kentucky derby won the last horse racing triple crown.
kentucky derby won the last horse racing triple crown.
who won the last horse racing triple crown?
kentucky derby
in the fall of 2014, espinoza also became the regular rider of american pharoah, trained by bob baffert and owned by ahmed zayat. espinoza started with the colt's second race, the grade i del mar futurity on september 4. the pair went on to win the frontrunner stakes. the colt was scratched from the breeders' cup juvenile, but the pair reunited in 2015 with wins in the rebel stakes and arkansas derby american pharoah and espinoza then won the 2015 kentucky derby after the win, espinoza said, "i feel like the luckiest mexican on earth. however, his performance attracted some scrutiny as he struck the horse 32 times with his whip during the race.kentucky racing stewards reviewed espinoza's ride and ruled that his whip use did not violate state regulations. on may 16, 2015, espinoza and american pharoah won the 2015 preakness stakes on a sloppy track, setting up espinoza's third attempt at the triple crown. his june 6, 2015, victory at the 2015 belmont stakes made him the oldest jockey to win the triple crown, as well as the first latino jockey to do so. for 3 years, he held the distinction of being the last jockey to sweep the triple crown until mike smith did it aboard justify in 2018. on october 31, 2015, espinoza rode american pharoah to victory in the breeder's cup classic, becoming the first jockey in history to win horse racing's grand slam--the triple crown and the breeder's cup classic.
victor espinoza
bullet::::- 1973 belmont stakes - secretariat became the ninth triple crown winner in history, and the first in 25 years since citation. cbs television announcer chic anderson described the horse's pace in a famous commentary: "secretariat is widening now! he is moving like a !"









































bullet::::- 1978 belmont stakes – affirmed over alydar to become the last horse racing triple crown of the 20th century.









































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