After 37 years the wait is over. Back in 1978 Affirmed was the last race horse led by jockey Steve Cauthen and trainer Laz Barrera to win the prestigious Triple Crown. Several horses over that time span came close yet no cigar. Here in Philadelphia home of Sports247365 we rooted for Smarty Jones in 2004 and even he came up short at the end during the last leg of the Belmont Stakes. This past month has been history making for the trio of American Pharoah, jockey Victor Espinoza and trainer Bob Baffert. Both jockey and trainer came close on multiple occasion's in previous years yet Saturday at the Preakness, it was like icing on the top. By sweeping the Kentucky Debry, the Preakness and now the Belmont Stakes American Pharoah becomes the 12 race horse since 1919 to win the Triple Crown. The three year old horse won all three races with ease, simply blowing away the competition from start to finish. Ahmed Zayat owns American Pharoah and was extremely happy that his horse could make history.
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