'Finally The One' the fitting name for an American Pharoah colt
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Four years after Larry Collmus called American Pharoah home in the Belmont Stakes, signaling him as "finally the one" to end U.S. racing's Triple Crown drought, connections to the champ are paying homage to the announcer.
Collmus tweeted Sunday that a 2-year-old son of American Pharoah also to be campaigned by Zayat Stables will be named Finally The One.
The photo below shows just how much the Triple Crown winner is stamping his foals. Yes, that's the young colt, not American Pharoah himself.
Finally The One might have been worth seven figures were it not for colic surgery he underwent as a foal. "But we loved him," Justin Zayat, son of patriarch Ahmed Zayat, said after signing for the colt.
American Pharoah's first foal to the races, Monarch of Egypt, won on debut April 13. The next week, he also became an American-winning sire when Maven prevailed at Aqueduct.
The Coolmore stallion will have more runners with high potential unveiled during Kentucky Derby week, including Lady Delaware, a half-sister of Breeders' Cup winner Hootenanny, entered to run Thursday at Churchill Downs.
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