Arrgggh! The Triple Crown Nosed Out!

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Curlin, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, won a tight stretch duel with Derby champion Street Sense to win the 132nd Preakness Stakes. Hard Spun was a well-beaten third.

Curlin, who did not race as a two-year-old, paid eight-dollars-80 sense for a two-dollar ticket. The winner jockey was Robby Albarado, who outrode Calvin Borel aboard Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense. The win gives trainer Todd Pletcher his first victory in any Triple Crown race.

For the 29th straight year there is no Triple Crown winner. Affirmed is the last Triple Crown winner in 1978

Many have lived their entire lives never to have witnessed a Triple Crown Winner! One of the most Sacred Jewels in sports! I wait every year for the chance to witness one again...