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Ripley, a senior writer at TIME, covers homeland security and risk. This article is adapted from The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why. ? 2008 by Amanda Ripley. To be published by Crown Publishers, a division of Random House Inc. On sale June...
...prickly son of Man o' War rarely saw a starting gate he liked to enter, but once he exited, he usually won. A year after the Triple Crown, he lost a head-to-head race with rival Seabiscuit...
...string of prerace mishaps--including being badly spooked by a band playing the national anthem--didn't stop Seattle Slew from taking the Derby. He became the first undefeated Triple Crown winner...
...greatest rivalry in horseracing reached a climax at the Belmont, when Affirmed nosed out Alydar at the finish. Affirmed won the crown, and Alydar was the bridesmaid all three times...
...Named for the trucking company UPS, Big Brown won the Derby and Preakness by an average of 5 lengths to remain undefeated. He is a heavy favorite to capture the first Triple Crown in 30 years...