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Everyone loves rooting for the Triple Crown in horse racing, and that’s probably the reason the following prop bet is available at BetOnline.
Considering there hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed did it in 1978, the odds seem a little low on “Yes,” don’t they?
That’s 33 years we’ve gone without a Triple Crown winner, and you’re only going to get 6-to-1 on your money if you correctly predict that it happens in 2012?
But it’s not like you should really lay the juice on it not to happen, either. After all, if a horse wins the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, you’ll be the only person in America cheering against it when the Belmont Stakes rolls around in June.
We haven’t seen a winner since 1978, but we’ve had no shortage of “close calls.” Here’s a list of horses who have come close since Affirmed did it more than three decades ago.
| YEAR | HORSE | BELMONT FINISH |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Third |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Third |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Fourth |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Second |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Second |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Second |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Third |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Eighth |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | Third |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Second |
| 2008 | Big Brown | DNF |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Didn't race |
By the way, Sportsbook’s odds on specific horses to win the Triple Crown aren’t much more enticing.
Union Rags +1000
Bodemeister +1600
Gemologist +3000
Dullahan +4000
I’ll Have Another +5000
Creative Cause +6000
Alpha +6000
Take Charge Indy +7500
El Padrino +8500
Daddy Long Legs +10000
Hansen +10000
Trinniberg +10000
Daddy Nose Best +10000
Went The Day Well +12500
Liaison +15000
Sabercat +15000
Optimizer +17500
Done Talking +17500
Rousing Sermon +20000
Prospective +20000
