Intro:

California Chrome can lift the Triple Crown with victory at the Belmont Stakes, New York, on Saturday, having already won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The horse completed its final practice session on Friday.

Script:

He's the golden wonder who cost a nickel. And now, California Chrome is less than two-and-a-half minutes away from solid-bronze immortalization alongside the greats.

The horse completed his final practice session before the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Having ticked off wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, California Chrome's chance of lifting the Triple Crown is tantalisingly within reach. The mile-and-a-half around New York's deep, stamina-sapping dirt oval, however, is a no-mans-land of tattered Triple Crown dreams.

What's more, his likely opposition will test every ion of his grit and resolve.

Ride on Curlin, who made striking headway down the Pimlico straight to get within one-and-a-half lengths in the Preakness, is back for more and Tonalist arrives as a fresh recruit to the weary ranks.

If California Chrome succeeds, he'll tread where only 11 horses have trod before.