This is how close the Belmont Stakes was at the finish

By , Allyssa Lee

Published May 02, 2017

Creator, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. up, edges out Lani, with Yutaka Take up, to win the 148th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 11, 2016, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Creator won the 148th Belmont Stakes over Destin by a nose on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

The Associated Press photo above shows how neck-and-neck the two horses were at the finish, before the gray Creator (who placed 13th in the Kentucky Derby and then skipped the Preakness) edged Destin out by the narrowest of margins to win the third jewel in the Triple Crown.

Here it is in slow motion:

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