Triple Crown Curse
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The Triple Crown Curse is a hex placed upon all horses that win both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the same year preventing them from winning that year's Belmont Stakes to complete horse racing's Triple Crown since Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978.
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[edit] Origins of the curse
The origins of the Triple Crown Curse date back to Affirmed's Triple Crown win in 1978, when Steve Cauthen rode him to a win in the Belmont Stakes. Since then, eleven horses have attempted to win the Triple Crown but have failed at the Belmont Stakes because of its length of one and one-half miles and its nickname as the "Test of the Champion".
[edit] Curse victims
- Spectacular Bid-Finished third to Coastal in 1979
- Pleasant Colony-Finished third to Summing in 1981
- Alysheba-Finished fourth to Bet Twice in 1987
- Sunday Silence-Finished second to Easy Goer in 1989
- Silver Charm-Finished second to Touch Gold in 1997
- Real Quiet-Finished second by a nose to Victory Gallop in 1998
- Charismatic-Finished third to Lemon Drop Kid in 1999
- War Emblem-Finished eighth to Sarava in 2002
- Funny Cide-Finished third to Empire Maker in 2003
- Smarty Jones-Finished second to Birdstone in 2004
- Big Brown-Finished dead last to Da'Tara in 2008
