Thousands are filing in at Belmont Park in the hopes of witnessing the first Triple Crown completion in nearly four decades.
The coveted honor is on the line for the second year in a row.
American Pharaoh was victorious in the first two races of the crown - the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
Now the three-year-old Bay Colt will attempt to do what no horse has done since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes.
His jockey, Victor Espinoza, was in Elmont, N.Y. last year fighting for the same piece of history with California Chrome.
But they couldn't put away the Belmont Stakes.
Experts say this could be the year the Triple Crown drought will come to an end.
American Pharoah will be taking off from gate number five, a gate that has been lucky for horses before him, including 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.
He will take on seven other horses in today's mile-and-a-half race.
Meanwhile, the Long Island Railroad says travel to the grounds is going smoothly thus far.
The MTA unveiled a new Belmont Park Station earlier this week in the hopes of avoiding similar transit woes the event suffered last year.