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Triple Crown Winners - Belmont Stakes  The Belmont Stakes is the third and final leg of the triple crown of horse racing. This years race marks the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes and is June 6, 2015. ... in the stretch to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978...
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Why did George Tenet Really Resign? Will Smarty Jones win the ...  Jun 5, 2004 ... An armed man who took his bulldozer on a rampage through Grandy ... Pope John Paul II arrived in Switzerland early this morning. .... NGUYEN: Deputy CIA director John McLaughlin will become acting chief once Tenet steps down July 11. .... It's been 26 years since Affirmed won the Triple Crown, but that...
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Robert Treadway: Affirmed vs. Alydar, great duel Triple Crown ...  Jun 4, 2012 ... Alydar, great duel Triple Crown  Alydar 2nd three times ... in its history that the same two horses won and placed in each of the three races. ... It was the year of the three popes: in 1978, Pope Paul VI passed away after a .... in the race, the 1978 Belmont became a match race between Affirmed and Alydar.
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Affirmed - Wikipedia  Alydar made his big move on the far turn, at the same point in ... Affirmed won by a nose to become racing's 11th (and last winner for 37 years until American Pharoah won in 2015), Triple Crown winner. ... It was, at the time, the third fastest Belmont ever, behind Secretariat and Gallant Man.
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Would an American Pharoah Triple Crown help save a dying ...  Jun 5, 2015 ... "But racing does have many problems, and a Triple Crown winner is not ... Crown has been going on since 1979, a year after Affirmed became the ... that a horse is finally going to win the Triple Crown," says Larry Collmus, ... Same with Seattle Slew, who ran through his 4-year-old season. ... Man in Pain...
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Francis isn't the first Pope to win TIME's Person of the Year - The Week  1962: Pope John XXIII. After four years at the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John XXIII convened an Ecumenical Council called Vatican II in 1962.
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A look at the 11 Triple Crown winners - The San Diego Union-Tribune  May 31, 2014 ... Takes speed, stamina, versatility to win Triple Crown, explaining the 36-year drought since last one. ... Seattle Slew is the only one of 11 Triple Crown winners who was undefeated when he took the coveted spring trifecta of races. ... Thirty-six years ago, Affirmed became the 11th winner of the series that...
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ESPN.com: He is simply ... The Greatest  He boasted he was "The Greatest," and in the prime of his charismatic career, many ... millions and his heavyweight title, but in the end Ali came up victorious in the ... but perhaps never were they better combined than in the young man who began .... 15, 1978 when Leon Spinks, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist who had only...
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Sept. 15, 1978, Muhammad Ali wins his third heavyweight crown by ...  Sept. 15, 1978, Muhammad Ali wins his third heavyweight crown by defeating Leon Spinks. | See more about Muhammad Ali, Ali and Leon.
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Louis becomes champ - Jun 22, 1937 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Louis becomes champ on Jun 22, 1937. ... Joe Louis wins the world heavyweight boxing title when he defeats American ... division, Louis successfully defended his title 25 times, scoring 21 knockouts. ... After the war, he defended his title a few more times and in March 1947 announced his retirement.
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1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret, the first of only three fillies to ...  1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret, the first of only three fillies to win the classic. ... Only 3 fillies The others were Genuine Risk in 1980 & Winning Colors in '88. ..... Secretariat, Belmont 1973 became a racing legend winning the Triple Crown.
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J! Archive - Show #4301, aired 2003-04-21  In November 2000 he celebrated 25 years on the Spanish throne ... Structure from which the 3-year-olds fly forward at Churchill Downs...
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Secretariat captures Triple Crown with record win at Belmont - NY ...  Jun 5, 2015 ... Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to win the Belmont Stakes and ... (Originally published by the Daily News on Sunday, June 10, 1973; written by Jim McCulley) ... A horse named Fiddle Isle registered 2:23 on the grass at Santa Anita. ... the ninth Triple Crown winner, the first since Citation, 25 years ago.
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Ron Turcotte - Horse Racing Legend - Juliana L'Heureux  With Turcotte on board, Secretariat became the first horse in 25 years to win the ... to a Triple Crown victory was glory enough, but Turcotte also rode some of the ... a nurse in Brunswick, recalls watching Turcotte and Secretariat win the 1973...
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ABC Sports - Wide World of Sports - ESPN.com  NOVEMBER 10 -- Triple Crown winner Secretariat's final race from Toronto. 1977 .... 1996. MAY 4 -- The Triple Crown begins with the Kentucky Derby, where Grindstone edges Cavonnier by a nose in the closest Derby finish since 1959. ... on the first Saturday in May), but it wasn't with his other horse, favorite Indian Charlie.
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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States) - Wikipedia  In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. ... one Triple Crown. Secretariat holds the stakes record time for each of the three races.
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List of boxing triple champions - Wikipedia  In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes. ... Henry Armstrong was the first man to hold three titles in three divisions ... Same Division - A fighter who has won at least 3 titles in the same weight class. ... There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat...
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Silver Charm - Winner of the Kentucky Derby & Preakness 1997 ...  Explore Beautiful Horses, Race Horses, and more! ..... The triple crown winner in 1973, his records still stand in the Kentucky Derby (Mile & Quarter, ...... Derby and Preakness Stakes but finished 2nd to Touch Gold in the Belmont Stakes ..... road with his partner Jim Koford to make a bid for the 2012 Olympic Team--KY proud!
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Affirmed was the last Thoroughbred to win racing's prestigious Triple ...  Affirmed, the Horse with Heart, 1978 Triple Crown Winner. .... 1977 --- Seattle Slew was an American Thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown in...
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Belmont Stakes - Belmont | Secretariat.com  Winner of the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. ... Secretariat raced into the ever glow of immortality in the 1973 Belmont Stakes. His victory, by one of the widest margins in the history of the American turf  31 lengths ... He was challenged by old rival Sham into the first turn, around the long first turn, and into the backstretch.
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Sports of The Times - When Mantle Had to Battle for a Raise ...  Jan 26, 1992 ... He remembered coming here in January in other years, stopping at the ... In his Triple Crown season in 1956, the 25-year-old slugger led the...