American Pharoah wins the Belmont Stakes and brings home a Triple Crown, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

American Pharoah, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins at the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York on Saturday, June 6, and brings home the coveted
 Triple Crown, the twelfth race horse to do so, and the second since Affirmed in 1978.  (Photo compliments of Getty Images) 
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  (www.clevelandurbannews.com) / (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com). 

ELMONT, New York-American Pharoah, ridden by veteran jockey Victor Espinoza, won the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, and thus the Triple Crown, moving Affirmed aside, the last race horse to win the Triple Crown, and in 1978.

The stage was set to win after a win at the 141st  running of the Kentucky Derby May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville before a crowd of some 170,000 people, and then a victory at the Preakness.

"I feel like the luckiest Mexican on earth," said Espinoza last month after winning the Kentucky Derby. "It's unbelievable."

After winning on Saturday, Espinoza said "I feel so good."

premier thoroughbred race horse  trained by Bob Baffert, American Pharaoh is the 12th race horse to win the coveted Triple Crown ,and was the favorite for the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes.  At Belmont he took the lead from the starting gate, and ran away with the race on the final stretch.

Fourteen horses before American Pharoah and after Affirmed had won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, but they could not win Belmont too, 
to win the prestigious Triple Crown. 

Frosted, who game in fourth at the Kentucky Derby,  finished second Saturday, and Keen Ice placed third. 

The Kentucky Derby, held annually at Churchill Downs in Louisville, is always the first Saturday in May, with the Preakness in Baltimore, Maryland held two weeks later, and the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York three weeks after that, but never before June 5 or after June 11 for the Belmont Stakes. Winning all three legs will bring a Triple Crown.


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