Two big sports events were happening worldwide yesterday, the French Open and the Belmont Stakes. Justified was running for the Triple Crown right after Simona Halep defeated Sloane Stephens for the French Open title and her first major win.

Thirteen winners have now won the Triple Crown with Justify winning yesterday. According to Wikipedia the following horses have won the Triple Crown: in the history of the Triple Crown, 13 horses have won all three races: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018).

Worldwide Interest

The Belmont Stakes was more than four times greater in search volume vs. the French Open worldwide. Justify, the champion horse, was also greater than the French Open or Simona Halep.

US Interest

In the past 7 days, based on Google Trends, the Belmont Stakes had more interest across most of the US. Kentucky led the way in Belmont interest.

Another potential winner in the Belmont Stakes was Wheels Up as they were featured on Mike Smith’s pants very prominently. Mike Smith was the winning jockey and had a lot of coverage post-race. It was the highest “rising” term according to Google Trends related to both the Belmont Stakes and Justify terms.

Twitter Engagement – Belmont Stakes

According to Trendsmap, there were almost 190,000 tweets in the last day about the Belmont Stakes with almost 150k coming from the US.

While New York, California, Kentucky, and Texas had the highest volume of tweets, the highest proportion of conversation happened in the following states. No surprise that Kentucky, the heart of racing country, was top.

There is an emoji for everything! Top emojis yesterday:

The dream is now a reality! Justify has won the #TripleCrown! pic.twitter.com/I3Tn4pBM1M — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) June 9, 2018

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