2015

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer

Gallery of Top Horses

American Pharoah wins the Belmont S. (G1) to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner

Victor Espinoza looks back for the competition as American Pharoah cruises in the Arkansas Derby (G1)

American Pharoah and Dortmund (#8) at the finish of the Kentucky Derby

American Pharoah is all alone at the finish of the Preakness (G1)

Mor Spirit tops Toews On Ice to give Baffert a 1-2 finish in the $350,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1)

American Pharoah becomes racing's first 'Grand Slam' winner with his record-setting performance in the 2015 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)

American Pharoah easily wins the $1.75 million Haskell Inv. (G1)

Callback gets her first graded stakes victory in the Las Virgenes S. (G1)

Dortmund dominates in the Santa Anita Derby (G1)

Graded Stakes Wins

Grade 1

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands	American Pharoah
Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes	American Pharoah
Belmont S. presented by DraftKings	American Pharoah
Breeders' Cup Classic	American Pharoah
William Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes	American Pharoah
Santa Anita Derby	Dortmund
Arkansas Derby	American Pharoah
Los Alamitos Futurity	Mor Spirit
Las Virgenes Stakes	Callback

Grade 2

Rebel Stakes	American Pharoah
San Felipe Stakes	Dortmund
Los Alamitos Derby	Gimme Da Lute
Matron Stakes	Pretty N Cool
Sorrento Stakes	Pretty N Cool
San Pasqual Stakes	Hoppertunity
Great Lady M Stakes	Fantastic Style
San Vicente Stakes	Lord Nelson

Grade 3

Illinois Derby	Whiskey Ticket
Native Diver Stakes	Dortmund
Robert B. Lewis Stakes	Dortmund
Affirmed Stakes	Gimme Da Lute
Tokyo City Cup Stakes	Sky Kingdom
Bob Hope Stakes	Toews On Ice

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Earnings

$16,221,741

Starts

388

WPS%

53%

Trainer Rankings

3 by earnings 55 by wins

American Pharoah

Triple Crown Highlights

Winning the American Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2015. American Pharoah became the 12th Triple Crown winner in history, and in winning all four races, became the first horse to win the modern Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing. In 2021, he was inducted into the American Racing Hall of Fame.

Rankings

1 by earnings 19 by wins

Awards

Eclipse Award 2015 Horse of the Year Eclipse Award 2015 Champion 3 Year Old Colt Eclipse Award 2014 Champion 2 Year Old Colt

His Belmont win was declared the NTRA Moment of the Year Named top sports story of the year by the Associated Press

Watch This feature on both of Baffert's Triple Crown winners