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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.
The Kentucky Derby, the most prestigious single race on the U.S. calendar, awarded a purse of $1.4 million, with the jockey Joel Rosario taking away $140,000 before agent's commission, valet fees and taxes. After the fifth-place finisher, however, the jockeys individually earned only a standard riding fee.