The day before departing for Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, Swale worked seven furlongs in 1:24, galloping out the mile in 1:37 1/5 at Churchill Downs, then shipped to Baltimore on Monday and worked a half-mile in a swift :46, galloping out five furlongs in :59 3/5 two days before the big race. That Saturday he ran an uncharacteristic seventh in the Preakness Stakes. Recovering from that debacle, Swale came back to win the longest and most gruelling of the U.S. Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes.
Don\'t stop the Wikipedia quote there, Silver: What happened to Swale eight days after winning the Belmont?
Ouch.;)
BTW-Leroy Jolley ran Gulch in all 3 races and the Met Mile in between. He won Champion Sprinter as a 4 YO.