It has been 10 years since Marion Marauder became the last horse to capture the Trotting Triple Crown. This weekend at the Meadowlands, Inexpressable will take another step toward trying to become the next.
Tag: Trotting Triple Crown
Hoof Beats: Crowning Glory
Nine years ago, on Aug. 6, 2016, Marion Marauder’s straight-heat win in the 91st edition of the Hambletonian Stakes kicked off his sweep of the Trotting Triple Crown, making him only the ninth horse in harness racing history to win the Hambletonian, the Yonkers Trot and the Kentucky Futurity. And through his six-season career on the track, he amassed $3,392,609 in North American purses—the seventh best of all time among trotters— and became a fan favorite worthy of honor in harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame, a distinction he received July 6 in Goshen, N.Y.