On This Day: Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown

With Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom falling short against Shackleford in the Preakness, horse racing has now gone 33 years without a Triple Crown winner.

Disney’s “Secretariat” hits theaters this weekend, introducing a new generation to a racehorse many call the best ever. We take a look at the true life story of Secretariat, the winner of horse racing's Triple Crown in 1973.

Calvin Borel, who began riding racehorses at age 8 and dropped out of eighth grade to become a jockey, today won the Kentucky Derby for the third time in four years.

Calvin Borel, who began riding racehorses at age 8 and dropped out of eighth grade to become a jockey, could become the first rider to win the Triple Crown on different horses.

Today is the Preakness Stakes. With 13 horses, following an upset in the Kentucky Derby, picking the winner is harder than usual. We suggest factors to consider, and offer our own analysis of who may win.

In a year where the class of 3-year-old colts in underwhelming, filly Rachel Alexandra is likely to be the morning-line favorite in the Preakness Stakes.

Testing has discovered that a Canadian and an Australian racehorse are intersex, possessing both male and female characteristics.

Mine That Bird, a 50-1 longshot, pulled a shocking upset in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, winning by 6 3/4 lengths.

McCarthy has owned and trained horses for decades. At the age of 75, the Louisville native has a horse, General Quarters, in the race for the first time.

With many of the horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby accustomed to running on synthetic dirt, fans are left to guess how these horses will adjust to Churchill Downs’ dirt track.

In the year following Eight Belles’ fatal breakdown in the Kentucky Derby, horse racing has introduced a wide range of safety reforms.

Larry Jones, trainer of Kentucky Derby runners-up Hard Spun and Eight Belles, enters what will likely be the final Derby of his career with 5-1 Friesan Fire.

I Want Revenge, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, will break from post No. 13 Saturday in the 20-horse Kentucky Derby.

The seemingly unbeatable Triple Crown contender was eased up on the final turn and finished dead last in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.