Before his Triple Crown sweep and Breeders’ Cup Classic victory, the colt flashed brilliance after a layoff of five-plus months, winning Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes and Arkansas Derby with ease ahead of the first Saturday in May
On Saturday, 6 June 2015 American Pharoah, with his funny name, funny tail and gorgeous little companion pony Smokey took home the coveted American Triple Crown. It was glorious,
“I wanted to ride to the wire. I just dropped my hands and he just took off,” the jockey said
Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah drew the rail and was installed favourite in the eight horse field for the $1.5 million Gr1 Xpressbet.com 2015 Preakness Stakes
Bayern jumped smartly and positioned himself at the head of the field to lead wire to wire.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
