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Fillies That Have Won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes or Belmont Stakes
Rachel Alexandra, 2009 Preakness Stakes Winner and Mother (Dam)
Most horses that run (and win) in the triple-crown races – Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes – are colts. Colts are male horses under the age of four. Past four, male (adult) horses are called “stallions” or just plain old “horses.” All 11 triple-crown winners have been colts.
Fillies are female horses usually under the age of four, but for the sake of horse racing, that limit is pushed up a year to five. Adult female horses are called “mares.”
Compared to the number of colts, very few fillies have raced in the Derby or the two Stakes, and even fewer have won. The number of filly entrants for each are noted below along with the winners.
Rachel Alexandra was the last filly to win any of the three races – she won the Preakness in 2009. In 2007, Rags to Riches won the Belmont.
The last filly to win the Kentucky Derby was almost 30 years ago – Winning Colors in 1988. She may be the last one ever to win the Run for the Roses, thanks to the current qualification rules. This seems unfair and doesn’t make much sense, either. If fillies have qualified and won in the past, it is proven that they can compete with the colts and so should be allowed to continue to compete.
So, why? “Why do fillies appear so rarely in the U.S. Triple Crown races?” asked Andrew Beyer of the Washington Post. Two reasons: the difference in the rate of biological development between the sexes and, as is often the case with just about everything in pro sports, money. Beyer breaks down everything you need to know in “Where Are the Fillies?“
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Follow @VinGetzKENTUCKY DERBY (39 Fillies Have Raced, 3 Winners)
| HORSE | YEAR | TRAINER | JOCKEY | TIME | |
| 1. | Winning Colors | 1988 | D. Wayne Lukas | Gary Stevens | 2:02.20 |
| 2. | Genuine Risk | 1980 | LeRoy Jolley | Jacinto Vasquez | 2:02.00 |
| 3. | Regret | 1915 | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Joe Notter | 2:05.40 |
PREAKNESS STAKES (53 Fillies Have Raced, 5 Winners)
| HORSE | YEAR | TRAINER | JOCKEY | TIME | |
| 1. | Rachel Alexandra | 2009 | Steve Asmussen | Calvin Borel | 1:55.08 |
| 2. | Nellie Morse | 1924 | Albert B. Gordon | John Merimee | 1:57.20 |
| 3. | Rhine Maiden | 1915 | Frank Devers | Douglas Hoffman | 1:58.00 |
| 4. | Whimsical | 1906 | Tim J. Gaynor | Walter Miller | 1:45.00 |
| 5. | Flocarline | 1903 | H.C. Riddle | William Gannon | 1:44.80 |
BELMONT STAKES (22 Fillies Have Raced, 3 Winners)
| HORSE | YEAR | TRAINER | JOCKEY | TIME | |
| 1. | Rags to Riches | 2007 | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | 2:28.74 |
| 2. | Tanya | 1905 | John W. Rogers | Gene Hildebrand | 2:08.00 |
| 3. | Ruthless | 1867 | A. Jack Minor | Gilbert Patrick | 3:05.00 |
Sources: horse-races.net / horse-races.net / horse-races.net / about.com
Photos: nydailynews.com / fallen-leaves.net
Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Golfers with the Most Major Wins
Jack Nicklaus. Still the Most Majors – 18.
There have been about 25 posts on the PGA here at Sports List of the Day, but we’ve yet to look at one of the most basic rankings: golfers with the most majors. Probably because one can find this most everywhere on the Internet.
But for the sake of completion, and in the spirit of the Masters this weekend, here is arguably the most important list in golf: every golfer who has won at least two majors. There are 77 of them.
They are led by Jack Nicklaus with 18. Tiger Woods has resumed his hunt – he’s four away from tying.
Follow @VinGetz| GOLFER | WINS | THE MASTERS | U.S. OPEN | THE OPEN | PGA CHAMPIONSHIP | |
| 1. | Jack Nicklaus | 18 | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 | 1966, 1970, 1978 | 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 |
| 2. | Tiger Woods | 14 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 | 2000, 2002, 2008 | 2000, 2005, 2006 | 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 |
| 3. | Walter Hagen | 11 | 1914, 1919 | 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929 | 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 | |
| 4. | Ben Hogan | 9 | 1951, 1953 | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 | 1953 | 1946, 1948 |
| 4. | Gary Player | 9 | 1961, 1974, 1978 | 1965 | 1959, 1968, 1974 | 1962, 1972 |
| 6. | Tom Watson | 8 | 1977, 1981 | 1982 | 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 | |
| 7. | Harry Vardon | 7 | 1900 | 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914 | ||
| 7. | Bobby Jones (A) | 7 | 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 | 1926, 1927, 1930 | Ineligible | |
| 7. | Gene Sarazen | 7 | 1935 | 1922, 1932 | 1932 | 1922, 1923, 1933 |
| 7. | Sam Snead | 7 | 1949, 1952, 1954 | 1946 | 1942, 1949, 1951 | |
| 7. | Arnold Palmer | 7 | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 1960 | 1961, 1962 | |
| 12. | Lee Trevino | 6 | 1968, 1971 | 1971, 1972 | 1974, 1984 | |
| 12. | Nick Faldo | 6 | 1989, 1990, 1996 | 1987, 1990, 1992 | ||
| 14. | James Braid | 5 | 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 | |||
| 14. | JH Taylor | 5 | 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913 | |||
| 14. | Byron Nelson | 5 | 1937, 1942 | 1939 | 1940, 1945 | |
| 14. | Peter Thomson | 5 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 | |||
| 14. | Seve Ballesteros | 5 | 1980, 1983 | 1979, 1984, 1988 | ||
| 19. | Willie Park Snr | 4 | 1860, 1863, 1866, 1875 | |||
| 19. | Tom Morris Snr | 4 | 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867 | |||
| 19. | Tom Morris Jnr | 4 | 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872 | |||
| 19. | Willie Anderson | 4 | 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905 | |||
| 19. | Jim Barnes | 4 | 1921 | 1916, 1919, 1925 | ||
| 19. | Bobby Locke | 4 | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957 | |||
| 19. | Raymond Floyd | 4 | 1976 | 1986 | 1969, 1982 | |
| 19. | Phil Mickelson | 4 | 2004, 2006, 2010 | 2005 | ||
| 19. | Ernie Els | 4 | 1994, 1997 | 2002, 2012 | ||
| 28. | Jamie Anderson | 3 | 1877, 1878, 1878 | |||
| 28. | Bob Ferguson | 3 | 1880, 1881, 1882 | |||
| 28. | Tommy Armour | 3 | 1927 | 1931 | 1930 | |
| 28. | Ralph Guldahl | 3 | 1939 | 1937, 1938 | ||
| 28. | Jimmy Demaret | 3 | 1940, 1947, 1950 | |||
| 28. | Henry Cotton | 3 | 1934, 1937, 1948 | |||
| 28. | Denny Shute | 3 | 1933 | 1936, 1937 | ||
| 28. | Cary Middlecoff | 3 | 1955 | 1949, 1956 | ||
| 28. | Julius Boros | 3 | 1952, 1963 | 1968 | ||
| 28. | Billy Casper | 3 | 1970 | 1959, 1966 | ||
| 28. | Larry Nelson | 3 | 1983 | 1981, 1987 | ||
| 28. | Hale Irwin | 3 | 1974, 1979, 1990 | |||
| 28. | Nick Price | 3 | 1994 | 1992, 1994 | ||
| 28. | Payne Stewart | 3 | 1991, 1999 | 1989 | ||
| 28. | Vijay Singh | 3 | 2000 | 1998, 2004 | ||
| 28. | Padraig Harrington | 3 | 2007, 2008 | 2008 | ||
| 44. | Bob Martin | 2 | 1876, 1885 | |||
| 44. | Willie Park Jnr | 2 | 1887, 1889 | |||
| 44. | Harold Hilton (A) | 2 | 1892, 1897 | |||
| 44. | Jock Hutchison | 2 | 1921 | 1920 | ||
| 44. | John McDermott | 2 | 1911, 1912 | |||
| 44. | Alex Smith | 2 | 1906, 1910 | |||
| 44. | Ted Ray | 2 | 1920 | 1912 | ||
| 44. | Leo Diegel | 2 | 1928, 1929 | |||
| 44. | Henry Picard | 2 | 1938 | 1939 | ||
| 44. | Olin Dutra | 2 | 1934 | 1932 | ||
| 44. | Horton Smith | 2 | 1934, 1936 | |||
| 44. | Paul Runyan | 2 | 1934, 1938 | |||
| 44. | Craig Wood | 2 | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| 44. | Jack Burke | 2 | 1956 | 1956 | ||
| 44. | Doug Ford | 2 | 1957 | 1955 | ||
| 44. | Tony Jacklin | 2 | 1970 | 1969 | ||
| 44. | Dave Stockton | 2 | 1970, 1976 | |||
| 44. | Johnny Miller | 2 | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| 44. | Hubert Green | 2 | 1977 | 1985 | ||
| 44. | David Graham | 2 | 1981 | 1979 | ||
| 44. | Andy North | 2 | 1978, 1985 | |||
| 44. | Fuzzy Zoeller | 2 | 1979 | 1984 | ||
| 44. | Ben Crenshaw | 2 | 1984, 1995 | |||
| 44. | Bernhard Langer | 2 | 1985, 1993 | |||
| 44. | Sandy Lyle | 2 | 1988 | 1985 | ||
| 44. | Greg Norman | 2 | 1986, 1993 | |||
| 44. | Curtis Strange | 2 | 1988, 1989 | |||
| 44. | Lee Janzen | 2 | 1993, 1998 | |||
| 44. | John Daly | 2 | 1995 | 1991 | ||
| 44. | Mark O’Meara | 2 | 1998 | 1998 | ||
| 44. | JM Olazabal | 2 | 1994, 1999 | |||
| 44. | Retief Goosen | 2 | 2001, 2004 | |||
| 44. | Angel Cabrera | 2 | 2009 | 2007 | ||
| 44. | Rory McIlroy | 2 | 2011 | 2012 |
List courtesy golftoday.co.uk.
Photo: espn.com
PGA: Tiger Woods’ Career Masters Record and Results
Tiger Woods is Looking to Win His Fifth Masters in 2013 and His First Since 2005
Tiger Woods is making his 19th professional appearance at the Masters in 2013. Time flies.
For the first time in a while, he is the favorite to win.
Per the Wall Street Journal, “just in time for the Masters Tournament, golf superstar Tiger Woods is back at the top of the sport’s rankings.”
The BBC asks “is Tiger Woods ready to reign again?”
And Yahoo tells us “the final Masters odds have Tiger Woods well ahead of the rest of the field.”
Boy, it sounds like the guy hasn’t even played golf for a while. But if you look at Woods’ career Masters record, you can see, despite all the controversy and questions surrounding him and his game, that in 2010 and 2011 he finished fourth both times (-11 and then -10).
The bar is understandably very high for Tiger, one of the greatest to ever play the game of golf. If anyone else put up those scores in recent years, fan and media perspective would be the complete opposite. That golfer might be considered “on the cusp” of greatness.
Tiger missed only one cut of the 18 Masters he has played, winning four green jackets, finishing second twice and in the top five 10! times. Simply incredible.
Follow @VinGetzLIST UPDATED: Apr. 14, 2013 to include Tiger’s 2013 finish. That makes three out of the last four years Woods’ has finished fourth.
| YEAR | AGE | FINISH | TO PAR | MASTERS WINNER |
| 1995 | 19 | 41 | +5 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1996 | 20 | 60* | +6 | Nick Faldo |
| 1997 | 21 | 1 | -18 | Tiger Woods |
| 1998 | 22 | 8 | -3 | Mark O’Meara |
| 1999 | 23 | 18 | +1 | Jose Olazabal |
| 2000 | 24 | 5 | -4 | Vijay Singh |
| 2001 | 25 | 1 | -16 | Tiger Woods |
| 2002 | 26 | 1 | -12 | Tiger Woods |
| 2003 | 27 | 15 | +2 | Mike Weir |
| 2004 | 28 | 22 | +2 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2005 | 29 | 1 | -12 | Tiger Woods |
| 2006 | 30 | 3 | -4 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2007 | 31 | 2 | +3 | Zach Johnson |
| 2008 | 32 | 2 | -5 | Trevor Immelman |
| 2009 | 33 | 6 | -8 | Angel Cabrera |
| 2010 | 34 | 4 | -11 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2011 | 35 | 4 | -10 | Charl Schwartzel |
| 2012 | 36 | 40 | +5 | Bubba Watson |
| 2013 | 37 | 4 | -5 | Adam Scott |
Photo: ibtimes.com
