American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

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American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

10 years 2 days ago

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Amazing

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Re: American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

10 years 1 day ago

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Thanks again Bob

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Re: American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

10 years 1 day ago

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@Bob...many thanks...great horse...with the shorter period between races, the American Triple Crown must be hardest of all to win...

Great achievement after so many really good horses have come close in recent years...

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10 years 1 day ago

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The best since Frankel

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Re: American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

10 years 1 day ago

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And in SA, the Triple Crown winner couldn't win a single Equus award !!

@Mac...you mean the best since Sea the Stars ? !!

Matter of opinion and everyone entitled to one that is respected...

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Re: American Pharoah ending the 37 year drought

10 years 1 day ago

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What a load of pish and dribble in the American Press. Warning - if you do not have the time then do NOT read this crap from the New York Times

As American Pharoah came out of the far turn and squared his shoulders to let his rider Victor Espinoza stare down the long withering stretch of Belmont Park, a sense of inevitability surged through this mammoth old grandstand...

No, a battered old sport was looking for an immortal thoroughbred, one worthy to stand alongside Sir Barton and Assault, War Admiral and Whirlaway, Count Fleet and Citation, a horse able to earn the title of a Triple Crown champion.

But as American Pharoah bounded into the stretch amid a deafening roar, the memories of the gritty Affirmed, the speedy Seattle Slew (1977) and that tremendous machine Secretariat (1973) were summoned from backside to grandstand, and rightfully so.

No one doubted that American Pharoah was about to enter the history books. He was bouncing down the lane as if jumping from one trampoline to another, and no one was going to catch him.

There had been only 11 of them (triple crown winners) in history, and America had elected five presidents, fought three wars and lived through at least three economic downturns since Affirmed had last completed the feat in 1978...

Dreadful

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