How this reporter imagines the decision to make the Grand Slam-winning 3-year-old colt American Pharoah this year’s “plus one” was made: FIRST EDITOR: Not a lot of outstanding Jews in sport for the list this year. SECOND EDITOR: Maybe Fred Wilpon, for the Mets’ amazin’ season? FIRST EDITOR: Eck. SECOND EDITOR: Dan Snyder, the Redskins…
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah made a triumphant return to the track by winning the $1.75 million William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey on Sunday. Overwhelming favorite American Pharoah took the lead from Competitive Edge on the far turn, and opened up a five-length lead before cruising to a 2…
1 11,300 Jews live in Kentucky. 2 Henry Hyman was reportedly the first Jew to settle in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1826, he opened a tavern called the Western Coffeehouse, where he sold delicious, non-kosher food and the finest liquor in town. 3 Jewish communal life began in Kentucky in the 1830s. 4 The first Jewish…
I have always been intrigued by the inventive and unusual names of racing horses. A few years ago, I wanted to bet on what was supposed to be a sure winner — Rachel Alexandra — because my two youngest granddaughters are sisters Rachel and Alexandra. The horse lost. Unable to attend the 147th Running of the…
A 3-year-old colt owned by an Orthodox Jew from Egypt claimed the first Triple Crown in 37 years. American Pharoah raced to victory on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes, the first horse to win the Belmont, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness since Affirmed in 1978. Owner Ahmed Zayat, 52, a resident of Teaneck, New…
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