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14 TRIPLE-CROWN HOLDERS IN THE SŁUŻEWIEC RACECOURSE HISTORY
The title of the Triple-Crown horses was first used to describe the winners of three classic races: 2000 Guineas over 1 mile distance, Derby - 1½ miles and St. Leger - 1¾ miles in the motherland of modern racing - England. In Poland their equivalents are the stakes of Ruler (1600 m), Derby (2400 m) and St. Leger (2800 m). Over the course of 77 seasons at the Służewiec Racecourse (of which one was shortened due to the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and 76 in the post-war period), a total of 14 three-year-old horses earned the title including 13 stallions and the mare Dżamajka (in 2000). Since 1987 the Polish edition of St. Leger is also open to older horses, but so far there has only been one race that saw a victory of a derby winner from the previous year (Fabulous Las Vegas two years ago).
AUTHOR: JAN ZABIEGLIK PHOTOS: TOR WYŚCIGÓW KONNYCH SŁUŻEWIEC, EDYTA TWARÓG
Here is the list of Triple-Crown Horses presented in a chronological order:
1948
RUCH (AVANTI - ROSA NERA BY NEKTAR), bred by R. Jeżewska. In 24 races from 1947 through 1950 he won 12 times. As a two-year-old he won the Borowna Stakes, which was later renamed as the Mokotowska Stakes. After winning Three Crowns he performed in the Great Warsaw Race and yielded to the famous Turysta. However, he got his revenge in this race the following year. The trainers of the stallion Ruch were Jan Paszkiewicz and Józef Dorosz. At the age of 3 he was ridden by Aleksander Fomienko and Kazimierz Jagodziński. He was called „Diablo” because of his specific looks, but he had a beautiful wife other jockeys were jealous of.
1961
SOLALI (SKARB - SOLINA BY AVENTI), bred by SK Kozienice. He was a son of Skarb, unbeaten in 1938 at the age of 2 (he set a record at 1,200
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m, 1’11”) and the outstanding mare Solina by Aventi. Solali’s parents are commemorated through the stakes of Skarb for 2-year-olds and Solina for 3-year-old mares. He started 11 times, recording 8 victories, including prizes won as a 2-year-old: Minister of Agriculture and Sofia at the International Meeting in Warsaw in 1960. As a 3-year-old he also won the Iwna Stakes. At the age of two he was trained by Dr. Aleksander Falewicz and as
