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It’s a Triple Crown bust before the gates even open. I’ll Have Another, the thoroughbred gunning for …
[UPDATED: 2 p.m.]
It’s a Triple Crown bust before the gates even open. I’ll Have Another, the thoroughbred gunning for …
As I’ll Have Another vies for the first Triple Crown Saturday at the Belmont Stakes, TIME looks back at the 11 horses that have shot for similar stardom since the last Triple Crown winner in 1978 — and fallen just a few lengths short.
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For the twelfth time since Affirmed took the Triple Crown, in 1978, a horse has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Now comes the toughest challenge.