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Horse racing fans get in the spirit for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, Saturday June 6, 2015. Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • A horse racing fan at Belmont Park in Elmont, where crowds flocked to attend the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Race horses in the sixth race at Belmont Park on the afternoon of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015. No. 2 March won the race.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans gather for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, Saturday June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • A horse racing fan at Belmont Park in Elmont, where fans flocked for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans get in the spirit for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, Saturday June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horses at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont Park in Elmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Left to right, Kelly Bobb of Lynbrook with friends Ang Vermillian, Felicia Silver, Donna Walter and Lyn Gambina at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Shannon Cogam, of Louisville, Kentucky, at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont on Saturday June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Horses in the tunnel at Belmont Park in Elmont on the morning of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Charlaine Brotherson of Middle Island is dressed for the occasion at Belmont Park in Elmont on the afternoon of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Race horses No. 2 March and No. 5 Cinco Charlie fight for the lead in the third race at Belmont Park in Elmont on the afternoon of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015. No. 2 March won the race.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont park in Elmont
    Photo Credit: Newsday
  • Belmont Park escort ponies and riders are seen on the track at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Race horses #2 March and #5 Cinco Charlie fight for the lead in the third race at Belmont Park on the afternoon of the Belmont Stakes, Jun3 6, 2015. #2 March won the race.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Eileen Ryan of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, checks the racing forum before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont, June 6, 2015
    Photo Credit: Ed Betz
  • Fans watching the second race at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Fans catch T-shirts at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont June 6, 2015..
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Chris French of Princeton, N.J., at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Horse racing fans at Belmont for the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes today Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • A member of the Army Black Knights parachute team lands at Belmont Park before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Loriann Reinhard of Middle Village, Queens, and Jeff Jensen of Connecticut enjoy a cigar hours before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah was looking to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Dino MacDonald of Catharines, Canada, sports a triple crown hours before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah was looking to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • A couple sitting together hours before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah was looking to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Frankie Spano, his father, Carlo Spano, his fiancee, Erin Daly, and son Vincent Spano wear Pharaoh hats hours before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah was looking to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Candie Weiss of Thomson, Conn., looks through the program before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah was looking to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Candie Weiss of Thomson, Conn., and April Bodinizzo of Holden, Mass., check the program hours before the race where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah sought to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • April Bodinizzo of Holden, Mass., before the race time where Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah sought to make history at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Racegoers at the kiosks hours before the Belmont Stakes in Elmont on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Race fans at Belmont Park on the morning of the Belmont Stakes. They were there representing the Final Furlong Racing Stable on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Kristen Lucente of Massapequa and Brittany Derasmo of Bethpage dressed for the occasion at Belmont Park on the morning of the Belmont Stakes. They were there representing the Final Furlong Racing Stable on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Edwin Callazo is dressed for the occasion with his America Pharoah hat at Belmont Park on the morning of the Belmont Stakes, on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Erin Daly of Lindenhurst with her America Pharoah hat at Belmont Park on the morning of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
  • A man at Belmont Park looks at racing forms before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A Belmont Stakes bugler performs before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A bugler before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A woman in a fancy hat at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Dave Lyons
  • A woman in a fancy hat at the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Dave Lyons
  • People arrive from the Long Island Rail Road before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Ed Betz
  • People arrive from the Long Island Rail Road before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, Saturday, June 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Ed Betz
  • A view from Belmont Park on an overcast morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A fan passes a window at Belmont Park on Saturday morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • An LIRR train pulls out of the station at Belmont Park on Saturday morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Fans of American Pharoah before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A view from Belmont Park before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Carolyn Scire from Warwick, Rhode Island, looks on from the track at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Scire has been at the Belmont Stakes every year since 1971 and has seen three Triple Crown wins.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A woman faces the track by the finish line at Belmont Park on Saturday morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A tractor grooms the track on Saturday morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Past Triple Crown winners are commemorated at Belmont Park before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015, in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A fan looks at a racing brochure at Belmont Park on Saturday morning before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A view of the track and grandstand at Belmont Park before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • A view of the finish line at Belmont Park before the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Belmont Park in Elmont.
    Photo Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
  • Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah disembarks from the horse van at Barn 1 at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont on June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Trainer Bob Baffert walks Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah in Barn 1 after his arrival at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport on June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • A Sheltair employee guides in the plane carrying Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah as he arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport on June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Owner Ahmed Zayat watches from Barn 1 as Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah enters Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Trainer Bob Baffert stands next to Ahmed Zayat, owner of Triple Crown challenger American Pharoah, as they wait forthe horse to disembark from the horse van at Barn 1 at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont on June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Mubtaahij prepares for his washing after his workouts at Belmont Park Race Track in Elmont on June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Horses work out on a soupy race track at Belmont Park in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Horses work out on a soupy race track at Belmont Park in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Horses work out on a soupy race track at Belmont Park in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Horses work out on a soupy race track at Belmont Park in Elmont June 2, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
  • Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport on June 2, 2015
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Tractors prepare the track at Belmont Park in Elmont on June 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Horses are seen in the stables at Belmont Park in Elmont on June 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Raindrops cover the statue of Secretariat in the paddock at Belmont Park in Elmont on June 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • A bird perches on Secretariat's plaque at a monument to all 11 horses who have won the Triple Crown on the infield at Belmont Park on June 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • A lone horse runs on the track at Belmont Park in Elmont on June 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara

Scenes from in and around Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes, where American Pharoah will go for the first Triple Crown since 1978.

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