
USA Horse Racing
Is Horse Racing in USA popular? What USA Horse Race Tracks are available that Jockeys can use to practice Horse Racing? Is the sport developed or unknown? Even if it is not done locally, who are the most well known USA Jockeys?
Does USA have any well known specific races?
Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome won the 139th running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore today -- moving a step closer to the illustrious and elusive Triple Crown.
If California Chrome wins at the Belmont Stakes in New York on June 7, he'll be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
Of the 38 horses that took both the Derby and Preakness, only 11 went on to win in the Belmont. Ref. CNN
Tonalist, ridden by Joel Rosario, has won the Belmont Stakes, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown.
Had California Chrome won, he would have been the first horse in 36 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Ref. CNN
Favorite American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, has won the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second horse race in America's prestigious Triple Crown.
American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby on May 2. If he wins the Belmont Stakes on June 6, he'll be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Ref. CNN
American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, has won the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. It's the first time a horse has won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes since 1978.
The last time a horse won all three races was in 1978, when Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, did so. Ref. CNN
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will not run in the Belmont Stakes
The three-year-old horse is being pulled from the final leg of the Triple Crown due to an elevated white blood cell count that developed after he finished third in the Preakness Stakes behind winner Exaggerator. Ref. USAToday.