Seventeen Stages of Watching a Triple Crown Win as Told Through GIFs
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Fans celebrate after American Pharoah wins the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown. (Photo by NYRA/Chelsea Durand)
On Saturday, June 6, American Pharoah galloped into history books by becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years and only the 12th in history. Below are the 17 stages of watching a Triple Crown told through GIFs.
You wake up on the morning of the Belmont Stakes so excited for the third jewel of the Triple Crown:
You may have a party to go to or maybe you’re meeting your friends at the racetrack, but you arrive ready to watch history:
You try to play it cool so you don’t look like a freak in front of your friends:
But you’re secretly really nervous. Any time someone asks you if you think American Pharoah is going to win, you want to say yes even though you’re scared that you’re going to jinx the horse somehow:
In the hours leading up to the race, you are cool, calm and collected; maybe you’re even giving out your picks for the races before the Belmont. You’re easily the mellowest person at the party:
Everyone around you is having a blast, and now you’re just about an hour away from post time for the Belmont Stakes. Basically your group is:
Suddenly, out of nowhere, nerves strike you, and they strike hard:
Your friends try everything to calm you down, but it’s not working:
By the time the race rolls around, you’re a total wreck:
But you also can’t really contain just how excited you feel:
Suddenly, it’s post time! The gates spring open and the horses surge onto the track. You’re like:
And when the horses round the final turn and it looks like the Triple Crown is actually going to happen, you completely lose the plot:
Everyone starts celebrating at once:
There may even be some happy crying:
(OK, there will definitely be some happy crying.)
And if you happened to have a winning bet on the race, too? Even better!
But most importantly, at the end of the day, you get the satisfaction of knowing that you witnessed greatness in the Belmont Stakes.