By AAP
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah came up short in the $US1.6 million ($A2.23 million) Travers Stakes on Saturday, losing to Keen Ice by three-quarters of a length before a sold-out and stunned crowd at Saratoga Race Course.
American Pharoah came into the race as the overwhelming favourite, but the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years lost the lead entering the far turn.
He pulled closer to Keen Ice entering the stretch but was unable to muster the extra energy he usually finds to overtake the powerful final run of the 16-1 long shot.
The upset solidified Saratoga’s reputation as the “Graveyard of Read full article
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