In the crazy euphoria of a historic racing moment, Patrice Wolfson stood in her box at Belmont Park on Saturday evening, soaking up the emotion and, like the rest of us, trying to digest what had just happened: American Pharoah, dominating almost from the start, had become the first horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown.
The last thoroughbred to do it had been Wolfson’s gem of a horse, Affirmed, in 1978.
As American Pharoah opened up an insurmountable lead in the Belmont Stakes, celebrations erupted everywhere.