Finally, do the math: 11 Triple Crown champions in 127 years.
Horse racing is fairly aching for its long-delayed 12th Triple Crown champion.
It was, of course, the last time racing has produced a Triple Crown champion.
But the price now looks measly in light of what a Triple Crown champion can mean to a trainer's career and an owner's net worth.
Since that first Saturday in May, he was being talked about as a potential Triple Crown champion.
Affirmed captured all three to become the 11th and most recent Triple Crown champion.
I'm not sure a Triple Crown champion, or any other great athlete, can be human-made.
They also say horse racing will be better off when a 12th Triple Crown champion shows himself.
Let's cherish the time leading up to the day we find out if the number of Triple Crown champions remains at 11, or grows by one.
A later race was the first and only meeting of two Triple Crown champions.
