The Triple Crown Race Winners - U.S. {United States}

Year	Winner	Colour/Color	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Breeder	Earnings USD$
1978	Affirmed	Chestnut	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	Louis Wolfson Harbor View Farm	Louis Wolfson Harbor View Farm	$ 2,393,818
1977	Seattle Slew	Brown	Jean Cruguet	William H. Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor	Ben S. Castleman	$ 1,208,726
1973	Secretariat	Chestnut	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Penny Chenery Meadow Stable	Christopher Chenery Meadow Stud	$ 1,316,808
1948	Citation	Bay	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	Calumet Farm	$ 1,085,760
1946	Assault	Chestnut	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	King Ranch	$ 675,470
1943	Count Fleet	Brown	Johnny Longden	Gregory D. Cameron	John D. & Fannie Hertz	John D. & Fannie Hertz	$ 250,300
1941	Whirlaway	Chestnut	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	Calumet Farm	$ 561,161
1937	War Admiral	Brown	Charley Kurtsinger	George H. Conway	Samuel D. Riddle	Samuel D. Riddle	$ 273,240
1935	Omaha	Chestnut	Willie Saunders	James E. Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	Belair Stud	$ 328,165
1930	Gallant Fox	Bay	Earl Sande	James E. Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	Belair Stud	$ 572,417
1919	Sir Barton	Chestnut	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	‡ J. K. L. Ross	John E. Madden	$ 116,857

**‡** {John Kenneth Leveson Ross}

     The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (sometimes shortened to Triple Crown, or The Triple Crown, the full name is used to avoid possible confusion with other sports) consists of three races for three–year–old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse.

     Different nations where thoroughbred racing is popular, have their own Triple Crown series. In recent years, winning a Triple Crown has become a very rare achievement, with most horses specializing on a limited range of distances.

     In the United States, the three races that compose the Triple Crown are:

The Kentucky Derby, run over 1 and 1/4 miles (2.01 km) dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
The Preakness Stakes, run over 1 and 3/16 miles (1.91 km) dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
The Belmont Stakes, run over 1 and 1/2 miles (2.41 km), the longest dirt track in thoroughbred racing, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

No horse has won the U.S. Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

The Triple Crown Trophy is very distinctive and made of silver.
The Triple Crown trophy has come to represent the pinnacle achievement in horseracing.
Commissioned in 1950 by the Thoroughbred Racing Association, artisans at the world–famous Cartier Jewelry Company were charged with creating more than a trophy, but a true work of art. The result was a three–sided vase, each face equally representing the three jewels of the crown, and beautifully capturing the spirit of horseracing's most sought after, and rarest, honor.

The three sides are engraved with specific information from each of the three races:

The Kentucky Derby
The Preakness Stakes
The Belmont Stakes

Upon completion of the first trophy it was awarded to the 1948 Triple Crown Winner Citation. Each year thereafter, retroactive trophies were presented to the first eight winners of the Triple Crown in reverse order until all of the previous winners or their heirs were awarded.

In addition to the Triple Crown Trophy:
Winners of the Kentucky Derby are given the Kentucky Derby Trophy a solid gold trophy worth in excess of $90,000.

Winners of the Preakness Stakes are presented the Woodlawn Vase in a national TV ceremony and given a solid silver replica worth in excess of $30,000 for permanent possession.

Winner of the Belmont Stakes are presented the August Belmont Trophy and given a silver tray for their permanent possession.

Only three colts have been awarded all four trophies in the same year:

Secretariat (1973)
Seattle Slew (1977)
Affirmed (1978)