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American Pharoah crossed the finish line leading by 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths, with a winning time of 2:26.65 for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (2,400 m) race. [76] His margin of victory was the fourth-largest ever for a Triple Crown winner at the Belmont. [74] American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes to become the 12th winner of the US Triple Crown.
Ahmed Zayat (Ahmed El-Zayat) (/ z ə ˈ j ɑː t /; Arabic: أحمد الزيات) (born August 31, 1962 [citation needed]) is an Egyptian-American businessman and owner of Thoroughbred race horses. He is the CEO of Zayat Stables, LLC, a Thoroughbred horse racing business which bred and owns the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
In 2015, eventual Triple Crown winner American Pharoah began his Eclipse award-winning season with victories at Oaklawn in the Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby. [7] [8] Just before the 2018 season opened, Oaklawn unveiled a life-sized bronze sculpture of American Pharoah and jockey Victor Espinoza at the grandstand's redesigned entrance. [9]
By JOHN DORN Jockey Victor Espinoza has always donated 10 percent of his race winnings to cancer foundation City of Hope. But after winning the first horse racing Triple Crown since 1978 atop ...
Victor Espinoza (born May 23, 1972) is a Mexican jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who won the Triple Crown in 2015 on American Pharoah.He began riding in his native Mexico and went on to compete at racetracks in California.
American Pharoah next won the 140th Preakness Stakes, making six victories in that race for Baffert, who also finished fourth with Dortmund. Then, when American Pharoah won the 2015 Belmont Stakes , the win was the fourth attempt at a Triple Crown for Baffert, who at age 62 became the second-oldest trainer to win a Triple Crown.
And American Pharoah makes his run for glory as they come into the final furlong. Frosted is second with one-eighth of a mile to go. American Pharoah's got a two-length lead! Frosted is all out at the sixteenth pole. And here it is! The 37-year wait is over! American Pharoah is the one! American Pharoah has won the Triple Crown!
For example, in May 2015 it was announced that Ashford Stud had purchased the breeding rights to American Pharoah from Ahmed Zayat in late 2014 for a reported $13.8 million. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] American Pharoah went on to become the first racehorse in 37 years to win the American Triple Crown , and the first ever to win the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred ...