Triple Crown

noun

1

: an unofficial title in horse racing representing the championship achieved by a horse that wins the three classic races for a designated category

2

: the unofficial title signifying the achievement of a baseball player who at the end of a season leads the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in

3

often triple crown : a set of three noteworthy awards, wins, or achievements in a particular field

Examples of Triple Crown in a Sentence

a horse that won the first leg of the Triple Crown

Who was the last player to win the Triple Crown in the American League?

Recent Examples on the Web

Alvarez, currently in the hunt for just the second Triple Crown this century, fouled a ball off of his foot in the fourth, but remained in the game. — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Air Yordan and the Decuple Crown watch The heck with the Triple Crown. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

What outrages Marylanders is that this diabolical plan excludes the Preakness, devaluing it and implying the Triple Crown is irrelevant, if not dead. — Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026

Getty Images Three of the last five Kentucky Derby winners, including the last two, skipped the Preakness Stakes amid concerns about the two-week turnaround, intensifying pressure on horse racing to modernize the Triple Crown. — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Triple Crown

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown