Two Complicated Princes of the Sport of Kings
Briefly

Bob Baffert held the shank reverently, as if attending to the cape of a king, as he walked American Pharoah to his barn at Keeneland, a country manor of a racetrack in Lexington, Ky.Alongside him, at his invitation, walked Todd Pletcher, another prince of thoroughbred racing.Four months earlier, on June 6, 2015, American Pharoah had bounded down the stretch amid the cathartic roar and wet cheeks of horse lovers to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 37 years.
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