With his historic wire to wire victory in the Gr1 Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah has garnered the top spot in the fourth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015
A lot has changed since the last Triple Crown, from Affirmed, in 1978. In the seventies, horse racing revolved around the track: gamblers could bet on races only by being there, and not many races were televised. Naturally, attendance at race tracks was high. But once technology allowed fans to watch and wager from home, they stopped showing up
Raise A Native is not only the male line ancestor of American Pharoah, but he is also the grandsire of Affirmed (Exclusive Native) – the last horse prior to American Pharoah to lift the US Triple Crown series
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
“We have a horse that’s a unique talent that is going for the Triple Crown, and we’re pleased to be associated with a beverage brand like Monster,” said American Pharoah owner Ahmed Zayat, whose riches came from selling his own beverage company to Heineken in 2002. “We hope the drink gives our horse that extra kick.”
Breeding farms had offered “north of $20 million” for the breeding rights to the homebred colt, who was last season’s champion 2-year-old male
“I don’t even want to think about the Triple Crown right now,” Baffert said. “I want to enjoy this. It’s tough at Belmont Park. I’ve been there and I don’t want to think about it for another couple of weeks.
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
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
