71.   His horses won such prestigious events last year as the Dubai Championship Stakes and the Dubai World Cup.

72.   He was pleased with how his horse won the race.

73.   It was the third consecutive year that a Japanese horse won the Japan Cup.

74.   Its horses won eight Kentucky Derbys, seven Preakness Stakes and two Belmont Stakes.

75.   Only four Japan-based horses have won more.

76.   Spills and injuries are frequent, but even a riderless horse can win.

77.   Two Baffert horses won Eclipse Awards on Monday night, and Baffert beat Lukas for Trainer of the Year.

78.   If the race was won by the most heavily backed horse then the JP McManus-owned Wylde Hide would be a runaway winner.

79.   The same horse won the Belmont.

80.   Three of the last four Belmont races have been won by horses who ran in neither of the other two US Triple Crown events.