Triple Crown

Victor Espinoza won the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing in 2015. Find out how he stays fit and why, for jockeys, there is no offseason.

Art Collector looks like the biggest threat to Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness

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Authentic led all the way to win a Kentucky Derby unlike any other.

Authentic upset Belmont Stakes Winner Tiz the Law to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was postponed from May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The fastest two minutes in sports will also be the quietest in Kentucky Derby history after Churchill Downs scrapped plans to have 23,000 physically distanced, masked fans at Saturday’s rescheduled Triple Crown race due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be the first time spectators will not be allowed to attend the race. That means no iconic scene of thoroughbreds…

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The fastest two minutes in sports will also be the quietest in Kentucky Derby history

The Kentucky Derby will run without fans for the first time

Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000

Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...

Tiz The Law won the 2020 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon in Elmont, New York

According to published reports, two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance.

The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York in front of no fans as the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown

Secretariat is the early 7-2 favorite for this weekend’s virtual Kentucky Derby, an animated race between all 13 Triple Crown winners on the day the Derby would have been held before the coronavirus pandemic postponed it.

The 151st running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, is Saturday and you can watch the action live on NBC4. Coverage on Saturday begins at 1 p.m., and you can watch it all live at home or on the go via NBC Live.