by Andrea Renee Cox
Kentucky Derby. Preakness Stakes. Belmont Stakes.
Three individual horse races for three-year old
thoroughbreds. But when you add them up they equal the Triple
Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, the most difficult accomplishment to achieve in horse racing (at least in America). Few have attained the feat of winning all three
competitions that are held in a five-week period. There hasn’t been a Triple
Crown winner in 37 years. Not since Affirmed won in 1978.
Until this past weekend.
