Individual Triple Crown Winners
In 1995, D. Wayne Lukas became the first and only major figure (owner, jockey, or trainer) to sweep the Triple Crown races with different horses.
| Year | Person | Type | Kentucky Derby | Preakness Stakes | Belmont Stakes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | D. Wayne Lukas | Trainer | Thunder Gulch | Timber Country | Thunder Gulch |
One jockey, Calvin Borel, has taken two of the Triple Crown races in the same year with different horses. In 2009, he took the Kentucky Derby with Mine That Bird and the Preakness Stakes with Rachel Alexandra. He rode Mine That Bird to a show finish at the Belmont Stakes.
One trainer, Bob Baffert, has been a runner-up in all three races in one year with two different horses. In 2012, his horse Bodemeister finished second in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness stakes, and in the Belmont Stakes, his horse Paynter was in second place when Union Rags got ahead of him in the last few hundred yards. The only other Triple Crown runner-up trainer is John Veitch (1978) with one horse, Alydar.
Read more about this topic: United States Triple Crown Of Thoroughbred Racing
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