BTW the Burger King was there because Baffert has a deal with them to have him in the box with him. Kind of brilliant on Burger Kings part.

I just loved how he put an exclamation point on it. When it looked like he might get challenged, he threw it into another gear and ran away.

This. When they came around the last turn and Frosted started making a move I told my wife he was going to lose. He came out too fast. Then I'll be darned if AP didn't have plenty left. Just pulled away from Frosted.

Exciting to witness. I had watched the TC's in the 70's but was not really into horse racing at the time. Will remember this one.

I wept.

AP has a little brother at Summer Wind who owns littleproncessemma his mare...they have named him Irish Pharaoh (correctly spelled).

Saw AP being brought back to Churchill earlier this afternoon. Police escort and the whole nine yards. Pretty cool.

1973 Secretariat * 126 2:24

 

Two whole seconds faster. Just insane. "A tremendous machine!"

AP has a little brother at Summer Wind who owns littleproncessemma his mare...they have named him Irish Pharaoh (correctly spelled).

 

Heard he has a full sister. 1 year old, unnamed right now. If I heard it right.

Two whole seconds faster. Just insane. "A tremendous machine!"

 

And he was not exactly pushed as he won by like 693 lengths. Just think if a horse pushed him...

And he was not exactly pushed as he won by like 693 lengths. Just think if a horse pushed him...

 

Not sure how accurate it is, but saw on Twitter yesterday that Secretariat would have won yesterday's race by 15 lengths.

Not sure how accurate it is, but saw on Twitter yesterday that Secretariat would have won yesterday's race by 15 lengths.

 

Probably accurate.

 

2 seconds is an eternity in racing.

Not sure how accurate it is, but saw on Twitter yesterday that Secretariat would have won yesterday's race by 15 lengths.

I saw that also but couldn't remember the exact number.

American Pharoah's team just won the first Triple Crown in 37 years. And in addition to carving their names into the history books, they also won a small share of money for their win at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

 

It appears that making history was enough for jockey Victor Espinoza and trainer Bob Baffert and his wife, Jill -- because they just donated a whole lot of money to charity.

 

The news was first reported by The Courier-Journal.

 

"At the wire I was like, 'I cannot believe I did it,'" Espinoza said. "I (won) the Triple Crown race now, but I didn't make any money, because I donated my money to the City of Hope."

 

In addition to Espinoza donating all of the money he earned at Belmont to a California cancer treatment center, the Bafferts will be donating a total of $150,000 to three different charities. Those three charities are the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, the California Retirement Management Account, and Old Friends Farm.

 

Each of the three will receive $50,000.

 

"I want to share this, I want to make sure that those horses that we really love, we have to take care of them," Bob Baffert said after winning on Saturday. "Win, lose, or draw, I was going to do it."

I've watched the race probably 8 times now. I just get chills. This is all I've wanted to see as a fan of these races for so, so long. The only thing I wish is that this had come when Dave Johnson was calling the races. I would scarcely be able to handle it if I got to hear "And DOWN the stretch they come!" to American Pharoah winning.

Probably accurate.

 

2 seconds is an eternity in racing.

 

Rule of thumb is five lengths per second.