Woo hoo! We have a Triple Crown Winner!

[val2525]

American Pharoah did it!

sports.yahoo.com/news/american-pharoah-wins-the-triple-crown-190615384.html

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Holy smokes, the crowd at Belmont must be going nuts! The news was filled today with reports of having to wait 2-3 hours just to leave the racetrack once this race was over. I'm sure glad I'm not driving past there today (it's sort of in my neck of the woods).

[jellybeanscloset412]

We watched! He was winning the whole time. What a great horse!

[val2525]

Actual race:

www.nbcsports.com/horse-racing/american-pharoah-ends-37-year-triple-crown-drought

[val2525]

www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/6/8741861/american-pharoah-jockey-victor-espinoza-holy-shit-belmont-triple-crown-nbc/in/8505622

[Pantlandia]

Yay...I think.

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I just watched it. Nice run and a beautiful horse.

I do not follow horse racing anymore. I was only 9 years old and till then LOVED and watched every horse race I could. The race that ended me following horse racing was the breakdown of Ruffian...IMHO the best racing horse ever. No matter she was a filly that girl could run.

I loved Man o War, Secretariat and Seabiscuit...with only pictures, stories and the odd tv video clip back then of man o war and Seabiscuit. I remember seeing Secretariat racing and falling in love but when Ruffian came on the scene a couple years later IMHO NO HORSE ever was as awesome as she was. When she had to be put down I stopped watching any type of horse racing. Odd how almost 40 years later that still holds with me and I can not watch a race without thinking of that magnificent, wonderful filly.

[val2525]

I didn't realize there were only 5 horses in the race when Secretariat won the 3rd race.

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And I forgot to watch! I missed the Derby and Preakness b/c I was working and just totally forgot the Belmont.

[val2525]

Jun 7, 2015 15:11:43 GMT Pantlandia said:

Yay...I think.

Hey, it could be worse. At least it didn't mention the Kardashians, Liberal/Conservative, or Obamacare.

Just a horse runnin' around.

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Harley, I have a love/hate with it too. I really only every watch the Triple Crown races, but a few years ago a filly also had to be put down on the track and it was heartbreaking.

[chapeaunoir]

Jun 8, 2015 1:56:01 GMT val2525 said:

Jun 7, 2015 15:11:43 GMT Pantlandia said:

Yay...I think.

Hey, it could be worse. At least it didn't mention the Kardashians, Liberal/Conservative, or Obamacare.

Just a horse runnin' around.

But if the jockey had the hiccups and lost the race it would have been Obama's fault. 

[val2525]

Horse people are good people:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/american-pharoah-jockey_n_7535390.html?cps=gravity_2082_-1778974537382682606