A later race was the first and only meeting of two Triple Crown champions.
Finally, do the math: 11 Triple Crown champions in 127 years.
It was, of course, the last time racing has produced a Triple Crown champion.
They also say horse racing will be better off when a 12th Triple Crown champion shows himself.
Affirmed captured all three to become the 11th and most recent Triple Crown champion.
With this win, he became the nineteenth Triple Crown Champion.
Dixie won the match and became the Triple Crown Champion.
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 would be the de facto Gold 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.