June 07--American Pharoah's victory in the Belmont Stakes, securing his place in history as the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown, drew a wide range of plaudits across social media.
From sports heroes, to celebrities and everyday folk, they had something to tweet or post to Instragram.
Here's a look at some of their reactions Saturday:
In the words of Gary Cohen: "It has HAPPENED!"
-- Mike Vaccaro (@MikeVacc) June 6, 2015
#AmericanPharoah Welcome to history. #AmericanPharoahTripleCrown @BelmontStakes pic.twitter.com/hgF5oJ7IaA
-- Charles Adler (@charlesadler) June 6, 2015
-- Kate Upton (@KateUpton) June 6, 2015
37 year drought OVER! Good for racing, good for America! #AmericanPharoah
-- Steve Forbes (@SteveForbesCEO) June 6, 2015
Wow. Made it look so easy. What took a horse so long? Ha!
-- Steve Feitl (@SteveFeitl) June 6, 2015
-- Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) June 6, 2015
Absolutely beautiful ride by the LEGENDARY Vic Espinoza! U could see how badly #AmericanPharaoh wanted to go..so much harder than it looks!
-- Sage Steele (@sagesteele) June 6, 2015
Athlete of The Day: a horse
-- In Mets We Trust (@InMetsWeTrust) June 6, 2015
Get that horse some carrots and extra strong mints!! #TripleCrown #AmercianPharoah
-- Luke Donald (@LukeDonald) June 6, 2015
And then there was this:
Dude was at the Mayweather fight and now this. pic.twitter.com/x1AZnFdzEf
-- Ryan Loco (@RyanLoco) June 6, 2015
