with the triple crown.
good evening i'm natasha
brown.
thanks for joining us.
american pharaoh is the 12th
triple crown winner and the
first since 1978.
"eyewitness news" reporter
steve patterson watched the
historic win today with fans
at parx casino racetrack in
bensalem.
[cheers and applause]
>> reporter: it is one of
the rarest scenes in american
sports, 37 years of
disappointment, erased in
under three minutes.
finally a triple crown.
[cheers and applause]
>> finally won.
happy.
>> reporter: twilight
saturday at the parx casino
you would think tim tebow just
came off the bench to win the
super bowl.
maybe it's hard to understand
the excitement until you
understand how long people
have been waiting for this.
>> my heart was beating so
fast when he was coming up.
i was like oh no, no.
>> reporter: camden's dwight
williams believed it was going
to happen and then been
disappointed more than a dozen
times since 1978.
>> i never thought that i
would live to this time, 37
years, i'm 60...