David Ashforth every Saturday: Older horses the only cure for the St Leger.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: August 31, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: David Ashforth

If Kazzia fails to make it to the St Leger, the Triple Crown, briefly taken out of its coffin and dusted down for an unexpected encore, will slump back again, utterly exhausted. Dead, actually.

The Triple Crown is thriving, but only in America. Here, it exists largely as a quiz question. When was the last Triple Crown winner? If you count the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks, Oh So Sharp in 1985. If it's got to ...

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