American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, the 5/2 favorite and the fourth win for trainer by Bob Baffert.
Dortmund and Firing Line held off the favorite until the stretch run, when Victor Espinoza, in teal silks, broke around the outside of the pack and battled for the lead.
The solid brown bay colt, bred in Kentucky by his Egyptian owner Ahmed Zayat, was supremely calm and confident before the start of the race, most of which he spent tucked into the rail behind Dortmund and Firing line.
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