The stakes were higher for a chestnut stallion at the Belmont Stakes this year. But Justify beat the odds and joined an elite – class horses at the 150th Belmont Stakes on Saturday to win the Triple Crown – and extremely small. Thoroughbred one and a half confronts his greatest challenge yet in the race, where he earns done his 2018 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. But to win the Belmont Stakes is even more difficult than it seems – and the track presented in New York the most difficult of the three races, Nick Zito, an experienced coach with Derby, Preakness and Belmont wins under his belt, TIME has He said facing an important victory on Saturday to justify. “And ‘the Triple Crown for a reason,” said Zito. “E ‘to make one of the hardest things in sports.” Finally, only 12 horses have won nearly 150 years of this race. If you could not justify clinch victory Saturday, it was 24 thoroughbreds will win the Derby and the Preakness – but not the Triple Crown. His chances in the Belmont were 4-5, but the program significantly its historical chance to win too high. They justify were the second back Triple Crown winner for trainer Bob Baffert, formed in 2015 when the American Pharoah ended the drought 37-year-old Triple Crown. The longest race of the three American classics bookends the series and reflect how difficult it is to win the coveted title. three championships than the gain in the space of just over a month, he had to run at different distances in different states justify. Justify the first win in the series came to one-and-a-quarter-mile Kentucky Derby track on May 5 and his second victory two weeks later he came to Baltimore in one-and-three sixteenths mile Preakness Stakes track. However, Belmont is a completely different beast, said Zito. “Belmont is the most difficult of the Triple Crown races. And ‘the most difficult for sure.” Zito knows that firsthand. Despite two victories in 2004 and 2008 at Belmont Park, Zito horses in the second seven times different. The odds may have been stacked even higher than Justify. He got a bruised knee in the Kentucky Derby, and the back-to-back won on wet runways in Kentucky and Maryland. The weather was clear and dry at Belmont on Friday. The extra length in Belmont often tired of these horses, said Zito. Even the sand track at Belmont feels more difficult – is deep, soft and can trudge through hard. E Triple Crown horses vying often have to compete with thoroughbreds, which do not appear in Kentucky and Baltimore, now enters the arena with fresh and energetic legs. On top of all these conditions for horses still have a chance to win the Triple Crown, have an excellent pedigree Zito said. The next means to win this race horses, probably the lines that showed the speed and endurance, as well as the intelligence and common sense. Secretariat, the legendary thoroughbred that won the Triple Crown in 1973, is the culmination of these quality sets, said Zito. As for extensive pedigree has her, “you can not say that he sure Secretariat,” said Zito. In addition, there are a number of ways that a race could all go wrong and destroy closed on the title. A horse can simply a slow day, or it could have a bad start when the starting gate break away. But Zito was hoping that would get the stars align just right for Justify. It was not so dominant during his victory as the secretariat of the historic 1973 finish, it hopes Zito Justify can bring a little ‘more magic to horse racing. “You need stars in all races as different,” said Zito. “We are always in search of stars. And that’s what (justified) looks like.”
Why Triple Crown Win Justifies was even more impressive than it looked
