Triple Crown winner gallops before thousands at ‘Pharatoga’ (The Associated Press)

With a crowd of about 15,000 cheering him all the way, Triple Crown winner American Pharoah went for a glorious gallop around Saratoga Race Course the day before he runs in the $1.6 million Travers Stakes. The sun was shining and temperatures were in the 60s when American Pharoah walked onto the track Friday with exercise rider Jorge Alvarez aboard at about 8:45 a.m. After 1 1/2 miles, American Pharoah was eased up and walked back to his barn for a sponge bath.