New York Racing Association Mickey and Karen L. Taylor, Tayhill Stable, Jim Hill, etc." 1978: Ridden by Steve Cauthen, Affirmed became the 11th horse to win the Triple Crown in storybook fashion. In all three Triple Crown races, he defeated Alydar, ridden by Jorge Velasquez, by a nose in one of racing’s epic rivalries. Two months later in the Travers, Affirmed finished first but is placed second for interfering with Alydar, who was declared the winner. Affirmed and Alydar would race 10 times in their careers, with Affirmed winning seven times. Cauthen was 18 when he captured the Triple Crown, the youngest jockey in
Triple Crown (snooker) and Williams have won all three Triple Crown events in a single season, and Hendry is the only player to achieve this feat twice, in the 1989/1990 and 1995/1996 seasons. John Higgins held all 3 Triple Crown titles at the same time between 1998 and 1999 but these spanned two separate seasons. In 2013 Robertson became the first player from outside the British Isles to have won all three events. With 19 Triple Crown titles Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record number of wins following his title at the 2018 UK Championship. A list of all winners of the three Triple