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Omaha (March 24, 1932 – April 24, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the third winner of the American Triple Crown. In a racing career which lasted from 1934 to 1936, Omaha won 9 of his 22 races. He had his greatest success as a three-year-old in 1935 when he swept the Triple Crown.
Gallant Fox is the only Triple Crown winner to sire another U.S. Triple Crown winner, Omaha. Affirmed sired Peteski, winner of the 1993 Canadian Triple Crown. [26] Jockey Julie Krone became the first (and currently only [27]) woman to win a Triple Crown race when she won the 1993 Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.
The Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track and Coliseum was an indoor arena and horse racing complex in the central United States, located in Omaha, Nebraska. Built to fund the civic and philanthropic activities of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben , the thoroughbred race track was built in 1919, [ 2 ] and the Coliseum in 1929.
How many horses have won the Triple Crown? Thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown. The first was Sir Barton, in 1919. The most recent was Justify, in 2018, nearly 100 years later.
Triple Crown winner Justify, 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner and jockey Joel Rosario have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
The Triple Crown series at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse consists of three races at increasingly longer distances. Unlike most other Triple Crown events, these races are not confined to three-year-olds. [95] They are: Hong Kong Stewards' Cup, run over 1600 metres (0.99 mi) Hong Kong Gold Cup, run over 2000 metres (1.2 mi)
Gallant Fox was the first US Triple Crown winner to sire a second-generation Triple Crown champion when his son Omaha won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1935. Fifty-eight years later, in 1993, Affirmed became the second when his son, Peteski, won the Canadian Triple Crown. Gallant Fox died on November 13, 1954, and was buried at Claiborne Farm.
These four races are sometimes also called the Superfecta or Quadruple Crown. [1] [2] The Breeders' Cup Classic Grand Slam has been possible since 1984. Both configurations have been successful once. Whirlaway won the Triple Crown and Travers Stakes in 1941, and American Pharoah won the Triple Crown and Breeder's Cup Classic in 2015.