The Empire City Gold Cup was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1947 and 1948 at Belmont Park then at Jamaica Race Course from 1949 through 1953 as a race created for horses age three and older. With its lucrative $ 100,000 purse, it was promoted as an international event in an effort to attract horses from Europe and South America. Run in October or early November it was contested on dirt at a distance of 1 5/8 miles which made it best suited for stayers .
27-571: While a short-lived event, the Empire City Gold Cup attracted some of the best horses of the era. The inaugural race in 1947 was won by Stymie , a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was voted #41 on the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century . Among the seven starters were two from South America. The following year Citation came into the 1948 edition of
54-709: A $ 100,000 bonus for the winner of all three races. The Weight-For-Age Triple Crown The Sprint Triple Crown The Fillies And Mares Triple Crown In Germany, the Triple Crown ( Dreifache Krone ) consists of Only one horse has won the German Triple Crown: In East Germany , the Dreifache Krone consisted of: Three horses won the East German Triple Crown: The French Triple Crown consists of: Previously
81-466: A chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze was bred by Max Hirsch and was born on King Ranch in Texas. As a young horse, Stymie possessed so terrible a disposition that his ability to race was hampered; his trainer did not see much in him. Therefore, two of Stymie's first three starts were claiming races . On June 2, 1943, Stymie was bought by Hirsch Jacobs, one of the time's leading trainers. Jacobs claimed
108-537: A singular horse. The Turf Trinity consists of: The Turf Tiara consists of: The Irish Triple Crown, modelled on the English equivalent, consists of: For a list of the annual individual race winners, see Irish Triple Crown race winners . Only two horses have won all three races since the Irish Two Thousand Guineas was first run in 1921: The Canadian Triple Crown consists of: The Canadian Triple Crown
135-502: Is a series of horse races for Thoroughbreds , often restricted to three-year-olds. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment in Thoroughbred racing. The term originated in mid-19th-century England and nations where Thoroughbred racing is popular each have their own Triple Crown series. In England , where the term Triple Crown originated with West Australian 's three wins in 1853, it
162-562: Is made up of: Since the 2,000 Guineas was first run in 1809, fifteen horses (including three winners of substitute races at Newmarket during the First World War) have won the English Triple Crown. The most recent – and only winner since World War II – was Nijinsky , in 1970. For many years, it was considered unlikely that any horse would ever win the English Triple Crown again. In the winter of 2006/2007, however, trainer Jim Bolger
189-527: The American Champion Older Male Horse of 1952, won by 10 Lengths. Prominent horses beaten in the Empire City Gold Cup include: 1946 Triple Crown winner Assault , which ran third behind winner Stymie and runner-up Natchez ; Christopher Chenery's Hill Prince , the 1950 American Horse of the Year and a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, ran second to Sonny Whitney's Counterpoint in
216-753: The Brooklyn Handicap , Dixie Handicap , Jockey Club Gold Cup , Monmouth Handicap , and Pimlico Special , and showed in the Suburban Handicap , Butler Handicap, Saratoga Handicap and Sussex Handicap. At age six, Stymie won the Gold Cup, Gallant Fox Handicap, Massachusetts Handicap , Aqueduct Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap , Sussex Handicap, and Questionnaire Handicap, placed in the Brooklyn Handicap, Butler Handicap, Edgemere Handicap, Manhattan Handicap, and Queens County Handicap , and finished third in
243-562: The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1975. In The Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century , he is ranked #41. Jacobs, who died in 1970, was elected as a trainer to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958. He and his wife named their Sparks, Maryland , breeding operation Stymie Manor. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing , often shortened to Triple Crown ,
270-631: The Suburban Handicap , Queens County Handicap , and Yonkers Handicap, and finished third in the Pimlico Special , Jockey Club Gold Cup , Whitney Stakes , and Merchants' and Citizens' Handicap. At age five, he won the Gallant Fox Handicap (beating the winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing , Assault ), New York Handicap , Grey Lag Handicap, Manhattan Handicap , Edgemere Handicap, Whitney Stakes , and Saratoga Cup. He also placed in
297-419: The 1951 race; and Phalanx , the 1947 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and that year's Belmont Stakes winner, was no match for Citation and finished second by two lengths. Speed record: Most wins: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Stymie (horse) Stymie (April 4, 1941 − 1962) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse . Stymie,
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#1732881296406324-716: The Derby. Between Reference Point in 1987 and Camelot in 2012, no Derby winner (not even the potential Triple Crown winners Nashwan and Sea the Stars) even entered the St. Leger. This reluctance to compete in the St. Leger is said to be because of the impact it would have on a horse's stud value in a market where speed is preferred to stamina. For a list of the annual individual race winners, see English Triple Crown race winners . Triple Crown winners : †Wartime winners Pommern, Gay Crusader and Gainsborough are not counted, according to many judges, as
351-470: The Empire City Gold Cup as that year's U.S. Triple Crown winner. Citation would be voted that year's U.S. Horse of the Year , become a Hall of Fame member, and be voted #3 on the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. 1952 winner One Count would also go on to earn American Horse of the Year honors that year. In its final running on October 31, 1953, Crafty Admiral ,
378-528: The Gallant Fox Handicap, Westchester Handicap, Riggs Handicap, Pimlico Cup Handicap, Flamingo Stakes , and Shevlin Stakes . In 1945, the US government shut down racing for four months. Stymie was given a seven-month rest. He then won the Brooklyn Handicap , Butler Handicap , Westchester Handicap , Pimlico Cup , Riggs Handicap , Saratoga Cup , Continental Handicap, and Grey Lag Handicap. In addition, he came in second in
405-910: The Jockey Club Gold Cup and Whitney Stakes. When he was seven, he won the Aqueduct Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, and Sussex Handicap, took second in the Suburban Handicap, Dixie Handicap, and Queens County Handicap, and was third in the Brooklyn Handicap and Excelsior Handicap. In his last year at eight, he was second in the New York Handicap. In the 1948 Monmouth Handicap suffered a fractured sesamoid bone in his right foreleg. He returned in 1949 to continue his career as an eight year old but did not win in five starts. Out of 131 lifetime starts, Stymie won 35, placed in 33, and showed in 28. His career winnings were $ 918,485. That made him, at
432-731: The New York Triple Tiara: In 2010, the NYRA changed the configuration of the Triple Tiara to include the Alabama Stakes instead of the Mother Goose. As of 2022, no filly has won the reconfigured Triple Tiara. The New York Handicap Triple is a series of three handicap races run in New York. Although historically notable, the series is now essentially defunct, as two of the races are run on
459-758: The Two-Year-Old Grand Slam, consists of: Winners of the Two-Year-Old Triple Crown: The New Zealand Triple Crown consists of: The New Zealand Triple Crown is also known as the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown or Hastings Triple Crown as all three races are run there. The only horse to win the New Zealand Triple Crown is Melody Belle in 2019. Three new Triple Crown series were announced for the 2019/2020 season. Each series consists of three prestigious Group races with
486-603: The United States, the three races that make up the Triple Crown are: There have been several different versions of the Triple Tiara (sometimes known as the Filly Triple Crown) in the United States. One of them was a national version that consisted of undercard events on the same weekends as the associated Triple Crown races: Only one filly won this version of the Triple Tiara, Davona Dale in 1979. Few have even tried as
513-765: The Western Canadian Triple Crown. The Western Canadian Triple Crown consists of: The Australian Triple Crown comprises the following races: The Australian Triple Crown initially included the Canterbury Guineas , which was replaced with the Randwick Guineas. The Spring Grand Slam for older horses consists of: The only horse to win the Spring Grand Slam was the New Zealand bred Rising Fast in 1954. The Two-Year-Old Triple Crown, also known as
540-602: The horse for $ 1,500 for his wife Ethel Jacobs. Stymie raced ten more times before winning again. At that point, his record consisted of seven wins out of fifty starts. At age two, Stymie lost every race he ran in except one. He also placed in the Ardsley Handicap and showed in the Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap. At age three, he lost most of his races. However, he came in second in the Wood Memorial Stakes and third in
567-577: The past, this was not considered a true Triple Crown as the best fillies would often run in the Derby and Two Thousand Guineas. As this is no longer the case, the Fillies' Triple Crown would now be considered as comparable as the original. Winners of the Fillies Triple Crown are: The so-called Stayers Triple Crown consists of the most prestigious long-distance races in the British flat racing season: In
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#1732881296406594-651: The same day, making a sweep impossible. In addition, only the Metropolitan Handicap maintains a top-level designation and continues to be run as a handicap. The series consists of: The triple has been won by four horses: In 2019, the New York Racing Association established two series of races for three-year-olds on the turf: the Turf Trinity and the Turf Tiara. As of 2022, neither has been swept by
621-740: The short time between the Kentucky Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan is generally considered too short for fillies. The most commonly accepted version of the Triple Tiara is the American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing which uses three races from New York. From 1957 to 2002, and 2007 to 2009, these three races were the Acorn Stakes , the Mother Goose Stakes , and the Coaching Club American Oaks . Eight fillies won this version of
648-480: The three races were all held at Newmarket and racing itself was too disrupted. By this reckoning, there were only 12 triple crown winners, and only three in the 20th century. The following horses won the 2000 Guineas and Derby but were beaten in the St Leger: Additionally: There is also a Fillies Triple Crown for a filly winning the 1,000 Guineas Stakes , Epsom Oaks and St. Leger Stakes . In
675-452: The time, the richest race horse in America. At Suffolk Downs on July 7, 1947, Stymie became the first horse ever to eclipse the $ 700,000 earnings mark. He was so heavily bet that a minus show pool of $ 25,887 was created that day, and the tote board briefly jammed due to the flood of money wagered on him. A grandson of Equipoise and inbred to Man O' War, Stymie died in 1962. He was elected to
702-550: Was established in 1959 and since then seven horses have won it. In 2014, the Hall of Fame decided to honor the five horses who had won the three races before 1959, meaning 12 horses are now officially recognized as winning the Canadian Triple Crown. The Canadian Triple Tiara consists of: As of 2022, only one filly has won it: On May 9, 2023, it was announced that Western Canada would have their own Triple Crown, also dubbed
729-507: Was training his unbeaten colt Teofilo for the Triple Crown and bookmaker William Hill plc was offering odds of only 12/1 against Teofilo winning the 2007 Triple Crown. The horse was withdrawn from the 2000 Guineas two days before the race after suffering a setback and never raced again. Since Nijinsky, only Nashwan (1989), Sea the Stars (2009), and Camelot (2012) have won both the Guineas and
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