Belmont Stakes not the same without a Triple Crown at stake

NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, the joint was jumpin’.
Belmont Park, where Triple Crown hopes have been dashed so many times over nearly four decades, was the center of the sports universe. American Pharoah had done it. Kentucky Derby. Preakness. And now, he had come through with a sensational victory in the Belmont Stakes to claim the first Triple Crown in 37 years. A packed house of 90,000 jubilant fans stood and roared.
“Wow! Wow, is all I can tell you,” were among the fir