Posted on 06/06/2015 4:05:25 PM PDT by Kartographer
American Pharoah accomplished one of the rare feats in sport Saturday, becoming the first horse in 37 years and just the 12th horse ever to win the Triple Crown. Related Stories
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The heavily favored colt completed the quest by running away from seven rivals in the Belmont Stakes, three weeks after a rain-soaked dash in the Preakness and five weeks after a gritty, stretch-duel victory in the Kentucky Derby.
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Strong start , great finish, won by 5 lengths..
The drought is over!
I couldn’t see the race here (Indonesia), but I’m hunting for it now on Youtube.
i can still remember watching Affirmed win it in 1978, I was very very young at the time, I would imagine Hillary was around 45?
Wow
They stuck a microphone on the jockey and his first words after winning were “Puta! Holy shit!”. Forever engraved on history.....
Well it’s about time. That horse is going to get some tonight.
How awesome that ‘America’ be in his name. Awesome horse..
A horse with 0bama’s nickname. Not a good omen.
Last Triple Crown winner, we got Ronald Reagan in 1980.
This time we get Ted Cruz in 2016.
Enormous to say the least!
“They stuck a microphone on the jockey and his first words after winning were “Puta! Holy shit!”. Forever engraved on history.....”
Why not?
He just secured a place in history for himself.
His face will be engraved in Bronze, and displayed at Churchill Downs for as long as it stands.
And don’t even mention THE MONEY...
Piles and piles of it.
Puta usually means f*** in every day Spanish.
The oldest jockey to win the Triple Crown they said.
45 is the new 25. :-)
next thing to happen, Obama will find a reason/accomplishment that helped the horse win a triple crown.
Espinoza getting in his “Monster” sponsor on TV.
Gotta be getting paid big bucks for that.
Probably $1 million.
The article on line has the first mexican jockey to win the triple crown! the owner is an egyptian immigrant who has other horses, the horse that sired his one is also a derby winner. Last year the two year old started to make his mark. This year the three year old knocked it out he park!
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