Well I came off a high seeing my hero American Pharoah getting beaten in the Travers Stakes after that wonderful win in the Haskell Invitational. (Ziggy cried for days, but then she’s a mare). His jockey claimed that he was tired after winning the Haskell, but Keen Ice ran in that race also and put in a tremendous run at the end. However, is Saratoga truly be the “Graveyard of Champions”? Remember the great Secretariat was beaten there in the Whitney Stakes by the long-shot Onion, not to mention Man O’War who lost to Upset back in the 1919 Sanford Stakes, and the great harness pacer Niatross who went over the rail during the Haswell Pace trying to beat Citation’s longest string of wins.

American Pharoah is the first 3-year-old thoroughbred to have won the Triple Crown in 37 years. That in itself is a great achievement. Even if he never races again, he will go down in history as one of only twelve horses to have accomplished this since Sir Barton won it in 1919. Although it would be nice to see American Pharoah race one more time, I sincerely hope his owner, Ahmed Zayat, considers the horse over the $$.