California Chrome, this year's winner of The Kentucky Derby, has won the 139th Preakness Stakes. The Preakness, which takes place two weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, is the second "jewel" in The Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred horse racing. The third and final race in this series, The Belmont Stakes, will take place at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, three weeks from today. Only eleven horses have won the Triple Crown, and the last horse to do so was Affirmed back in 1978. In the past thirty-six years twelve horses have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness but failed to win the Triple Crown. Can California Chrome win the Belmont Stakes? We will find out on June 7th. The video of the 139th Preakness Stakes is now available on The Howell Report courtesy of Youtube. The list of the Triple Crown "near-misses" since 1978 is available below.
FAILED TRIPLE CROWN BIDS SINCE 1978
Winners of that year's Belmont Stakes are in parentheses.
1979 - Spectacular Bid (Coastal)
1981 - Pleasant Colony (Summing)
1987 - Alysheba (Bet Twice)
1989 - Sunday Silence (Easy Goer)
1997 - Silver Charm (Touch Gold)
1998 - Real Quiet* (Victory Gallop)
1999 - Charismatic (Lemon Drop Kid)
2002 - War Emblem (Sarava)
2003 - Funny Cide (Empire Maker)
2004 - Smarty Jones (Birdstone)
2008 - Big Brown (Da'Tara)
2012 - I'll Have Another** (Union Rags)
*Real Quiet only lost to Victory Gallop by a nose.
**Did not start in Belmont Stakes. Retired because of injury.
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