Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Triple crown
Triple crown
Used generically to denote a series of three important races, but is always capitalised when referring to historical races for three-year-olds. In the United States, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. In England the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes. In Canada, the Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales Stakes and Breeders' Stakes.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Sports
- Category: Horse racing
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Mobile payment
Mobile payment is an alternative payment method that allows people to pay for purchases with their mobile phones instead cash, check, or credit cards. ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Wine bottles(1)
- Soft drink bottles(1)
- Beer bottles(1)
Glass packaging(3) Terms
- Advertising(244)
- Event(2)
Marketing(246) Terms
- Capacitors(290)
- Resistors(152)
- Switches(102)
- LCD Panels(47)
- Power sources(7)
- Connectors(7)
Electronic components(619) Terms
- Cables & wires(2)
- Fiber optic equipment(1)