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Originally Posted by RacingFan1992

Sir Barton shouldn't have won because of tender feet but the track came up muddy and he won easily.

Gallant Fox stumbled in the Derby and still won.

Omaha ran in the slop in the Derby and Belmont and a fast track at the Preakness. Jockey even said he wouldn't win in the slop yet he did.

War Admiral weighed 900 pounds, was barely a 3 year old when he ran in the Derby, raced from the 1 spot in a 20 horse field and won the Derby. Ran in the Belmont after he broke from the gate with his hind hoofs over reaching in the start, gouging out the backs of his front hooves and still won the Belmont.

Whirlaway was the victim of a slow sluggish pace in the Belmont and Arcaro took care of that and sent the horse after a 49 and change opening half mile and won the race.

Count Fleet was retired when he bobbled in the stretch at the Belmont. Longden let out off the reins and thought the horse would ease up but in instead grabbed the bit and ran to a record 25 lengths and won.

Assault had that screwed up foot and still won

Citation ran on a sloppy track in the Derby and stumbled coming out of the gate in the Belmont and still won.

Secretariat got left behind in the Derby, grabbed the bit and ran in the Preakness, and hooked up with Sham in the Belmont after they both set suicidal fractions and won by 31 lengths in world record time.

Seattle Slew broke slowly, trapped behind a wall of horses and won the Derby. He ran on the slop in Belmont and won after the pace wasn't that fast.

Affirmed had that ankle biter Alydar to deal with.

American Pharoah ran in the slop at the Preakness.

Justify won his maiden, an optional claiming race, and the SA Derby making him a lightly raced Derby prospect and still won on fast and sloppy track conditions.

So you can give 1001 reasons why a horse lost the Triple Crown and I will show you one who bucked that reason still won and there are a variety of reasons why they lost it.

But the won thing that is consistent is they didn't race in December of their 2 year old year and January of their 3 year old year.

Thank God none of them ran in December or January.