression for elite two year old races that is now known as the Juvenile Triple Crown – Golden Slipper Stakes, Sires Produce Stakes (ATC) and Champagne Stakes. Six two-year-olds have won the Triple Crown: Baguette (1970), Luskin Star (1977), Tierce (1991), Burst (1992), Dance Hero (2004), Pierro (2012) The record time for the race when the distance was 6 furlongs was by Vain in 1969 when he
Champagne Stakes (ATC)
1414151
at S. Henry Cho's All American Championship. In early 1968, Norris suffered the tenth and last loss of his career, losing an upset decision to Louis Delgado. On November 24, 1968, he avenged his defeat to Delgado and by doing so won the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he held for six consecutive years. In 1969, he won Karate's triple crown for the most tournament wins of the year, and the Fighter of the Year award by "Black Belt" magazine. Norris also worked for the Northrop Corporation and opened a chain of karate schools including a storefront school in
Chuck Norris
3340298
Home Nations Championship in 1883, with Scotland sharing the championship with England in 1886 before winning the title outright for the first time a year later. Scotland have won the title outright 15 times and shared the championship a further nine times. Scotland have won three Grand Slams (including the Triple Crown) in 1925, 1984 and 1990, in addition to a further seven Triple Crowns. They also contest the Calcutta Cup with England as part of the championship. Scotland were the winners of the last Five Nations in 1999, before Italy joined the competition to make it the Six Nations.
Scotland national rugby union team
10855562
Scotland for the first time on 10 March 2007 with an 18–6 win at Meggetland. In 2009 Ireland defeated France for the first time. Ireland won their first championship in 2013, winning both a Triple Crown and a Grand Slam at the same time. In their opening match of the campaign, Ireland beat 12–10. Then on 9 February 2013 they defeated for the first time. Alison Miller scored a hat-trick of tries as Ireland won 25–0. On 23 February 2013 they clinched their first Triple Crown with a 30–3 win against Scotland. On 8 March 2013 Ireland effectively won the
Ireland women's national rugby union team
12407132
since Afleet Alex in 2005 to have run all three Triple Crown races. Since all three races were inaugurated, , 23 horses have won the Derby and Preakness but not the Belmont: Originally, the three races largely organized their own nominations procedure, marketing and television broadcast rights. In 1985, Triple Crown Productions was created when the owner of Spend a Buck chose not to run in the other two Triple Crown races because of a financial incentive offered to any Kentucky Derby winner who could win a set of competing races in New Jersey. The organizers of the three races
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
12230123
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on television In the United States, the Triple Crown races have been broadcast on television since 1960, under various individual race-broadcaster agreements. Triple Crown Productions was formed in 1985 after CBS terminated its contract with the New York Racing Association. Prior to that, the individual racing associations made their own deals with the TV networks (ABC and CBS). ABC Sports won the rights to broadcast all three races, as well as many prep races. Ratings went up after the package was centralized. This arrangement continued until 2001, when NBC Sports took over. Under
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on television
3206628
the Hollywood Futurity was the highest Beyer rating of any two-year-old horse that went on to win the Derby. He then won the Preakness Stakes. In the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, Real Quiet lost when Victory Gallop beat him by a nose in the final stride of the race. Before American Pharoah won the 2015 Triple Crown, no horse had come closer to taking the Triple Crown since Affirmed's victory in 1978. Kent Desormeaux was criticized for his jockeying in the Belmont Stakes. Many believed he moved out too fast at the start,
Real Quiet
20363575
the Breeders' Cup Classic winners of any age had entered any of the Triple Crown races when they were three-year-olds. Only eight Classic winners, including American Pharoah, had also won at least one of the Triple Crown series races. Some did not win in the same three-year-old season, but did so as older horses. The first horse to contest the Triple Crown series and then win the Classic, as well as the first horse to win the Classic as a three-year-old was Proud Truth, who had finished fifth in the 1985 Kentucky Derby and won the Classic the same year.
Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing
694110
undefeated. Those marked with an asterisk retired undefeated. Only two jockeys have won the Triple Crown with different horses (i.e., rode horses to Triple Crowns in different years): At least two jockeys is known to have won all three of a country's Triple Crown races in the same year on different horses: One trainer is known to have accomplished the same feat as Contreras and García Paduani: Don Seymour (Canada) Javier Santiago (Puerto Rico) Winston Grifiths - Jamaica (5) Alexis Feliciano - Puerto Rico (3) Emisael Jaramillo - Venezuela (3) Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
9175398
the Sandown 500, the Bathurst 1000 and the International V8 Supercars Championship (formerly the Australian Touring Car Championship) in the same year. Only two drivers have achieved this feat: Peter Brock in 1978 and 1980 and Craig Lowndes in 1996. , the only active drivers who have won two legs of the Triple Crown are Juan Pablo Montoya and Fernando Alonso. Montoya won the 24 Hours of Daytona three times and the CART series once while Alonso competed in 2017's Indy 500, but retired on Lap 179 of 200 due to engine failure. Events which make up the traditional (Indy
Triple Crown of Motorsport
12320821
Boots finished eighth and third respectively to winner Whirlaway who went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown with a victory in the Belmont Stakes. Three years later aboard the Calumet Farm colt, Pensive, McCreary himself came within a few feet of winning the U.S. Triple Crown. After victories in the Derby and Preakness, he finished second by a half a length to William Ziegler Jr.'s colt, Bounding Home. In 1951, McCreary won his second Kentucky Derby with 14:1 outsider, Count Turf then the following year won his second Preakness Stakes with Blue Man. A fan favorite for the drama
Conn McCreary
20363577
Slam races was Alysheba, but that horse won the Classic as a four-year-old. Three other horses won a Triple Crown series race and then the Classic in their three-year-old season: Unbridled, A. P. Indy, and Curlin. Unbridled and Curlin contested the Classic again as four-year-olds, but did not win. Triple Crown series race winners who also won the Breeders' Cup Classic in the same year were: Triple Crown series race winners who won the Breeders' Cup Classic in a later year were: Other winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic who had entered, but not won, a Triple Crown series race
Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing
6411100
Big Brown in 2008). Regret was retrospectively named American Horse of the Year. 1915 was the year of the Triple Crown fillies, as Rhine Maiden won the Preakness Stakes. Regret's owner had not entered her in that race. Not since 1915 has more than one Triple Crown race been won by a filly. After the 1917 racing season, Regret was retired for breeding to the new Whitney farm in Lexington, Kentucky. In this last season, she raced in the Brooklyn Handicap against the best of her generation: Old Rosebud, Roamer, Omar Khayyam (winner of the 1917 Kentucky Derby), Boots, Ormsdale
Regret (horse)
18832864
War Relic, who was the last horse that Conway trained. Conway retired to Oceanport, New Jersey, in June 1939, where he died on June 20, 1939. George H. Conway George H. Conway (c. 1878 – June 20, 1939) was a Triple Crown-winning American horse trainer who worked at Glen Riddle Farm in Berlin, Maryland. He is best known for training War Admiral, who won the Triple Crown in 1937 and was selected as the American Horse of the Year over his nephew and competitor Seabiscuit. Other notable horses trained by Conway include American Flag, who won the Belmont Stakes in
George H. Conway
12407128
Crown winners. After Affirmed's Triple Crown in 1978, the longest drought in Triple Crown history began in 1979 with Spectacular Bid's failed Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes, and lasted until American Pharoah won in 2015. Between 1979 and 2014 thirteen horses won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but either failed to win the Belmont Stakes or could not start in the race. Of those, Real Quiet came the closest to winning the Triple Crown, losing the Belmont Stakes by a nose in 1998. Spectacular Bid finished 3rd in 1979. Pleasant Colony finished 3rd in 1981. Alysheba
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
3177366
games department was revoked by the president of the board. In the next season, Legia won the first triple crown in the history of Polish football. On 15 June 1994, thanks to a 1–1 draw in the last round with Górnik Zabrze in Warsaw, the legionaries maintained a one-point advantage over second place GKS Katowice and won their fifth Polish title, despite the fact that the season began with three negative points due to the events of the last round in the last season. After the match the press published accusations of corruption with referee Sławomir Redzinski, who, when the
Legia Warsaw
20057947
1. On January 12, he won his first Group I race, the Estado do Rio de Janeiro, which is the first leg of the Brazilian Triple Crown. His time of 1:31.36 for the 1600m was not only a track record, it was also one of the fastest times ever run at the distance. On February 16, Bal a Bali returned to win the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Francisco Eduardo de Paula Machado, in a time of 1:59.25 for the distance of 2,000m. He then completed the Triple Crown by winning the Grande Premio Cruzeiro do Sul on
Bal a Bali
18536713
his racing career, as well as an undisclosed dividend on stud fees. American Pharoah began the 2015 campaign with wins in the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby and went on to win the 2015 Kentucky Derby and 2015 Preakness Stakes. He won the Triple Crown in a wire-to-wire victory at the 2015 Belmont Stakes, becoming the first American Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 and the 12th in history. His winning time was the second-fastest for a Triple Crown winner, and his closing quarter-mile time of 24.32 was faster than Secretariat's. He next shipped to Monmouth Park and easily
American Pharoah
7653160
since leaving World Wrestling Entertainment. When BSE Pro and Border City Wrestling merged in the beginning of 2010 to form Maximum Pro Wrestling, Dux, at the time the BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Champion, defeated Derek Wylde on March 18 to merge the title with NSP Grand Independent titles, BSE's Suicide Six Pack Championship, which he won from Xtremo, and become the first MaxPro Triple Crown Champion. On April 11 he lost the title to Robbie McAllister. Dux regained the Triple Crown championship on April 17 in North Bay, Ontario. In May 2010, Dux began wrestling for the Ring of Honor promotion,
Tyson Dux
2538718
with poor health. On 30 May, Akebono officially relinquished the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship due to his health issues. On 27 July, it was announced that Akebono had been appointed to All Japan's board of directors. Akebono wrestled his return match on 16 August. On 30 August, Akebono received his rematch for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Joe Doering. On 22 March 2015, Akebono won the World Tag Team Championship for the second time, when he and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori. On 25 April, Akebono defeated Suwama in the
Akebono Tarō
13784673
Momigi Momigi (foaled 1972 in Ontario) was a Canadian three-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Momigi was bred by E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario. She was sold to Japanese veterinarian Koichiro Hayata whose Hayata Farm would later breed 1996 Japanese Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year, Narita Brian. Trained by John Morahan, Momigi was based at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. At age two, the colt's best result was a third in the Natalma Stakes then at age three she won the Duchess and Wonder Where Stakes and ended L'Enjoleur's hope's for a Canadian Triple Crown when
Momigi
6078584
for a record fourth time. CB XI came second in the tournament. It was a first time did not finish last but came third. The 2000 British Isles Championship is a cricket tournament that took place in 2000 in Wales. It was second time hosted by Wales as a continuation of the initiative to help in the development of cricket in British Isles. The tournament was won by Scotland while Ireland came second. The tournament which was later replaced with European Cricket Championship was won by Scotland for a record fifth time. It was the worst performance for a team
Triple Crown Tournament