The Elusive Triple Crown

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by dean smith

Respectfully, don't you think this kind of thinking might just be a knee-jerk reaction to the disappointment of another Triple Crown try-less Belmont? I mean, in the less than ten years that I've been following the sport, there have been, what, four TC chances? Three of them were competitive in the third leg (Smarty Jones was a real close call), and the fourth was a mortal lock in the eyes of many people with recognized opinions. Maybe I'm too green to know any better, but I don't see how it's not going to happen eventually -- and probably sooner rather than later.

I remember being a great doubter of Seattle Slew in 1977.

33 years ago. A fricking "one third of a century."

I attended his Preakness and his Belmont. Very happy I did.

I remember well that Secretariat's 1973 campaign was always discussed with mention of Citation.



Some nice horse will again win The Triple Crown one day.

I just hope I have the right angle wagered along the way.