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The last horse to win the Triple Crown of Horse Racing (Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes) was Affirmed in 1978. Funny Cide in 2003, Smarty Jones in 2004 and Big Brown in 2008 each had Triple Crown "near misses", winning two of the three races

The leading Kentucky Derby winning trainers are:

Ben A. Jones -- 6
H.J. Thompson -- 4
James Fitzsimmons -- 3
Max Hirsch -- 3
D. Wayne Lukas -- 3

In 1930, Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox was shipped to Saratoga for the Travers Stakes, a race that was at the time as prestigious as the Triple Crown races and much more historic. He was, however, upset by Jim Dandy who went off at 99-1 odds.