Leg 1 · First Saturday in May
1¼ miles · Dirt · $5M total · $3.1M to winner
Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs · Louisville, KY
The most-watched horse race in America. Three-year-olds only, run on dirt, 20-horse field. Trifectas and superfectas pay massively because of the field size, but the chalk still wins more often than its odds imply.
Full race profile →Leg 2 · Third Saturday in May
1 3/16 miles · Dirt · $2M total · $1.2M to winner
Preakness Stakes
Pimlico Race Course · Baltimore, MD
Run two weeks after the Derby on a tighter track at Pimlico. The Derby winner usually returns and starts as the favorite; only 13 horses have won both legs since 1875.
Full race profile →Leg 3 · Early June
1½ miles · Dirt · $1.5M total · $900K to winner
Belmont Stakes
Belmont Park · Elmont, NY
The longest of the three at 1½ miles. The Belmont has shattered Triple Crown bids more often than not. Only 13 horses since 1919 have completed the sweep, including American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018.
Full race profile →Triple Crown winners since 1973
Three horses have swept the Triple Crown since 1973. Secretariat in 1973 set track records that still stand at all three venues. Affirmed swept in 1978 to close out the era. Then 37 years of nothing, until American Pharoah broke the drought in 2015. Justify followed three years later in 2018 and remains the only undefeated Triple Crown winner since Seattle Slew in 1977.