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 not capitalized : 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

The party will be the evening before the 2025 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, and will include live music and a hat contest. —La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025

The point is that the exigencies of the Preakness and its tough placement within the Triple Crown demands that the fresh horses be looked at freshly and that the Derby horses be thrown a little shade. —Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

Ella Langley won the most awards with five total, while Alan Jackson received the inaugural ACM Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Urban received the ACM Triple Crown Award. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 May 2025

Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Big thinking in New Haven; save the Triple Crown and more The University of New Haven is going global and the move to D-1 is part of the plan; a plea to save the Triple Crown. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Triple Crown

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