Horses prepare for the 147th Belmont Stakes
American Pharaoh and other contenders prepare for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes, taking place on Saturday, June 6, 2015. American Pharaoh is in contention for the Triple Crown. The last horse to win the Triple Crown was Affirmed, after beating Alydar in 1978.
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- Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah is is schooled in the paddock, Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. American Pharoah will try for the Triple Crown when he runs in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah, with exercise rider Jorge Alvarez up, gallops around the track at Belmont Park, Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. American Pharoah will try for a Triple Crown when he runs in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Mubtaahij is led onto the track for a workout at Belmont Park, Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Mubtaahij is entered in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, when American Pharoah will try for a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Tale of Verve gallops around the main track at Belmont Park, Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Tale of Verve is entered in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, when American Pharoah will try for a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Exercise rider Lorenzo Moralez gallops Belmont Stakes entrant Frosted at Belmont Park race track in Elmont, NY, Thursday, June 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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- Belmont Park bugler Sam Grossman blows the call to the post before the post position draw for the 147th Belmont Stakes at New York’s Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. American Pharoah was made the early 3-5 favorite on Wednesday to win the Belmont Stakes and become U.S. horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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- Rain water coats the window of an observation tower as an exercise rider guides a horse around the main track at Belmont Park, Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah will try for a Triple Crown Saturday, June 6, in the Belmont Stakes horse race (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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- A horse walks through a tunnel at Belmont Park on June 4, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- Tale of Verve walks through the Paddock at Belmont Park on June 4, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- American Pharoah is walked in his barn prior to training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- American Pharoah gets bathed after training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- Frosted looks on during training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- American Pharoah gets bathed after training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- Frosted, with Renzo Morales up walks on the track during training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- A sillouette of a horse and rider during training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- A sillouette of a horse and rider during training at Belmont Park on June 3, 2015 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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- In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, an exercise rider takes a thoroughbred around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah will try for the Triple Crown when he runs in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- An exercise rider jogs a race horse on the wet track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- An exercise rider jogs a race horse on the wet track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- A race horse walks onto a wet track for a workout, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- An exercise rider pauses a race horse on the wet track before a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for the Triple Crown during Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Belmont Stakes contender Frosted gets a bath after a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Frosted will be one of several contenders in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, where Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will attempt to win a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Trainer Ken McPeek checks Belmont Stakes contender The Truth or Else after a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. The Truth or Else will be one of several contenders in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes, where Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will attempt to win a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Belmont Stakes contender Frosted, with exercise rider Renzo Morales up, trots around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Frosted will be one of several contenders in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, where Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will attempt to win a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Madefromlucky waits to be bathed after a workout, Monday, June 1, 2015, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Madefromlucky will be one of the contenders for Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes, where Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will try for a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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- Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah, with jockey Martin Garcia aboard, turns to head back to the barn and his final timed workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Monday, June 1, 2015. The colt will ship to New York on Tuesday for the Belmont Stakes horse race ob June 6. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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- Belmont Stakes contender Materiality trots around the track during a workout at Belmont Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Elmont, N.Y. Materiality will be one of several contenders in Saturday’s 147th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, where Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharaoh will attempt to win a Triple Crown. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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