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American Pharoah's Triple Crown Win Could Provide Needed Shot In The Arm For Sport
American Pharoah winning horse racing's Triple Crown on Saturday was a "perfect moment that the sport had been longing for," and there will be in the coming days a "great deal of talk about whether a new Triple Crown champion will give horse racing a badly needed shot in the arm," according to Joe Drape of the N.Y. TIMES. The achievement "already has" given the industry a boost, and it "will continue to do so in the short term." American Pharoah’s win "resonated on websites and in newspapers globally, was celebrated on sports channels and network television, and was dissected and relived on radio talk shows." American Pharoah is "not going to save horse racing, but if he can attract new fans to the racetrack to watch him, some might fall for the sport" ( <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/sports/after-american-pharoah-runaway-pondering-whether-to-quit-while-ahead.html" target="_blank">N.Y. TIMES, 6/8</a> ). On Long Island, Mark Herrmann wrote American Pharoah "did more than dust off memories." He "gave the current generation something on which to hang its fancy race-day hat." Justin Zayat, the son of American Pharoah owner Ahmed Zayat, said, "It's going to bring a lot of new young fans into the game, a lot of new owners." Herrmann noted the words American Pharoah "are instantly recognizable now, and will be, from here on." The horse is "part of the sports lexicon" ( <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/horseracing/american-pharoah-s-triple-crown-gives-new-generation-its-affirmed-1.10516281" target="_blank">NEWSDAY, 6/7</a> ). <strong>Also see in today's SBD</strong> :
