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Sports reporter for the Wall Street Journal and host of its podcast, the Sports Retort
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Why Horse Racing's Top Prize Is So Elusive Tomorrow — for the second year in a row — it’s possible that a horse could win the last race in the Triple Crown — for the first time since 1978. American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby five weeks ago. Two weeks later, he took the Preakness. Tomorrow, he’s run in the Belmont Stakes — with a chance of a Triple Crown winner for the first time in 37 years. What are his chances? American Pharoah after winning the 2015 Preakness ( Maryland GovPics )
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