Cowboy Bob's Questions and Answers – page 188 – Which horses ran second to the Triple Crown winners?
| 1919 Triple Crown Winner: Sir Barton Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Billy Kelly Preakness Stakes — Eternal Belmont Stakes — Sweep On 1930 Triple Crown Winner: Gallant Fox Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Gallant Knight Preakness Stakes — Crack Brigade Belmont Stakes — Whichone 1935 Triple Crown Winner: Omaha Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Roman Soldier Preakness Stakes — Firethorn Belmont Stakes — Firethorn 1937 Triple Crown Winner: War Admiral Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Pompoon Preakness Stakes — Pompoon Belmont Stakes — Sceneshifter 1941 Triple Crown Winner: Whirlaway Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Staretor Preakness Stakes — King Cole Belmont Stakes — Robert Morris 1943 Triple Crown Winner: Count Fleet Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Blue Swords Preakness Stakes — Blue Swords Belmont Stakes — Fairy Manhurst 1946 Triple Crown Winner: Assault Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Spy Song Preakness Stakes — Lord Boswell Belmont Stakes — Natchez | 1948 Triple Crown Winner: Citation Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Coaltown Preakness Stakes — Vulcan’s Forge Belmont Stakes — Better Self 1973 Triple Crown Winner: Secretariat Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Sham Preakness Stakes — Sham Belmont Stakes — Twice a Prince 1977 Triple Crown Winner: Seattle Slew Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Run Dusty Run Preakness Stakes — Iron Constitution Belmont Stakes — Run Dusty Run 1978 Triple Crown Winner: Affirmed Second Place: Kentucky Derby — Alydar Preakness Stakes — Alydar Belmont Stakes — Alydar Count Fleet in the winner’s circle of the 1943 Preakness at the Pimlico racetrack. He won by eight lengths over Blue Swords. United States Office of War Information, Overseas Picture Division, Washington Division — photograph by Arthur S. Siegel. (Courtesy Library of Congress.) |