Saratoga hopes for American Pharoah, other tracks in the mix (The Associated Press)

In a place where images of horses appear on everything from T-shirts to public artwork, the prospect of the first Triple Crown winner in two generations racing at Saratoga Race Course this summer has the locals in an American Pharoah frame of mind. ”I was in two coffee shops this morning and I couldn’t get through them without people saying, ‘Do you think there’s any chance?”’ Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday. The nation’s oldest thoroughbred racetrack has history on its side, but fans here and elsewhere in the racing world shouldn’t bet the house on the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years racing at Saratoga.