A hesitant step by Justify the morning after winning the Kentucky Derby was enough to create quite the scare. All the fuss was over a bruised heel on his left hind foot.
American Pharoah won horse racing’s first Triple Crown in 37 years when he broke away from the field and won the Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday.
The owner of Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah has sold the breeding rights to the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to Coolmore Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
Race favorite American Pharoah ran through a driving rain to win the 140th Preakness Stakes on a muddy track at Pimlico Race Course near Baltimore on Saturday.