Top Racehorses

1973

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 2.5
Time: 1:59.40

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 2.5
Time: 1:54.40

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 31.00
Time: 2:24.00

AP Photo

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1943

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 3
Time: 2:04.00

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 8
Time: 1:57.40

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 25.00
Time: 2:28.20

AP Photo

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2004

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 2.75
Time: 2:04.06

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 11.5
Time: 1:55.59

Belmont Stakes: 2nd

Danny Johnston / AP Photo

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2003

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 1.75
Time: 2:01.19

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 9.75
Time: 1:55.61

Belmont Stakes: 3rd

Gail Burton / AP Photo

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1991

Kentucky Derby: 10th

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 7
Time:1:54.00

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: a head
Time: 2:28.00

Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated / Getty Images

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2008

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 3.75
Time: 2:01.82

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 5.25
Time: 1:54.86

Belmont Stakes: 9th

Mel Evans / AP Photo

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1974

Kentucky Derby: 5th

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 7
Time: 1:54.60

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 7.00
Time: 2:29.20

AP Photo

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1941

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 8
Time: 2:01.40

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 5.5
Time: 1:58.80

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 2.50
Time: 2:31.00

AP Photo

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1939

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 8
Time: 2:03.40

Preakness: 5th

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 5.00
Time: 2:29.60

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1978

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 1.5
Time: 2:01.20

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: a neck
Time: 1:54.40

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: a head
Time: 2:26.80

AP Photo

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2001

Kentucky Derby: 5th

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 2.25
Time: 1:55.40

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 12.25
Time: 2:26.80

Doug Mills / AP Photo

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1979

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 2.75
Time: 2:02.40

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 5.5
Time: 1:54.20

Belmont Stakes: 3rd

AP Photo

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1988
Kentucky Derby: 3rd

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 1.25
Time: 1:56.20

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 14.75
Time: 2:26.40

Bettman / Corbis

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2009

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 6.75
Time: 2:02.66

Preakness: 2nd

Belmont Stakes: 3rd

Harry How / Getty Images

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1972

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 3.75
Time: 2:01.80

Preakness: 4th

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 7.00
Time: 2:28.00

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1931

Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 4
Time: 2:01.80

Preakness: 2nd

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 10.00
Time: 2:29.60

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1989

Kentucky Derby: 2nd

Preakness: 2nd

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 8.00
Time: 2:26.00

AP Photo

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1987

Kentucky Derby: 2nd

Preakness: 2nd

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 14.00
Time: 2:28.20

Bob Daugherty / AP Photo

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2005

Kentucky Derby: 3rd

Preakness: 1st
Winning margin: 4.5
Time: 1:55.04

Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 7.00
Time: 2:28.75

Gerald Herbert / AP Photo

Top Racehorses

In honor of Saturday's Kentucky Derby, The Daily Beast faces off some of the best thoroughbreds to determine the greatest in Triple Crown history.