Triple Crown champ American Pharoah gave a record Monmouth Park crowd what it came for by romping to victory in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has been installed as the 1-5 favorite in Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
Triple Crown here American Pharoah is sitting on go for this weekend’s Haskell Invitational after notching his final breeze in preparation.
American Pharoah dominated the Belmont Stakes to become racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner. Here’s the race in photos, and the words of the connections.
Derby-Preakness hero American Pharoah, Frosted, and Materiality — the top three morning line selections for Saturday’s Belmont — stretched their legs.
Belmont Stakes post positions are drawn, and everyone, more or less, is happy, or at least, happyish.
Sudden rain turned Old Hilltop into “Swimlico,” but it had no impact on American Pharoah, who romped to a seven-length win.
Perfect weather helped fuel big jumps in handle and attendance on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico.
Narrowly beaten in his only two previous graded-stakes attempts, Cat Burglar will get another chance in Friday’s Sagamore Racing Pimlico Special (G3).
Both of trainer Bob Baffert’s Preakness contenders — American Pharoah and Dortmund — made their first trips to the Pimlico track today.
