Triple Crown win draws big TV rating, but not biggest (The Associated Press)
American Pharoah’s historic Triple Crown win drew the third-best preliminary television rating for the Belmont Stakes since that started being measured in 1988. With the competition over so quickly, horse racing doesn’t benefit from a dramatic contest in the way other sports do. The race portion of NBC’s broadcast Saturday ran from 6:15-7:15 p.m. EDT, so only the final third of it came after American Pharoah became the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.