Triple Crown 2001

Kentucky Derby
May 5, 2001
Won by Monarchos
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Preakness Stakes
May 19, 2001
Won by Point Given
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Belmont Stakes
June 9, 2001
Won by Point Given
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Preakness breakdown
SportsCenter's Cara Capuano is joined by Hank Goldberg to discuss Point Given's Preakness victory.
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Cream of the crop
Trainer Bob Baffert was confident both Point Given and Congaree would finish up front.
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Point Given winning the May 19 Preakness Stakes in a fashion that many expected to see at the Kentucky Derby.

Point Given Redeems, Wins Preakness
After a disappointing fifth-place finish in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, the Bob Baffert-trained Point Given redeemed himself two weeks later at old Pimlico, winning the 126th running of the Preakness Stakes as the 2-1 favorite under jockey Gary Stevens. As for Derby winner Monarchos, who finished a dull sixth in the Triple Crown's middle jewel, jockey Jorge Chavez and trainer John Ward claimed the colt didn't take to the Pimlico racing surface -- an excuse Jay Cronley finds implausible.

• Mayne: No looking back for 'Given'
• Finley: How the race was won
• Results | Quotes | Derby coverage

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Fresh faces look to defy odds and history
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		Kentucky Derby TRACK: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. DISTANCE: 1 1/4 miles RECORD: 1:59 2/5 Secretariat, 1973 PURSE: $1 MILLION



		Preakness Stakes TRACK: Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Md. DISTANCE: 1 3/16 miles RECORD: 1:53 2/5 Louis Quatorze,1996 Tank's Prospect, 1985 PURSE: $1 MILLION



		Belmont Stakes TRACK: Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. DISTANCE: 1 1/2 miles RECORD: 2:24 Secretariat, 1973 PURSE: $1 MILLION