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Horse racing 2025 Triple Crown odds
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Triple Crown season is right around the corner, and this page will dive into Triple Crown odds as soon as they are made available by our best sportsbooks.

Winning the Triple Crown is one of the highest achievements in North American sport, as only 13 horses have accomplished the feat. To win horse racing's Triple Crown, a horse must win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes in the same calendar year. 

Justify was the last horse to accomplish the feat in 2018.

Triple Crown odds

Triple Crown odds for 2025 will soon be made available. Expect Barnes and Citizen Bull to be two of the favorites.

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Previous Triple Crown winners

There was a long gap between Triple Crown winners before Bob Baffert's horses started dominating for a period around 2015, with American Pharoah and Justify each making history. Prior to those runs, Affirmed was the last horse to take all three races back in 1978.

YearHorseTrainer
2018JustifyBob Baffert
2015American PharoahBob Baffert
1978AffirmedLaz Barrera
1977Seattle SlewWilliam H. Turner
1973SecretariatLucien Laurin
1948CitationHorace A. "Jimmy" Jones
1946AssaultMax Hirsch
1943Count FleetDon Cameron
1941WhirlawayBen A. Jones
1937War AdmiralGeorge Conway
1935OmahaJim Fitzsimmons
1930Gallant FoxJim Fitzsimmons
1919Sir BartonH. Guy Bedwell

How to read Triple Crown odds

A crucial step to betting on the Triple Crown is understanding how the odds work. Put simply, American odds represent how much money you would win on a $100 wager - or, in some cases, how much money you would need to wager to return $100.

Let's refer to an example. After winning the Kentucky Derby, Mystik Dan was given +1600 odds to complete the Triple Crown. That means a $100 bet at those odds would return $1600 in profit, or a $10 bet would return $160. You could even bet $1 for a $16 return if Mystik won all three races. 

According to our odds converter, he was only getting a 5.88% implied probability of completing the Triple Crown.

You'll want to be careful staking too much on long-shot bets, as the low implied win probabilities indicate just how unlikely it is for them to win.

Triple Crown FAQ

What is the Triple Crown?

There are three races involved in horse racing's Triple Crown, beginning with the Kentucky Derby. If a horse wins the Derby and then also goes on to take the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, it becomes a Triple Crown winner.

The title of Triple Crown winner has been up for grabs since the first running of the Kentucky Derby in 1875. Still, just 13 horses have earned the honor, and there have been periods with several Triple Crown winners and then large gaps.

For example, four of the 13 winners came in the 1940s, with the last during that decade in 1948. But then another one didn't come until the famed Secretariat in 1973.

When are the Triple Crown races?

Here are the 2025 dates for each Triple Crown race.

  • Kentucky Derby: May 3, 2025
  • Preakness Stakes: May 17, 2025
  • Belmont Stakes: June 7, 2025

Who last won the Triple Crown?

Justify, trained by Bob Baffert, was the last Triple Crown winner, capturing all three races in 2018.

How many horses have won the Triple Crown?

There have been 13 Triple Crown winners, most recently Justify in 2018. Only five horses have completed the feat since 1948.

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