The term ‘ Triple Crown’ comes from the 1930s, when Charles Hatton, a columnist for the Daily Racing Form began used the term triple crown in reference to the three races - Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.

For the third time in seven years, the Kentucky Derby winner will not run in Preakness Stakes, bringing up the question of whether the races should be spread out.

Aidan Butler went to battle, fighting to rework the Triple Crown’s coordinated calendar. The president of 1/ST racing, which owns and operates Pimlico Race Course, wanted to give Kentucky Derby participants ample time to recover rather than forgo the Preakness for the Belmont Stakes.