[DOC] [TLE] Triple Crown Winners - Belmont Stakes [PAR] The Belmont Stakes is the third and final leg of the triple crown of horse racing. 
This years race marks the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes and is June 6, 
2015. ... in the stretch to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 
1978... [DOC] [TLE] Affirmed - Wikipedia [PAR] Alydar made his big move on the far turn, at the same point in ... Affirmed won by 
a nose to become racing's 11th (and last winner for 37 years until American 
Pharoah won in 2015), Triple Crown winner. ... It was, at the time, the third fastest 
Belmont ever, behind Secretariat and Gallant Man. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Treadway: Affirmed vs. Alydar, great duel Triple Crown ... [PAR] Jun 4, 2012 ... Alydar, great duel Triple Crown  Alydar 2nd three times ... in its history that the 
same two horses won and placed in each of the three races. ... It was the year of 
the three popes: in 1978, Pope Paul VI passed away after a .... in the race, the 
1978 Belmont became a match race between Affirmed and Alydar. [DOC] [TLE] Why did George Tenet Really Resign? Will Smarty Jones win the ... [PAR] Jun 5, 2004 ... An armed man who took his bulldozer on a rampage through Grandy ... Pope 
John Paul II arrived in Switzerland early this morning. .... NGUYEN: Deputy CIA 
director John McLaughlin will become acting chief once Tenet steps down July 
11. .... It's been 26 years since Affirmed won the Triple Crown, but that... [DOC] [TLE] Would an American Pharoah Triple Crown help save a dying ... [PAR] Jun 5, 2015 ... "But racing does have many problems, and a Triple Crown winner is not ... Crown 
has been going on since 1979, a year after Affirmed became the ... that a horse is 
finally going to win the Triple Crown," says Larry Collmus, ... Same with Seattle 
Slew, who ran through his 4-year-old season. ... Man in Pain... [DOC] [TLE] Affirmed (1975-2001) was sired by Exclusive Native out of Won't Tell ... [PAR] Affirmed Champion Two Year Old Colt of 1977, 1978 Triple Crown, 1978 Horse 
of the ... became the first U.S. Triple Crown Champion in 25 years, setting new 
race records in .... Belmont stakes in the same year as the derby and preakness 
...... Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, who sold to Mandy Pope's 
Whisper... [DOC] [TLE] The Triple Crown (1867-2014) - Kentucky Derby [PAR] Year. Owner. Owner. Owner. 2014. California Chrome. California Chrome ..... Hill 
Gail. Blue Man. One Count. Native Dancer / One Count. Eddie Arcaro ..... 
Kentucky Derby, and twice  1917 and 1922  both were run on the same day. .... 
It has been 36 years since Affirmed became the most recent Triple Crown winner 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Preakness Media Guide [PAR] May 18, 2013 ... Man o' War (1920), Native Dancer ... same day . ... Rachel Alexandra (2009) 
became the first filly since Nellie Morse (1924) to win ... scored with Citation in 
1948, both Triple Crown winners . ... Bob Baffert, who won four times in a six-year 
period from 1997 to 2002, ...... 1980  Edwin Pope, Miami Herald. [DOC] [TLE] June 10: The Triple Crown, horses and NYU - NY Daily News [PAR] Jun 10, 2014 ... When Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed won the Triple Crown in the 1970s, 
... which is why we haven't seen a Triple Crown in 36 years and probably never 
will. ... of that very same boycott issued by NYU's president and provost. ... For 
now, the man who avenged thousands of mothers for 9/11 brought... [DOC] [TLE] Tonalist wins Belmont Stakes; California Chrome owner cries foul ... [PAR] Jun 8, 2014 ... Since Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978, 12 horses have gone to the ... in his 
bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years Saturday, losing

Question: Affirmed won the Triple Crown the same year this man became pope
Answer: John Paul II