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Triple Crown Near Misses

While there have only been 11 Triple Crown winners, there have plently of Triple Crown near misses. The list below contains horses that have won at least 2 of the 3 major races. There have been 17 horses that have won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but failed to win the Belmont Stakes. There have been 6 horses that won the Derby and Preakness and came in 2nd in the Belmont.

Triple Crown Near Misses
Year	Horse	Kentucky Derby	Preakness Stakes	Belmont Stakes
2008	Big Brown	1st	1st	9th
2005	Afleet Alex	3rd	1st	1st
2004	Smarty Jones	1st	1st	2nd
2003	Funny Cide	1st	1st	3rd
2002	War Emblem	1st	1st	8th
2001	Point Given	5th	1st	1st
1999	Charismatic	1st	1st	3rd
1998	Real Quiet	1st	1st	2nd
1997	Silver Charm	1st	1st	2nd
1995	Thunder Gulch	1st	3rd	1st
1994	Tabasco Cat	6th	1st	1st
1991	Hansel	10th	1st	1st
1989	Sunday Silence	1st	1st	2nd
1988	Risen Star	3rd	1st	1st
1987	Alysheba	1st	1st	4th
1984	Swale	1st	7th	1st
1981	Pleasant Colony	1st	1st	3rd
1979	Spectacular Bid	1st	1st	3rd
1976	Bold Forbes	1st	3rd	1st
1974	Little Current	5th	1st	1st
1972	Riva Ridge	1st	4th	1st
1971	Canonero II	1st	1st	4th
1969	Majestic Prince	1st	1st	2nd
1968	Forward Pass	1st*	1st	2nd
1967	Damascus	3rd	1st	1st
1966	Kauai King	1st	1st	4th
1964	Northern Dancer	1st	1st	3rd
1963	Chateaugay	1st	2nd	1st
1961	Carry Back	1st	1st	7th
1958	Tim Tam	1st	1st	2nd
1956	Needles	1st	2nd	1st
1955	Nashua	2nd	1st	1st
1953	Native Dancer	2nd	1st	1st
1950	Middleground	1st	2nd	1st
1949	Capot	2nd	1st	1st
1944	Pensive	1st	1st	2nd
1942	Shut Out	1st	5th	1st
1940	Bimelech	2nd	1st	1st
1939	Johnstown	1st	5th	1st
1936	Bold Venture	1st	1st	dns
1932	Burgoo King	1st	1st	dns
1931	Twenty Grand	1st	2nd	1st
1923	Zev	1st	12th	1st
1922	Pillory	dns	1st	1st
1920	Man o' War	dns	1st	1st
1895	Belmar	dns	1st	1st
1881	Saunterer	dns	1st	1st
1880	Grenada	dns	1st	1st
1878	Duke of Magenta	dns	1st	1st
1877	Cloverbrook	dns	1st	1st
* - won on a disqualification dns - did not start