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?
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The 151st Kentucky Derby is nearly here With the Kentucky Derby set to take place tomorrow, the final preparations for the horse racing's marquee Triple Crown race are underway. Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 3 May 2025 Rodriguez, the Wood Memorial winner, was scratched Thursday due to a bruised foot and will instead be sidelined until the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes on May 17. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025 The last Triple Crown winner was Bob Baffert's Justify, who won all three big races in 2018. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 May 2025 Second in the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes Fun Fact: Medaglia d’Oro, East Avenue’s sire, raced in all three Triple Crown races in 2002, finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby, eighth in the Preakness and second in the Belmont. Brian Hamilton, NBC news, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Triple Crown

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Triple Crown was circa 1897

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“Triple Crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Triple%20Crown. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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