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Triple Crown

 
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  1. Sports. An unofficial championship title attained by a horse that wins the three traditional races for a specified category.
  2. Baseball. An unofficial championship title achieved by a player who is at the head of the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.

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In U.S. horse racing, an unofficial championship attributed to a Thoroughbred horse that in a single season wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. First won in 1919 by Sir Barton, it has since been won 10 times, most recently by Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), and Affirmed (1978).

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The three main events in the USA racing calendar for 3-year-old thoroughbreds, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in; Of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races.

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