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The company which created the Virtual Grand National a few weeks ago has been commissioned by NBC to do a Virtual Kentucky Derby to feature the 13 horses that have won the US Triple Crown from Sir Barton in 1919 to Justify in 2018

The virtual race will be broadcast by NBC on the original date for the race, May 3rd

The real life race has been put back to September

I expect it'l get shown over here probably on Sky Sports Racing

List of US Triple Crown Winners .....

Sir Barton 1919
Gallant Fox 1930
Omaha 1935
War Admiral 1937
Whirlaway 1941
Count Fleet 1943
Assault 1946
Citation 1948
Secretariat 1973
Seattle Slew 1977
Affirmed 1978
American Pharoah 2015
Justify 2018

I've heard of all of them from Secretariat onwards

Secretariat is an icon of the sport and Seattle Slew and Affirmed appear as sires in lots of pedigrees from the 80s onwards

Obviously now that we're all experts on American racing I expect a vigorous debate as to the win, place and show ......... ?

I'll go for Secretariat. I think he probably fills the same place over there that Red Rum does over here , ie the only racehorse that 90% of the population has ever heard of

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