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Omaha (March 24, 1932 – April 24, 1959) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the third winner of the American Triple Crown. In a racing career which lasted from 1934 to 1936, Omaha won 9 of his 22 races.
American Pharoah (foaled February 2, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015. He was the 12th Triple Crown winner in history, and in winning all four races, became the first horse to win the modern Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing.
Gallant Fox is the only Triple Crown winner to sire another U.S. Triple Crown winner, Omaha. Affirmed sired Peteski, winner of the 1993 Canadian Triple Crown. [26] Jockey Julie Krone became the first (and currently only [27]) woman to win a Triple Crown race when she won the 1993 Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.
A Triple Crown is right up there among the greatest accomplishments in sports — there's a reason it took 37 years between Affirmed's sweep in 1978 and American Pharoah's triumph in 2015.
A look back: Justify is the only Triple Crown winner to retire undefeated and is also the most lightly raced, having won all six of his races as a 3-year-old. Justify bested Good Magic by 2 1/2 ...
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) -- A slight nudge was all it took for American Pharoah to seize control of the Haskell Invitational. And when Victor Espinoza asked, the majestic colt delivered an encore ...
Littleprincessemma (foaled Feb 27, 2006) is a Thoroughbred mare who raced twice but is notable as the dam of the American Triple Crown-winning racehorse American Pharoah.Bred by Brereton C. Jones, she sold in 2006 as a weanling filly for $135,000 ($204,000 adjusted for inflation) and then the following year, as a yearling, she was purchased by Zayat Stables for $250,000 ($367,000 adjusted for ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- American Pharoah was made the early 3-5 favorite Wednesday to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. The Kentucky Derby and ...