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American Pharoah won Saturday's Kentucky Derby beating Firing Line and Dortmund. The Preakness Stakes on May 16 will be next for the winner who is trying to become the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown. The last horse to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes was Affirmed in 1978.
Secretariat, left, races toward a record win in the Kentucky Derby on May 5, 1973, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. 1  Officials rule that 1973 winner is Preakness record-holder. 2  The official time of 1:54 2/5 was disputed by independent timers.  Using video evidence commission revises time to 1:53 flat.