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First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 7, 2015 at 2:59 pm (This post was last modified: June 7, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Whateverist.)
(June 7, 2015 at 2:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Sure.  I throw a tennis ball and he gets it and runs off with it.  Dumbass doesn't understand the game at all.

Mine says the same thing about me. Probably thinks I'm supposed to chase after her.
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 7, 2015 at 3:12 pm
(June 6, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Aroura Wrote: Wooho!  
Seriously, American Pharoah won the Belmont today, making him the first triple crown winner in nearly 4 decades.  I never thought I'd see another winner in my lifetime.  And he won by a huge lead as well. AND the rider is the oldest Jockey ever to win the triple crown!  It was an exciting race, for those into that kind of thing.

2015 Belmont Stakes

It's worth watching the last race at least. Smile

He was 2 one-hundreths of a second off of Secretariat's record, and did it on a wet track.  That ain't shabby.
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 7, 2015 at 5:34 pm
Wow, didn't realize that. Even more impressive. I wonder how much a 1/100th of a second translates to lengths at that speed.
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 7, 2015 at 6:34 pm
Secretariat at Belmont: 2:24.00
American Pharoah at Belmont: 2: 26.65
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 7, 2015 at 8:22 pm
Wow, that really does make it even more amazing! Though that looks like 2.65 second slower, not 2-1/100ths of a second? Whatever, he's an awesome horse!

The only downside is I fully expect Hollywood to make a really lame movie about his live within the next year. I wish they could make a decent movie about it all, but I don't trust hollywood. Look how they butchered secretariats story into it being all about the humans.
I guess Seabiscuit was alright and was more about the horse, but Toby McGuire....
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RE: First Triple Crown winner in 37 years!
June 8, 2015 at 1:22 pm
(June 7, 2015 at 3:12 pm)orogenicman Wrote:
(June 6, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Aroura Wrote: Wooho!  
Seriously, American Pharoah won the Belmont today, making him the first triple crown winner in nearly 4 decades.  I never thought I'd see another winner in my lifetime.  And he won by a huge lead as well. AND the rider is the oldest Jockey ever to win the triple crown!  It was an exciting race, for those into that kind of thing.

2015 Belmont Stakes

It's worth watching the last race at least. Smile

He was 2 one-hundreths of a second off of Secretariat's record, and did it on a wet track.  That ain't shabby.

X-Factor gene received via one of Secretariat's daughters? 
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