How does American Pharoah's Triple Crown Victory Stack Up Against the Rest

Contributed By Dave "Daily Double" Wildermuth
Posted on 6/7/15 8:24 AM

Triple Crown Trophy

For the first time in 37 years, we have a Triple Crown Winner! American Pharoah galloped to a 1st place finish at Belmont Park with a time of 2:26:65. How does that time stack up against the fastest horses at Belmont since this legendary tracks distance was 1 1/2 miles long? Take a look below:

Fastest Belmont Stakes Times

	Horse	Time	Year
1	Secretariat	2:24.00	1973
2	Easy Goer	2:26.00	1989
3	A.P. Indy	2:26.13	1992
4	Risen Star	2:26.40	1988
5	Gallant Man	2:26.60	1957
6	American Pharoah	2:26.65	2015

As you can see above, American Pharoah's time is the 6th fastest all-time at Belmont Stakes! Among the now 12 Triple Crown Winners, American Pharoah ranks 2nd among this elite group of thoroughbreds second only to Hall of Famer Secretariat. That is some exclusive company to be associated with!

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