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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.
Kentucky Derby Tickets Information. âThe run for the rosesâ was first raced back in 1875 and is by far the greatest and most prestigious horse race in the world. The race is a grade I stakes race comprised of a field of 3-year-old thoroughbreds. The derby purse is approximately $2,000,000 which is comprised of the stakes or fees that the owners must pay to compete as well as an additional amount provided by Churchill Downs.