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

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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,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy 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  s

American Pharoah wins Kentucky Derby by a length, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy 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 ).  LOUISVILLE ,  Kentucky - American  Pharoah , ridden by jockey  Victor  Espinoza,   won the 141st  run of the Kentucky Derby on  Saturday, May 2 at  Churchill Downs in Louisville before a crowd of some 170,00 people. "I feel like the  luckiest  Mexican on earth," said  Espinoza, a   native  of Mexico and a Mexican-American. "It's unbelievable." The total purse for this year's annual Derby event was $2 million, with  the first place winner  getting  $1.24 million, and the second place finisher takin