Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo crossed the finish line first at the Belmont Stakes.
Kent Desormeaux has gone to alcohol rehabilitation but will return in time to ride Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes next weekend.
For the first time in five races against his rival, Exaggerator beat Nyquist to the finish line Saturday to win the 141st Preakness Stakes on a sloppy track at Pimlico.
The jockey who guided American Pharoah to the first Triple Crown in 37 years returned to Southern California and is donating his prize money to City of Hope cancer research hospital.
Perhaps hoping to hold on to the memory of being there or watching it, race fans who bet $2 on American Pharoah to win at the Belmont Stakes, walked away from cashing in their tickets.
American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes and claimed the Triple Crown on Saturday, becoming the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to achieve the pinnacle of horse racing.