FUTURE FOR PHAROAH

If American Pharoah's connections stick to a planned racing return for the Triple Crown winner in either the Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 1 at Saratoga Race Course or the Haskell Invitational Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park, it will be a schedule similar to the most recent Triple Crown winner, Affirmed in 1978.

For the first time in 37 years the connections of a U.S. horse—American Pharoah's owner Zayat Stables and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—are considering a post-Triple Crown race strategy. While it's been nearly four decades, American Pharoah's connections are weighing many of the same factors the connections of the three Triple Crown winners from the 1970s considered: best timing for the horse, lucrative purses and potential bonuses, and opportunities to promote horse racing and the sport's latest star. 


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