Over the Monster, a Boston Red Sox community

The guys over at CougCenter do a Sporcle Quiz about once a week and I thought it would be fun to do a horse racing version. The first quiz challenges you to see how many of the 18 horses you can name that have won 2/3rds of the Triple Crown in a year since Affirmed. Any 2/3rds will do - Derby+Preakness, Derby+Belmont, or Preakness+Belmont. Just type in the horse's name and the program will populate it in the right spot (if it's a correct guess). The years are provided as a hint. You have 10 minutes to complete the quiz once you begin.

Perhaps Tapizar did have an excuse for such a poor performance in the Lewis.

Votto's sovereignty: if the traditional Triple Crown doesn't work out for him, Votto is still on pace to win the "Modern Triple Crown" -- championed by my friend Joe Posnanski over at SI.com... But even if the Reds' big bopper doesn't win either trifecta, the "Double Crown" Votto is chasing would still land him in some cool company. Also the Crown Victoria, Crown Regal and Crown Heights (sentence mine). Ready your Harangues: The Reds were trying to drum up interest in Aaron Harang, even though he's been on the disabled list for a month with back spasms. Harang figures to be a potential August attraction if he resembles any semblance of his former self.

John Asher of Churchill Downs recently tweeted that the early nominations for the 2010 Triple Crown are scheduled for release on Super Bowl Sunday.

"Holy Bull Stakes (G3) winner Winslow Homer is out of contention for the Triple Crown following the detection of a stress fracture in a cannon bone."

headline blatantly ripped from fark.com via the four letter.