Not a proper triple crown- only 2yo. Still looks a nice horse though I believe all the races were 6f? Britain no longer has a 2yo 'triple crown' after they moved the dewhurst and middle park onto the same day, though no horse has attempted it anyway. What's the australian 3yo triple crown? Personally I was gutted to hear about I'll have another, if he'd won history could have been made- first time horses on both sides of the Atlantic had won triple crowns in the same year.

Oh so they were different distances. They're the same distances as the three 2yo g1s for colts over here, but for some reason I don't think any horse ever went for all of them-maybe the gap between races was too short.

The Slipper and the Sires are 1 week apart and the Champagne is 2 weeks later. That's a real good effort, but I'm thinking with our flat track's it's easier for the horse to back up quickly.

I'd say it's probably harder on the horse over there with the undulating courses if the gaps are as small as they are over here.

In 2010, the last time it was in a format that allowed horses to run in all 3, the middle park(6f at Newmarket) was first, 15 days later was the dewhurst(7f at Newmarket) and last was the Racing Post trophy(8f at Doncaster) just 7days later. You occasionally got horses trying the dewhurst middle park double(e.g dream ahead in 2010) but I don't think horses ever tried for the dewhurst and racing post or middle park racing post. I think 2yos are probably more important in Australia as well as having much larger prize money than over here for 2yo races, and over here trainers try to save them for 3 and upwards, where the bigger money is.