The Kentucky Derby is run at 1 1/4 miles and is the 2nd longest of the Triple Crown races. The Preakness is the shortest and is run at 1 3/16 miles.
The Belmont - it is a mile and a half. The Kentucky Derby is a mile and quarter. The Preakness is a mile and three-sixteenths.
The races that comprise the Triple Crown in the United States are: The Kentucky Derby The Preakness Stakes The Belmont Stakes
The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 11 horses have ever won all three.
In order, they are the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. The Belmont is usually the toughest for those horses good enough to win the first two legs.The Preakness is shorter than the Derby, at 1 3/16th to the Derby's 1 1/4 mile.Belmont Stakes
Belmont Futurity Stakes was created in 1888.
the Belmont Stakes is run 3 weeks after the Preakness Stakes (or 5 weeks after the Kentucky Derby).
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When a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
When a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
During any given year there are thousands of horse races run in the US. Therefore, it would be better to ask which horse races are part of the Triple Crown. Those races are the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
Kentucky Derby Preakness Stakes Belmont Stakes
The Triple Crown is a combination of three races The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes
It is when a race horse wins all three big races of the year. The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. It is all within 5 weeks and must be won back to back. These 3 races are the biggest stakes in the world. It is for 3 year old race horses.