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“I think I’m just a lucky Mexican to win three Kentucky Derbys, and two in a row. And I’m just enjoying every moment,” Jockey Victor Espinoza said.
American Pharoah was trained by Bob Baffert. Baffert had aso trained Pharoah’s stablemate Dortmund, who had never been beaten.
While there hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, Governor Steve Beshear told BourbonBlog.com in a interview that he thinks American Pharoah could become a Triple Crown winner.
The next Triple Crown race is in two weeks at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16. The Belmont Stakes follow on June 6 in Elmont, New York.
Derby Day showed record attendance of 170,513 at Churchill Downs. On Oaks Day, 123,763 people attended. Both crowds enjoyed perfect spring weather in the mid-70s.
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Kentucky Derby Results
| Place | No. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Lengths |
| 1 | 18 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | —– |
| 2 | 10 | Firing Line | Gary Stevens | Simon Callaghan | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | Dortmund | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | Frosted | Joel Rosario | Kiaran McLaughlin | 3 1/4 |
| 5 | 5 | Danzig Moon | Julien Leparoux | Mark Casse | 6 1/2 |
| 6 | 3 | Materiality | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | 7 3/4 |
| 7 | 14 | Keen Ice | Kent Desormeaux | Dale Romans | 8 3/4 |
| 8 | 6 | Mubtaahij | Christophe Soumillon | Mike de Kock | 9 1/2 |
| 9 | 13 | Itsaknockout | Luis Saez | Todd Pletcher | 10 1/4 |
| 10 | 2 | Carpe Diem | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | 11 |
| 11 | 21 | Frammento | Corey Nakatani | Nick Zito | 12 |
| 12 | 9 | Bolo | Rafael Bejarano | Carla Gaines | 12 3/4 |
| 13 | 17 | Mr. Z | Ramon Vazquez | D. Wayne Lukas | 15 1/2 |
| 14 | 1 | Ocho Ocho Ocho | Elvis Trujillo | Jim Cassidy | 15 1/2 |
| 15 | 20 | Far Right | Mike Smith | Ron Moquett | 15 3/4 |
| 16 | 16 | War Story | Joe Talamo | Tom Amoss | 19 1/4 |
| 17 | 4 | Tencendur | Manny Franco | George Weaver | 35 |
| 18 | 19 | Upstart | Jose Ortiz | Rick Violette Jr. | 60 1/2 |
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