2015 Triple Crown Winner

2015 Kentucky Derby (05/2/2015)

The  141st running of the Kentucky Derby was May 2nd 2015 at Churchill Downs in Louisville KY.

The favorite American Pharoah makes it 3 straight years the betting favorite has won the race.

American Pharoah - Winner

Firing Line - 2nd (Place)

Dortmund - 3rd (Show)

1985 Kentucky Derby

The 1985 Kentucky Derby was won by surprise horse
 Spend A Buck, who ran,at the time, the 3rd fastest derby race in history (2 mins 1/5 sec).  
Spend A Buck would go wire to wire to clinch the 1985 derby, however his owner decided not to run the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.  This ruled out any Triple Crown winner for 1985 and thus all Triple Crown races added a bonus' to owners to enter their horse.

1985 Winner - Spend A Buck

2nd - Stephan's Odyssey

3rd - Chief's Crown (race favorite)

1941 Kentucky Derby

Whirlaway

Winner of the 1941 Kentucky Derby.  

Jockey Eddie Arcaro and Whrilaway would go on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes to become the 5th horse to win the Triple Crown of US horse racing.

2012 Belmont Stakes

Today was the running of the 144th edition of the Belmont Stakes and the 3rd and final leg of the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing.   We didnt have a Triple Crown winner this year even though I'll Have Another won the first 2 legs of the crown, he was scratched due to worries of tendinitis in his front leg.

Union Rags ran the rail to nose out Paynter for the Belmont victory and gave Michael Matz, the trainer of Barbaro, a Belmont victory to add to his illustrious career.