1 | Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Martin Garcia up, works four furlongs Sunday morning, Aug. 16, 2015, at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Calif. |
2 | Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will run next in the Travers Stakes at a sold-out Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. |
3 | Along with trainer Bob Baffert, Zayat watched American Pharoah work seven furlongs in 1:23.20 in front of about 2,000 fans. |
4 | Zayat tells The Associated Press his horse ''looks brilliant'' and he's ''healthy and happy'' and will be on a plane for Saratoga on Wednesday. |
5 | American Pharoah would only the fourth of 12 Triple Crown winners to run in the Travers, a race also known as the ''Mid-Summer Derby.'' The only one to win was Whirlaway in 1941. |
6 | Saratoga attendance was capped at 50,000, and all seats are sold. |
7 | Also, the Travers purse increases by $350,000 to $1.6 million if American Pharoah starts. |