Introducing a Triple Crown for Four/Five Year Olds

[Mack]

Here is the list of G1s for the Handicap division excluding races on turf and mile races (Cigar Mile and BC Dirt Mile excluded, keeping Met Mile).

DONN
SANTA ANITA H.
MET MILE
STEPHEN FOSTER
WHITNEY
PACIFIC CLASSIC
WOODWARD
JC GOLD CUP
AWESOME AGAIN
BC CLASSIC
CLARK

No offense, but right off the bat, you'd toss the Donn, the Stephen Foster, and the Clark. The Big Cap is hard to toss, but since the BC is so frequently at SA, and with that being the finisher, you'd probably throw that out as well.

Maybe an 8f, 9f, 10f progression, finishing with the BC Classic.

My vote would be Met Mile, Whitney/Woodward, BC Classic. So you've got a June/August/November calendar.

1st, to the history buffs, what horse(s) has already done this?

2nd, this obviously wouldn't capture national spotlight but would be fun for race fans.

3rd, this looks like Palace Malice's current plan. So let's root him on for the Senior Triple Crown (sorry, crappy name).

EDIT: Just realized that having first two legs as NYRA probably wouldn't fly politically. Still needs tweaking!

[tector]

When Meydan goes back to dirt, all the top older US dirt horses will try to get there...and be on the shelf for months afterwards, coming back to prep for the BC.