query: Who was the first Triple Crown Winner?

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)

text: (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

text: winner of all three Triple Crown races was Sir Barton in 1919. Some journalists began using the term "Triple Crown" to refer to the three races as early as 1923, but it was not until Gallant Fox won the three events in 1930 that Charles Hatton of the "Daily Racing Form" put the term into common use. In the history of the Triple Crown, 13 horses have won all three races: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: the "Chrysler Triple Crown Challenge" and a "Triple Crown Bonus." The first two phases of the bonus would have two distinct payouts to the owners of horses running in the Triple Crown series. The first part of the bonus would be paid out to any horse that could sweep all three legs of the Triple Crown. That bonus brought the combined purse winnings of all three race purses and the extra series bonus to equal $5,000,000 to the winner along with the special Triple Crown Trophy commissioned by the Thoroughbred Racing Association. A second phase of the bonus was to

title: Triple Crown Trophy

text: with specific information from each of the three races; the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and 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. Today the Triple Crown Trophy is a permanent trophy awarded to the winner with information pertaining to each race engraved on corresponding sides. When not on tour during the live running of the royal trio

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: Federation/WWWF and World Wrestling Federation/WWF), the term Triple Crown Champion has traditionally been used to describe a wrestler who has won the WWE Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the (now defunct) World Tag Team Championship. For a span of nearly eighteen years, from 1979 up through 1997, these were the only three championships of the company, and a wrestler who won all three championships (not necessarily concurrently) was considered a "Triple Crown Champion". Until the 1990s, the accomplishment was extremely rare, with Pedro Morales remaining the sole Triple Crown winner for more than a decade. Following the first brand extension

text: Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn was particularly critical of the Triple Crown system in post-Belmont remarks in 2014; he considered the system to be unfair, arguing that there would never be another Triple Crown winner in his lifetime unless only horses that competed in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness competed at the Belmont. By 2014, six of the previous eight Belmont winners had not competed in either of the first two legs of the Triple Crown. Additionally, from 2006 to 2014, the Belmont winner was a horse who had not competed in the Preakness. American Pharoah was the first Belmont winner

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: that year set a major league single-season record with at least 59 wins. Radbourn struck out 441 batters that season, the highest total for a Triple Crown winner. Walter Johnson holds the highest win total by an AL pitching Triple Crown winner, with 36, attained in 1913. Among AL pitching Triple Crown winners, Pedro Martínez registered the highest season strikeout total, with 313 in 1999. Since 1901, the major league pitcher with the highest season strikeout total in the course of a Triple Crown season is Sandy Koufax, punching out 382 in 1965. NOTE: Research in 2015 places the Chicago

title: NCHA Triple Crown

text: Watch Me Whip became the first Non-Pro Triple Crown winner. Armando Costa Neto Makes Historic Win in Non Pro Derby Final of 2016 NCHA Summer Spectacular, Video West, August 7, 2016 NCHA Triple Crown The NCHA Triple Crown comprises three major cutting horse aged events beginning with the NCHA Futurity for 3-year-olds, followed by the NCHA Derby for 4-year-olds, and NCHA Super Stakes for 5-year-olds. All three events are held at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas. The culmination of prize money for all three events in 2008 was in excess of $10 Million, surpassing that of the

title: Triple Crown Trophy

text: Triple Crown Trophy The Triple Crown Trophy is a silver trophy awarded to the winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. 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 not just 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, intending to capture the spirit of horseracing's most sought after, and rarest, honor. The three sides are engraved

title: Triple Crown Trophy

text: trophies in the same year: Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018). Triple Crown Trophy The Triple Crown Trophy is a silver trophy awarded to the winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. 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 not just 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,

text: time of their win by their breeders. Jim Fitzsimmons and Bob Baffert are the only two trainers to have two horses win the Triple Crown, with Fitzsimmons training the sire/son combination of 1930 winner Gallant Fox and 1935 winner Omaha and Baffert training 2015 winner American Pharoah and 2018 winner Justify. The wins by Fitzsimmons were also the first time that an owner and the first time that a breeder, Belair Stud holding both duties, had a repeat win of the Triple Crown. Calumet Farm is the only other owner with two Triple Crown horses, 1941 winner Whirlaway and 1948

text: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States) In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875. These races are now run annually in May and early June of each year. The Triple Crown Trophy, commissioned in 1950 but awarded to all previous winners as well as those after 1950, is awarded to a Triple Crown winner. The first

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: achieve the Pitching Triple Crown was Tommy Bond, in the NL in 1877. The following year, Paul Hines became the first major leaguer to lead the NL in the three batting categories; he and Miguel Cabrera are the only to two players to hit for an AL or NL Triple Crown winners and not (yet) reach the Hall of Fame, although Cabrera is not yet eligible for election. The highest home run total reached by a Crown winner was Mickey Mantle, with 52 in 1956. The highest RBI total belongs to Lou Gehrig, with 165 in 1934. Rogers Hornsby has

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: at the time and is possibly the first time the phrase was seen in print. The phrase "Triple Crown" is also used in a number of other sports. Until 2006, no actual trophy was awarded to the winner of the Triple Crown, hence it was sometimes referred to as the ""invisible cup"". Dave Merrington, a retired miner from South Hetton, County Durham, fashioned an aspiring trophy in 1975 from a lump of coal hewn from the Haig Colliery in Cumbria. This has a crown sitting on a four-sided base on which are represented a rose, a shamrock, a thistle and

title: Triple Crown of Hiking

text: when he was 6 in 2014 and began the Continental Divide Trail in the spring 2016 and completed it in September 2017 when he was 9. Elsye Walker, known as chardonnay on the trail, is the first black woman to hike all three trails to complete the triple crown. In 2015 when she thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail in 2016/2018, and in 2017 she thru-hiked Continental Divide Trail . The first person to walk the Triple Crown back-to-back was Brian Robinson, who completed the Triple Crown in 2001. Triple Crown of Hiking The Triple Crown of Hiking

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: won a Triple Crown and are eligible for the Hall of Fame have been elected to the Hall of Fame. The Triple Crown winners who most recently became eligible for the Hall are Pedro Martínez and Randy Johnson. Both were elected to the Hall of Fame in 2015, each in their first year of eligibility. The most recent major league pitchers to achieve the feat are Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander, who won for the NL and AL, respectively, in 2011 (the first season since 1924 to see Triple Crown winners in both leagues). The first major league pitcher to

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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 achieve the triple crown with his Tony Award win later the same year on March 29, 1953. Hayes and Rita

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: Triple Crown (rugby union) In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the "Home Nations" – i.e. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship. If any one of these teams defeats all three other teams, they win the Triple Crown. The Six Nations Championship also includes France and Italy, but their involvement in the tournament has no influence on the result of the Triple Crown, although it means that the winners of the Triple Crown are not necessarily the winners of the Championship as a whole. England won the first

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: The Polish St. Leger is now open to 3-year-olds and up. The Triple Crown series at Puerto Rico's Camarero Racetrack consists of three races at increasingly longer distances. They are: The Puerto Rico Triple Crown winners are: The three races that comprise the Triple Crown in Uruguay are: This combination of races received some publicity outside of Uruguay in 2006. The 2005 Triple Crown winner Invasor, after being sold to Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Shadwell Racing and sent to be raced in the United States, went on to win three Grade I races in 2006 before winning that

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: the Prince of Wales feathers. It is kept in the Museum of Rugby at Twickenham. For the 2006 Six Nations, Barry Hooper, Head of External Communications at the Royal Bank of Scotland (the primary sponsor of the competition) commissioned Edinburgh and London based Hamilton & Inches to design and create a dedicated Triple Crown Trophy. This has been awarded to Triple Crown winning sides since 2006. It has been won four times by Ireland, twice by Wales and twice by England. There has been a Triple Crown winner in 66 of the 122 competitions held from 1883 through to 2018.

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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,

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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.

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: only winner since World War II – was Nijinsky, in 1970. For many years, it was considered unlikely that any horse would ever win the English Triple Crown again. In the winter of 2006/2007, however, trainer Jim Bolger was training his unbeaten colt Teofilo for the Triple Crown and bookmaker William Hill plc was offering odds of only 12/1 against Teofilo winning the 2007 Triple Crown. The horse was withdrawn from the 2000 Guineas two days before the race after suffering a setback and never raced again. Since Nijinsky, only Nashwan (1989), Sea the Stars (2009), and Camelot (2012) have

text: 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

title: TD Bank Triple Crown of Cycling

text: TD Bank Triple Crown of Cycling The TD Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, formerly known as the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, was a three-race series of road bicycle racing events held in the United States that ran from 2006-2008. The series consisted of the Lancaster Classic, the Reading Classic, and the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, held over a week, with a race formerly held in Trenton, New Jersey. They were part of the UCI America Tour and the series winner earned a $10,000 prize. After the 2008 edition, the Triple Crown ended and only the Philadelphia race remained.

title: Triple Crown of Cycling

text: road bicycle racing in the same year. Despite the prestige of the achievement, the Triple Crown of cycling is not an official title, and there is no physical award given for its accomplishment. The Triple Crown has only been achieved twice (both times by winning Giro/Tour/Worlds): Some cyclists have been close to winning the triple crown of cycling, winning two of the three requirements. Among those who came close are Italian Fausto Coppi, Frenchman Bernard Hinault, and later Spaniard Miguel Indurain, who finished second in the World Championships in 1993. Coppi was the first rider in the history of the

title: Triple crown of bridge

text: completed the triple crown. These ten players have all achieved the triple crown playing together, in five partnerships. That need not be so. Indeed, the World Open Pairs is not restricted to entries by two players who are from the same bridge nation, although most entries are from one nation, as are most established partnerships. Marcelo Branco alone first achieved the triple crown personally before he and one partner achieved it playing together—one year earlier. No one has achieved this triple crown in three years, which is possible from any even-number year to the next. Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: Belmont Stakes, breaking from Triple Crown Productions' deal with NBC Sports.[1] NBC Sports holds the broadcasting rights to the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes until 2010. During the entire bonus period no bonus had been paid out since there still has been no Triple Crown winner since 1978. When the NYRA deal ended in 2010, Comcast acquired rights for all three races, in separate contracts, to air on their channels. The Comcast deal is a five-year deal from 2011 to 2015. Combined broadcast arrangements with ABC continued until 2001, when NBC Sports took over. Under NBC, ratings continued to go

title: Triple Crown of Motorsport

text: Pablo Montoya and Fernando Alonso are the only active drivers to have won two of the three events. An alternative definition, as espoused by Triple Crown winner Graham Hill, and Jacques Villeneuve replaces the Monaco Grand Prix with the Formula One World Championship; Graham Hill is also the only driver to have accomplished this, winning the F1 Drivers' Title in 1962 and 1968. Endurance sports car racing has its own Triple Crown which features Le Mans and has added the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. This crown has been won by several drivers, namely A.

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: won both the Guineas and the Derby. Between Reference Point in 1987 and Camelot in 2012, no Derby winner (not even the potential Triple Crown winners Nashwan and Sea the Stars) even entered the St. Leger. This reluctance to compete in the St. Leger is said to be because of the impact it would have on a horse's stud value in a market where speed is preferred to stamina. For a list of the annual individual race winners, see English Triple Crown race winners. Triple Crown winners: †Wartime winners Pommern, Gay Crusader and Gainsborough are not counted, according to many

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: achieved. The following table shows Triple Crown winners chronologically. Triple Crown (rugby union) In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the "Home Nations" – i.e. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship. If any one of these teams defeats all three other teams, they win the Triple Crown. The Six Nations Championship also includes France and Italy, but their involvement in the tournament has no influence on the result of the Triple Crown, although it means that the winners of the Triple Crown are not necessarily the winners of

title: Triple Crown (snooker)

text: Triple Crown (snooker) The Triple Crown is a collective term used for the three most prestigious snooker tournaments: the World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters. These tournaments are sometimes also called snooker's major tournaments, the big three BBC events, or simply the big three. There are ten players who have won all Triple Crown events at least once: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy. Only O'Sullivan and Hendry have managed to defend all three Triple Crown events at least once. Only Davis, Hendry

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: France on each occasion, apart from 2014 when Ireland were champions, the first instance of a team winning the Triple Crown but losing the overall title to another team eligible for it. Triple Crown winners who succeeded only in sharing the Championship were England in 1954 (lost to France, shared the title with France and Wales) and 1960 (drew with France and shared the title with them), and Wales in 1988 (lost to France and shared the title with them). The following table shows the number of Triple Crown wins by each country, and the years in which they were

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: for 4-year old horses: In 2010, Luen Yat Forever become the first and, to date, only horse to win the Macau Triple Crown. The three races that comprise the Triple Crown in Argentina are: Winners of the Argentinian Triple Crown are: The Mexican Triple Crown series consists of: All three races are contested at Hippodromo de las Americas, in Mexico City. Mexican Triple Crown winners: The Mexican Fillies' Triple Crown series consists of : All three races are contested at Hippodromo de las Americas, in Mexico City. Mexican Filly Triple Crown winners: The three races that comprise the Triple Crown

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (IndyCar)

text: 1971–1989 and 2013–2015 were "Triple Crowns" recognized. Triple Crown (IndyCar) The Triple Crown (sponsored by Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka since 2013) is a "championship" consisting of three 500 Mile Super Speedway races on the IndyCar calendar. A driver is only recognized as a "Triple Crown Champion" if he/she wins all three races in the same year; Al Unser being the only driver to do so during the 1978 IndyCar Season. Some years, partial prize money has been awarded to a driver who wins two out of the three races. Even though three super speedways and three 500 mile races have

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: the Japanese Triple Crown: Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown Only four horses have received the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown: The Triple Crown series at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse consists of three races at increasingly longer distances. Unlike most other Triple Crown events, these races are not confined to three-year-olds. They are: In 1994, River Verdon became the first, and to date, only horse to win the Hong Kong Triple Crown. In Hong Kong, there are two other Triple Crown series, the Hong Kong Speed Series and the Four-year-old Series. The Triple Crown series consists in three races at increasingly longer

title: Triple Crown (snooker)

text: Crown events is shown below by season since 1968/1969. Triple Crown (snooker) The Triple Crown is a collective term used for the three most prestigious snooker tournaments: the World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters. These tournaments are sometimes also called snooker's major tournaments, the big three BBC events, or simply the big three. There are ten players who have won all Triple Crown events at least once: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy. Only O'Sullivan and Hendry have managed to defend all three

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: the highest home run total by a NL winner, 42, from his 1922 campaign. The NL high for RBI is 154, made by Joe Medwick in 1937. Hugh Duffy's .440 average in 1894 is the highest batting average by any player in NL history. Nap Lajoie, in 1901, set the all-time AL single-season high in batting average with .426. Among the major leaguers who earned the pitching Triple Crown, the lowest ERAs belong to Walter Johnson (1.14 in 1913 AL) and Grover Alexander (1.22 in 1915 NL). The highest win total belongs to Charles Radbourn, amassed in 1884, who in

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: Championship Wrestling (ECW) Triple Crown consisted of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Television Championship and the ECW World Tag Team Championship. Johnny Hotbody's Triple Crown victories all took place under ECW's previous name, Eastern Championship Wrestling. Hotbody also completed the ECW Triple Crown the fastest, winning all eligible titles in 343 days, between April 1992 and April 1993. In Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA), the TNA Triple Crown was an accolade bestowed upon those who won (not necessarily concurrently) all three championships regularly contested in TNA between 2002 and 2007 - the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the TNA

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: vehicle to the winning jockey of every Triple Crown race. If the same jockey won a second race during the same annual series then the Chrysler vehicle would be given to the winning trainer. The $5,000,000 Triple Crown bonus was never paid, as there were no Triple Crown winners between 1978 and 2014. An enduring feature of the Challenge was the establishment of a point system to determine which horse had the highest combined Triple Crown total finish. Points were awarded equally in all three Triple Crown races. Ten points were earned by a win. Five points were earned by

title: Triple Crown (snooker)

text: 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

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: Alysheba's two firsts and a fourth (21 points) would have been enough to beat Bet Twice's two seconds and a first (20 points), but under the original system, Bet Twice had 11 points to Alysheba's 10. This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, third, or fourth in the Triple Crown Challenge, based on finishes in all three legs of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. In 1996, as Chrysler ended its association as sponsor of the Triple Crown, Visa stepped in. Carl Pascarella, president of Visa, a horse owner himself, took the

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA) is said to have won the "Pitching Triple Crown". In contrast to the respective batting statistics, the Pitching Triple Crown statistics are more or less complementary of one another (for example, a pitcher who is especially proficient at striking out batters is likely to allow a relatively low number of earned runs, and consequently more likely to win games), therefore, the accomplishment is not quite as rare as the batting feat. In the major leagues, the Pitching Triple Crown has been accomplished 38 times. The most by one player is

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (IndyCar)

text: Triple Crown (IndyCar) The Triple Crown (sponsored by Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka since 2013) is a "championship" consisting of three 500 Mile Super Speedway races on the IndyCar calendar. A driver is only recognized as a "Triple Crown Champion" if he/she wins all three races in the same year; Al Unser being the only driver to do so during the 1978 IndyCar Season. Some years, partial prize money has been awarded to a driver who wins two out of the three races. Even though three super speedways and three 500 mile races have been featured in many seasons, only in

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: 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

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: the case, the Fillies' Triple Crown would now be considered as comparable as the original. Winners of the Fillies Triple Crown are: The trio of Ascot Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup is sometimes referred to as the Stayers Triple Crown. In Ireland, the Triple Crown, modelled on the English equivalent, is made up of All three races are run at the Curragh. For a list of the annual individual race winners, see Irish Triple Crown race winners. Only two horses have won all three races since the Irish Two Thousand Guineas was first run in 1921: In Canada

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: Only two teams have achieved the Triple Crown in four consecutive years: Wales (1976–1979) and England (1995–1998). No other teams have won the triple crown more than twice in a row. Unlike the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown winners are not necessarily the tournament winners, since France or Italy – or even another of the home nations – could outperform them within the Championship as a whole. To date, the Triple Crown winners who failed to win the Championship are Wales in 1977, England in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2014, and Ireland in 2004, 2006 and 2007. The champions were

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: Triple Crown (professional wrestling) The Triple Crown is an accomplishment in professional wrestling. It is a distinction made to a professional wrestler who has won three of a single promotion's championships; specifically, a world championship, secondary singles championship and tag team championship. National promotions that officially recognize Triple Crown winners include WWE, Impact Wrestling, and Ring of Honor (ROH) as well as the defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Notable independent promotions such as Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) also have established a version of the Triple Crown. In WWE (formerly known as the World Wide Wrestling

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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

title: Triple crown of bridge

text: Cup alongside the Bermuda Bowl. The Venice Cup trophy was first contested in 1974, first as a WBF world championship in 1978 A single world championship meet, with events for Open and Women teams, was conducted by the International Bridge League in 1937. Austria was a double winner and one of its women players, Rixi Scharfstein, completed a unique triple crown in the 1960s. Now Rixi Markus of Great Britain, she won the inaugural Olympiad Pairs in 1962 and Olympiad Teams in 1964. Markus and her regular partner Fritzi Gordon were on the 1976 Great Britain team that finished second

text: in 2005. In 1984, Swale and in 1995, Thunder Gulch ran all three races, winning the Derby and the Belmont, but not the Preakness. The 37-year gap between the Triple Crown wins of Affirmed and American Pharoah drew criticism of the system. As far back as 1986, reporters noted that horses who were fresh for the Belmont had an advantage. In 2003, Gary Stevens stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that he did not believe there would be another Triple Crown winner because of the tendency for owners to put fresh horses in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. California

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: Triple Crown (baseball) In baseball, a player earns the Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA). The term "Triple Crown" is typically used when a player leads one league, such as the American League (AL) or the National League (NL), in

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: 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

title: Darwin Triple Crown

text: the same event, Lee Holdsworth suffered a broken pelvis in a first lap accident, forcing him out of the next three events. Darwin Triple Crown The Darwin Triple Crown, known as the CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown for sponsorship reasons, is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory. The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, the Australian Touring Car Championship, Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship—since 1998. The event is staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Three forty five-minute practice sessions

title: Triple Crown of Acting

text: 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),

title: NCHA Triple Crown

text: NCHA Triple Crown The NCHA Triple Crown comprises three major cutting horse aged events beginning with the NCHA Futurity for 3-year-olds, followed by the NCHA Derby for 4-year-olds, and NCHA Super Stakes for 5-year-olds. All three events are held at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas. The culmination of prize money for all three events in 2008 was in excess of $10 Million, surpassing that of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. There have been only 3 NCHA Open Division Triple Crown winners since the inception of the NCHA in 1946: In August 2016, Armando Costa Neto riding

title: Stayers Chase Triple Crown

text: and be the first to win the £1 million bonus. Stayers Chase Triple Crown The Stayers Chase Triple Crown was an Betfair initiative started in 2005 called 'Betfair Million' to award £1 million prize for any horse who wins in the same season the Betfair Chase at Haydock in November, the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. In the following season it suffered a couple alterations which included the Lexus Chase as an alternative for the King George VI Chase or winning the Grand National whilst being placed

title: Triple Crown (rugby union)

text: 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"

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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.

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: Triple Crown Productions Triple Crown Productions is an ad hoc production company that produced the series of Triple Crown races for thoroughbred horses. In 1985, a group of people wanted to increase the stature of the Triple Crown on television. Other than the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes were considered the two "other" races. ABC Sports, which had broadcast the Derby since 1975, wanted to televise all the races as a three race package. CBS Sports, which showed the other two races, had much lower ratings for them, with the possible exceptions of years in which the

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: for the Kentucky Oaks and six and a half hours of Preakness Stakes pre-race coverage including a one-hour live special on the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes both carried on NBC Sports Network. Triple Crown Productions Triple Crown Productions is an ad hoc production company that produced the series of Triple Crown races for thoroughbred horses. In 1985, a group of people wanted to increase the stature of the Triple Crown on television. Other than the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes were considered the two "other" races. ABC Sports, which had broadcast the Derby since 1975, wanted to televise

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: Cubs' Heinie Zimmerman of 1912 (back) on this list as well. Yet there is doubt over whether Hugh Duffy's 1894 RBI totals were the highest. Triple Crown (baseball) In baseball, a player earns the Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average (ERA).

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: of: Three horses have swept the Swedish Triple Crown: The Swedish Filly Triple Crown consists of: One filly has swept all three races: The Norsk Triple Crown series consists of: Eight horses have swept the Norwegian Triple Crown: The Norwegian Filly Triple Crown consists of: No filly has swept all three races. The Dutch Triple Crown consists of: The following horses have swept the Dutch Triple Crown: The Dutch Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: The following horses have swept the series: The Dutch Triple Crown races, except the Dutch Derby and possibly the Dutch Oaks, have not been run since

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to "Triple Crown", comprises three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment in Thoroughbred racing. The term originated in mid-19th century England and nations where thoroughbred racing is popular each have their own Triple Crown series. In the United States, the three races that make up the Triple Crown are: There have been several different versions of the "Triple Tiara" (sometimes known as the Filly Triple Crown) in the United States. One of them was a

title: Triple Crown of Surfing

text: second only to the World Surf League's World Title in terms of prestige and difficulty. It is considered to be the ultimate test of a surfer's ability to master the large and consequential waves in surfing's most legendary arena, among the most talented field of competitors in the sport. In addition to individual event champions, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing crowns an overall champion each year. This goes to the surfer who has performed best across all three competitions. Triple Crown of Surfing The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is a Hawaiian specialty series of professional surfing events that

title: Triple Crown College Baseball League

text: Triple Crown College Baseball League The Triple Crown College Baseball League (TCCBL) is a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The TCCBL was founded in 2007 by Triple Crown Sports, a sports event marketing company also based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. Dave King, owner of Triple Crown Sports, was instrumental in founding the league. The league consists of players from all levels of collegiate baseball, from NCAA Division I to NAIA and Junior-college players. The 2009 edition of the league will consist of five teams, the Triple Crown Renegades, Colorado Khaos, Triple Crown Bandits,

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: American Oaks. Eight fillies won this version of the New York Triple Tiara: In 2010, the NYRA changed the configuration of the Triple Tiara to include the Alabama Stakes instead of the Mother Goose. Thus far, no filly has won the reconfigured Triple Tiara. In Great Britain, where the term Triple Crown originated with West Australian's three wins in 1853, it is made up of: Since the 2,000 Guineas was first run in 1809, fifteen horses (including three winners of substitute races at Newmarket during the First World War) have won the English Triple Crown. The most recent – and

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: SmackDown Tag Team Championship. In January 2017, WWE stated that the aforementioned championships were acceptable substitutes for their counterpart titles in the Grand Slam, but have not yet confirmed if they are part of the Triple Crown. No holders of these two titles has held the other required titles to become a Triple Crown or Grand Slam champion. CM Punk holds the record for completing the Triple Crown in the shortest amount of time between the first and third title. It took him 203 days between June 2008 and January 2009. This broke Diesel's previous record of 227 days set

title: Australian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: 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

text: Australian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Australian Triple Crown is a three-race competition for thoroughbred racehorses. The Australian Triple Crown consists of the Randwick Guineas (1600 metres) (previously the Canterbury Guineas), the Rosehill Guineas (2000m), and the Australian Derby (2400m). The first leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Randwick Guineas. It is run at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. The race replaced the former Canterbury Guineas (1900 metres), which was discontinued after the 2005 racing season. That race, which originated in 1935, was run at the Canterbury Park Racecourse, also at Sydney, New South Wales. The second

text: to autumn Australian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Australian Triple Crown is a three-race competition for thoroughbred racehorses. The Australian Triple Crown consists of the Randwick Guineas (1600 metres) (previously the Canterbury Guineas), the Rosehill Guineas (2000m), and the Australian Derby (2400m). The first leg of the Australian Triple Crown is the Randwick Guineas. It is run at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. The race replaced the former Canterbury Guineas (1900 metres), which was discontinued after the 2005 racing season. That race, which originated in 1935, was run at the Canterbury Park Racecourse, also at Sydney, New South Wales.

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: nine years there was that possibility. On May 21, 2005, the Visa credit card company withdrew its sponsorship of the Triple Crown, effective in 2006. It relieved Visa of paying the $5 million bonus to the owner of a horse that won the Triple Crown. Triple Crown Productions has sponsored the races since 2006. Many believe Visa withdrew its sponsorship as a result of the New York Racing Association's decision to break with the other two tracks on a television contract. On October 4, 2004, NYRA announced that the American Broadcasting Company and ESPN would hold television rights to the

title: Triple Crown (poker)

text: Triple Crown (poker) In poker, the term Triple Crown is used for winning a poker title on all three of the major poker tours: the World Series of Poker (a WSOP bracelet), the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the European Poker Tour (EPT, rebranded as the PokerStars Championship during 2017). So far, only eight players have completed the feat: Gavin Griffin, Roland De Wolfe, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Davidi Kitai, Mohsin Charania, Harrison Gimbel and Niall Farrell. In 2008, Griffin won his first World Poker Tour title, becoming the first to complete the feat. On January 25, 2010, Cody won

title: 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown

text: 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown The 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown was a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of 17 to 19 June 2016. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the sixth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 12 and 13 of the season. The event was the 19th running of the Darwin Triple Crown. The first race of the weekend was won by

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: to refer to this as the "batting" Triple Crown. The Triple Crown reflects the ability of a batter to excel in three important ways: to hit safely a high percentage of the time (batting average); to hit the ball long distances (home runs); and to produce when runners are on base, driving them home to score (RBI). It is an uncommon feat to lead all batters in each of these categories. It has been accomplished 17 times in a major league, most recently in 2012, by Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera's was the first since 1967, when Carl Yastrzemski accomplished the feat

title: Triple Crown Tournament

text: 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 the professional English cricket team, but rather by an England Amateur XI in 1993 and 1994, by an England National Cricket Association XI in 1995 and 1996, and an England Cricket Board XI from 1997 onwards. Matches were one-day affairs, and were 55 overs a side in the first three tournaments, but 50 overs thereafter. Although internationals, they are considered "minor matches",

title: Triple Crown of Motorsport

text: Triple Crown of Motorsport The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial motorsport achievement, often regarded as winning three of the most prestigious motor races in the world in one's career: For eleven years (1950–1960) Monaco and Indianapolis were part of the FIA World Championship of Drivers (now synonymous with Formula One) but in 1961 Indianapolis was dropped from the World Championship series. Graham Hill is the only driver to have completed the Triple Crown. 19 drivers in motorsports history have competed in all three legs of the Triple Crown and have won at least one of the events. Juan

title: Triple Crown Productions

text: be paid out as a flat $1,000,000 to any horse that started and finished in all three races and had the highest combined total finish. The requirement to "finish all three races" affected the 1993 result, as Sea Hero was declared the winner in 1993 despite Prairie Bayou ending up with more points, as Prairie Bayou broke down during the Belmont Stakes and failed to finish. Chrysler also offered a third phase to the "Triple Crown Challenge." The automobile company offered a bonus and showcased its vehicles in track infields and on network television, and gave away a new Chrysler

title: 2013 Skycity Triple Crown

text: marred by a multi-car crash on the first lap which eliminated seven cars and caused the race to be shortened by eleven laps. 2013 Skycity Triple Crown The 2013 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race meeting for the Australasian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the sixth event of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. Three races were held during the race meeting. Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Race Engineering continued his recent form by winning the 60/60 Sprint race on Saturday. His luck would turn on Sunday, however, with a drive-through penalty in the final race dropping him to

text: (2015), and Justify (2018). As of 2018, American Pharoah and Justify are the only living Triple Crown winners. James E. "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons was the first trainer to win the Triple Crown more than once; he trained both Gallant Fox and his son Omaha for the Belair Stud breeding farm. Gallant Fox and Omaha are the only father-son duo to win the Triple Crown. Bob Baffert became the second trainer to win the Triple Crown twice, training American Pharoah and Justify. Belair Stud and Calumet Farm are tied as the owners with the most Triple Crown victories with two apiece.

title: Triple Crown College Baseball League

text: Triple Crown Bulldogs, and Colorado Aliens. Teams in the league play a twenty-game league schedule, two tournaments, and additional games in non-league competitions. Member teams play seven-inning games with a ten-run "mercy" rule to expedite play. Triple Crown College Baseball League The Triple Crown College Baseball League (TCCBL) is a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The TCCBL was founded in 2007 by Triple Crown Sports, a sports event marketing company also based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. Dave King, owner of Triple Crown Sports, was instrumental in founding the league. The league consists of

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: three, accomplished by three players. Grover Cleveland Alexander captured his first two in consecutive seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1915–1916), and won a third in 1920 with the Chicago Cubs. Alexander is the only major league pitcher to win a Pitching Triple Crown with more than one major league team. Walter Johnson won his three Triple Crowns with the first Washington Senators, leading the league in all three categories in 1913, 1918, and 1924. Sandy Koufax was the most recent to capture three Triple Crowns, winning his three within four seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1965–1966); all of

title: Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

text: distances. Three horses have swept the Italian Triple Crown: The Italian Fillies' Triple Crown consists of: No filly has swept all three races, but Jacopa de Sellaio (ITY) won the Premio Parioli, Derby Italiano, Premio Regina Elena, and Oaks d'Italia in 1932. The Triple Crown series consists of: Two horses have swept the Spanish Triple Crown: The Triple Crown for fillies consists of: One filly has swept all three races: In Macau, the Macau Jockey Club introduced the Triple Crown Series in 2008, with three races all held in Taipa Racecourse, Macau: In 2009 Macau Jockey Club changed the series

text: Derby winner, Sea Hero, was given the bonus following a seventh-place finish. In 1995, Visa USA took over the sponsorship with a 10-year contract, naming the series the "Visa Triple Crown" and offering only the $5 million bonus to a horse that could sweep the Triple Crown. Along with sponsorship by VISA, NBC Sports paid $51.5 million for broadcast rights to all three races, with the revenue split giving 50% of the total to Churchill Downs and 25% each to Pimlico and to the New York Racing Association (NYRA). The Visa deal—and the cooperative effort—ended after 2005. The NYRA felt

title: Darwin Triple Crown

text: following 120 kilometre race. A single twenty-minute qualifying session is held on Sunday, with the top ten progressing to a top ten shootout to decide the grid for the following 200 km race. The event has been known as the Triple Crown since 2006, which currently refers to the two races during the event and the top ten shootout. As of 2018, no driver has completed the Triple Crown. Hidden Valley Raceway had existed for several years prior to being upgraded for its first national championship event in 1998, a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC). Russell Ingall

title: Triple Crown (professional wrestling)

text: Championship is not part of the Triple Crown, but when "added to" the Triple Crown, it forms the ROH Grand Slam. Eddie Edwards completed the ROH Triple Crown the fastest, completing it in 709 days, between April 2009 and March 2011. Lucha Underground has three established titles in its promotion, the Lucha Underground Championship, the Gift of the Gods Championship and, uniquely, Trios Championship. Lucha Underground airs its episodes on tape delay, thus title changes listed below may not have aired yet. Johnny Mundo completed the Lucha Underground Triple Crown the fastest, achieving it in a mere 85 days between

title: Darwin Triple Crown

text: Darwin Triple Crown The Darwin Triple Crown, known as the CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown for sponsorship reasons, is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory. The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, the Australian Touring Car Championship, Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship—since 1998. The event is staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Three forty five-minute practice sessions are held, two on Friday and one on Saturday. Saturday features a fifteen-minute qualifying session which decides the grid positions for the

title: Triple Crown (baseball)

text: later matched this mark in the AL, winning in 1942 and 1947 with the Boston Red Sox. The Cardinals have won the most batting Triple Crowns as a franchise with four. Along with Hornsby's two, Tip O'Neill won in the now-defunct American Association in 1887 while the team was known as the St. Louis Browns, and Joe Medwick added the Cardinals' fourth in 1937. Eleven of the thirteen eligible players who have batting Triple Crowns have been elected to the Hall of Fame. Baseball writer and ESPN contributor Tim Kurkjian believes the Triple Crown has become more difficult to win

title: Triple Crown (basketball)

text: Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or EuroCup) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown". Seven clubs, on eight different occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition (FIBA Korać Cup or FIBA EuroChallenge), or the 4th-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge / FIBA Europe Cup, in the same season. Triple Crown (basketball) The Triple Crown is a term in European professional club basketball that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier