How much do you earn from winning the Triple Crown in horse racing?
THE Preakness Stakes takes place this weekend and Mage will be looking to continue his path to Triple Crown glory.
The Kentucky Derby was won by Mage earlier this month, and with the Belmont Stakes coming up next month, a Triple Crown title is on.
There have only been 13 winners of the Triple Crown since 1919, but two of them have come in the last decade.
Mage will be looking become the third, but he has to win this weekend at Preakness to stand any chance.
The winners are often awarded with a lot of money for winning the three races.
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Mage will be hoping he can bring home the big bucks for his team on Saturday.
Triple Crown prize money
It will come as a surprise but there is NO prize money for winning the Triple Crown as an achievement in itself.
But obviously the winners are paid for winning each individual race.
According to NBCDFW Kentucky Derby was on by Mage earlier this month and he picked up a $3million purse.
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The Preakness Stakes purse is the lowest of the three Triple Crown races, as it comes in at just $990,000, a smidge under $1m.
But to win the Belmont Stakes next month, the winner will take home a cool $1.5m.
That means the winner of all three races, and the Triple Crown, will bring home just under $5.5million.
List of 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)