# Triple Crown **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887 "2015-06-07T13:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![derinka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@derinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derinka)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/1 "2015-06-07T13:57:40Z")
Does the Triple Crown win pay a higher percentage to the trainer and jockey? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/2 "2015-06-07T17:07:07Z")
Since this is about sports, let’s move it to the Game Room. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/3 "2015-06-07T20:49:07Z")
I know they are likely to get bonuses and higher pay in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/4 "2015-06-08T14:44:15Z")
> [@derinka](#): > > Does the Triple Crown win pay a higher percentage to the trainer and jockey? Everyone down to the groom gets a share. The Jockey takes 10%, in this case, Espinoza earned 80,000 for the B Stakes, 90,000 for the Preakness, 120,000 for the K Derby. He may have to payout his agent and his assistant if he one one, out if his own winnings. Espinoza donated his entire B Stakes purse to a cancer charity though. There’s no bonus for cracking the TC, just the purses which themselves are large, however, like any major sporting achievement it puts a shine on the reputation of the owner, breeder, and trainer, that lasts a long time. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/5 "2015-06-08T20:23:05Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > There’s no bonus for cracking the TC, just the purses which themselves are large There was a time when there was a bonus offered for winning the Triple Crown. I think it started after Spend A Buck won the 1985 Derby, but skipped the Preakness and Belmont to enter the Jersey Derby because he was eligible for a $2 million bonus if he won that race (which he did). Most of the time, the bonus was $5 million, but there were a few years where it was “$5 million minus the amounts won for winning each race.” ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/6 "2015-06-08T23:51:16Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > There was a time when there was a bonus offered for winning the Triple Crown. I think it started after Spend A Buck won the 1985 Derby, but skipped the Preakness and Belmont to enter the Jersey Derby because he was eligible for a $2 million bonus if he won that race (which he did). Most of the time, the bonus was $5 million, but there were a few years where it was “$5 million minus the amounts won for winning each race.” I remember that. I even looked it up because I thought there must be a bonus purse. But it does not seem to be the case today. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-crown/721887/7 "2015-06-09T01:34:45Z")
Google is your friend guys… > **[Triple Crown Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_Productions)** > > Triple Crown Productions was an ad hoc production company that produced the series of Triple Crown races for thoroughbred horses. > In 1985, a group of people wanted to increase the stature of the Triple Crown on television. Other than the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes were considered the two "other" races. ABC Sports, which had broadcast the Derby since 1975, wanted to televise all the races as a three race package. CBS Sports, which showed the other two races, had much ... The whole history is there, but it essentially ended in 2005.