American Pharoah needs to win the Belmont Stakes to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to capture the Triple Crown. Trainer Bob Baffert has reached this stage before -- winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness -- with three other horses, so he is familiar with the dynamics of how the Belmont is longer and different. Here is how Baffert and jockey Victor Espinoza are sizing up their challenge:

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