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In the third race at Laurel Park race track in Maryland Sandy Hawley rode Charlie Jr. to victory. It was Hawley’s 500th win of the year, the first jockey ever to accomplish the feat. He would finish the year with a record total of 515 wins, surpassing the previous mark of 485 set by Bill Shoemaker.
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Kentucky Derby winners Ferdinand in 1986 and Alysheba in 1987 go down to the wire in a photo finish with Ferdinand winning by a nose.
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Affirmed and Alydar go down to the wire but Affirmed prevails to win the Belmont Stakes completing the triple crown.
Count Fleet wins the Belmont stakes by 30 lengths with a time of 2:28. The victory also gave Count Fleet the triple crown.
In the 3rd leg of the triple crown War Admiral defeats the field handily at the Belmont Stakes to become only the 4th horse to win the triple crown.
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Secretariat wins the 2nd leg of the triple crown.
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At the age of 54 Bill Shoemaker rides 18-1 longshot Ferdinand to victory at the Kentucky Derby.