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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 140th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday. California Chrome is favored to win the Run for the Roses, but donât expect a record-setting time. In the history of the race, no horse has run faster than Secretariat in 1973. In fact, no horse since Monarchos in 2001 has been close to scaring Secretariatâs record time. The top 5 times at the Kentucky Derby are as follows: 1973 Secretariat 1:59.40. 2001 Monarchos 1:59.97.