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.
AP Photo
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1939
Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 8
Time: 2:03.40
Preakness: 5th
Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 5.00
Time: 2:29.60
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
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
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
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
2009
Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 6.75
Time: 2:02.66
Preakness: 2nd
Belmont Stakes: 3rd
Harry How / Getty Images
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
1931
Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 4
Time: 2:01.80
Preakness: 2nd
Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 10.00
Time: 2:29.60
1989
Kentucky Derby: 2nd
Preakness: 2nd
Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 8.00
Time: 2:26.00
AP Photo
1987
Kentucky Derby: 2nd
Preakness: 2nd
Belmont Stakes: 1st
Winning margin: 14.00
Time: 2:28.20
Bob Daugherty / AP Photo
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
2001
Kentucky Derby: 1st
Winning margin: 4.75
Time: 1:59.97
Preakness: 6th
Belmont Stakes: 3rd
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