Biggest Triple Crown upsets: 5 Derby, 5 Preakness, 5 Belmont

Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1 odds. Donerail won at 91-2 odds in 1913. It was before the internet and radios. A $2 win bet back then would be worth about $58 now.

Donerail was 0-for-3 as a 3-year-old coming into the Derby. Rich Strike broke his maiden by 17 lengths late last summer at Churchill Downs and was claimed for $30,000 by trainer Eric Reed for owner Rick Dawson. Country House came down with a lung infection after the 2019 Derby and never raced again. MineThat Bird is a stallion at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington. Max came in second place, but it took 22 minutes for the stewards to decide that first-place finisher Maximum Security had interfered with three other horses near the five-sixteenth place.

Master Derby won the Preakness at 23-1. Coventry was injured before the 1925 Preaks and won by 4 lengths. Display was 19-2 to win the 1926 Preakeries. Beebo Bee was 18-5 to take the 1972 Belmont Stakes. Fair Play won 23 of 103 races. The Fair play won $256,326. The Bel Mont was won 4th. In the 26th Triple Crown season horses didn't win any of the three races, except for Fairplay. It was one of only two times in the last two decades that horses did not win all three of them.

Sarava won the Belmont Stakes by a half-length from Hereally. Sherluck won a Triple Crown in 1961. Temperencehill won at the 1980 Belmont Stake. Codex won in a controversial way at Preakness. . The horse was owned by Jack Wolf. It was later transferred to trainer Todd Pletcher. He won two more stakes races. His breeding career began in 1962. The race was won by Braulio Baeza. it was the sequel to a Preaksaw.