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- (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs
- (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
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- Winning the Kentucky Derby is always special, particularly in the prism of the present time, when a horse catapults from unknown to Triple Crown threat based on the win. Secretariat: real-life footage is going to be awfully hard to beat
- The most famous Triple Crown winner in racehorse history becomes a movie star this weekend with the release of Disney's "Secretariat," the story of the thoroughbred, his owner Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and how they managed to set records in 1975 that haven't been matched since. 'Secretariat': Talking with director Randall Wallace about his horse story
- My choice for the biggest snub is Lou Gehrig in 1934, when he got the triple crown, led the league in slugging, on-base percentage, games played (of course), total bases (409 of them), had 40 doubles and 109 walks, and finished fifth in the voting, losing to Mickey Cochrane who played 129 games, hit 2 home runs and had 180 total bases. Is That Legal?: Worst MVP Snub?
- Wando had not won a stakes race since clinching the Triple Crown in the Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine last August.
- The bay colt returned to training last winter, but he missed the Triple Crown races due to recurring physical problems.
- CLICO Midsummer Classic winner Just In Time, who is blind in one eye, won the second jewel of the Triple Crown with a first-time eyeshield / blinker and has displayed marked improvement since that run. TrinidadExpress Today's News
- Williams won Triple Crown twice, and was inducted into Hall of Fame in 1966.
- Diane Lane's Penny Chenery Tweedy takes charge of her father's troubled farm as a foal is born in 1970 and goes on to win the Triple Crown. The Short List: A Guide to This Week's Arts and Entertainment
- Stop my dear friends and think just for a second, cruzeiro has a triple crown, that's undeniable. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube kits 2007/08 Brazilian Serie-A
- Triple Crown winner Affirmed, who recently underwent surgery to repair a chronic ligament injury in his left front pastern, returned home to Jonabell Farm near Lexington on Thursday.
