http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2014/06/02/california-chrome-will-win-his-era-s-first-triple-crown.aspxEnglish professor Keith Kohnhorst proposes a new way to look at the history of the Triple Crown.enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2014/06/02/california-chrome-will-win-his-era-s-first-triple-crown.aspx#641867Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:25:55 GMTb1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:641867Pronzini<p>I&#39;d call the current era the &quot;Media Age Triple Crown&quot;. Owners and trainers are entering horses not because they think they have a contender but to be part of the experience. Hopefully none of these horses create traffic problems because that would just be a shame. </p> <img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=641867" width="1" height="1">http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2014/06/02/california-chrome-will-win-his-era-s-first-triple-crown.aspx#641725Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:33:50 GMTb1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:641725Pedigree Ann<p>There was no Triple Crown as we know it today in 1919. It didn&#39;t even start to develop until the late 1920s and was codified in 1935 when Charles Hatton noted that Omaha had duplicated his sire&#39;s accomplishment of winning this &#39;Triple Crown&#39; of races.</p> <p>In 1919, the Belmont was the senior classic; the Preakness was a 9f handicap, a prep race; and the Kentucky Derby was beginning its rise to preeminence, but it wasn&#39;t there yet. Treating this era as equivalent to our own is just wrong.</p> <img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=641725" width="1" height="1">