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When dad returned that evening, he looke d sad because he hadn’t done well, but made my day: I hit the dail double and had a winning long two seconds and three A $2 show parlay, a sort of let-it-rid bet, would have returned a couple thousanxd dollars. On July 4, 1948, dad took me to the tracm where I saw Triple Crown champ Citatiobn whip 20 older horses in theStars & Stripes I’ve been a big fan ever I especially love the Triplre Crown, the historic headliner of Amercah racing.
The oldest race in the series is the Belmont The inaugural was staged at Jerome Park onJune 19, a year after its founded brought organized racing to metropolitan New York Leonard Jerome named the race for his friendf August Belmont, a leading bankerf who helped finance the track. Jerome an oddly shaped, English-stylse racecourse, required runners to negotiate thred turns instead of two because of a dip in the middlwe ofthe backstretch. A filly named Ruthless won when the purse totaled $1,850. The race was moved to Morris Park in 1890 when the tracik gave way to a city reservoirt because the water systemneeded upgrading.
In 1905, the Belmonft was staged at a new facilityin Elmont, after August Belmont II, William Collins Whitney and several businesx partners built the most lavish trac in America. The expression “Triple Crown” pertainin g to thoroughbreds was introduces by Daily Racing Form columnis t Charles Hatton while covering Gallant Fox en route to capturing the 1930Tripl Crown. In 1868, Maryland’s chief executive and several friends visitedx Saratoga in New York State severa yearsafter America’s oldest track opened. Gov.
Oden Bowis and other prominent racing figures attended a dinner part y where they pledged to erect a facilityh in their state if a special racefor 3-year-old coltxs and fillies was run within two years. In 1870, the Dinner Partyt Stakes was launchedat Pimlico. Threed years later, a new race was introduced for sophomore colts and geldings honoring the inaugural Dinner Stakewwinner — Preakness. On May 27, 1873, Survivof roared home 10 lengths in front with a pursd valuedat $15,000. It was the largest margin of victory until Smarty Jones cruised toan 11-lengtjh triumph in 2004.
Meanwhile, an ambitious 26-year-ole Kentuckian got the idea for a big race in the Bluegrassw State while traveling in England and Francs during theearly 1870s. The avid racing fan that lackedd track management experience traveled to visiting the Epsom Derby that had been run annuall ysince 1780, and France, where in 1863 the prestigious Grand Prix de Paris was introduced. He was Col. Meriwethetr Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of half the famous Lewix and Clark team that led the firsrt American overlandexpedition (1803-06) along the Ohio Rivere from Clarkesville, Ind., to the Pacific Northwest and back.
At the racing and breeding in Kentucky were in Upon returningfrom Europe, Clark proposed a plan to wealthy Louisville gentlemen to buil d a track, hold a championship race and establish a jockey club with memberships. In the brainchild became reality and the Louisville Jockehy Club and Driving Park Association was incorporaterthat June. Then Clark leased 80 acres from his John andHenry Churchill, to builde the facility. More than 300 subscriptions to members of high societyy were soldfor $100 each to fund The track, located just outside the city, was named for Clark’s relatives. ( , whichn wasn’t officially incorporated until 1937).
On May 17, the inaugural meeting featured several races that includex theKentucky Derby, with a purse valueed at $2,850, modeled after the Epsomn Derby. The winner:
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