NEW YORK - Justify became the 13th horse in history to win US racing's coveted Triple Crown with an electrifying triumph in the 150th Belmont Stakes on Saturday. - 'So brilliant' -Justify's Triple Crown feat came 45 years to the day after another physically imposing chestnut, Secretariat, broke from the first post and won the Belmont by a stunning 31 lengths to complete the Triple Crown. The only other unbeaten Triple Crown winner was Seattle Slew in 1977. Seattle Slew's Triple Crown -- four years after that of Secretariat, was swiftly followed by Affirmed's in 1978. But it would be 37 years before the Baffert-trained American Pharoah would become the 12th Triple Crown winner in 2015.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2018 02:48 UTC