Kentucky Derby 2015 Payout: Finishing Times, Prize Money Earnings for Field

American Phaorah stormed down the final stretch to capture the 141st Kentucky Derby crown.

"The most exciting two minutes in sports" quickly devolved into a three-horse race, with Dortmund and Firing Line galloping neck-and-neck before American Pharoah passed them from the outside lane. The win marks the second straight Derby victory for jockey Victor Espinoza, who rode California Chrome last year.

Trainer Bob Baffert, who also entered third-place finisher Dortmund, picked up his fourth Run for the Roses win. His last first-place finish came 13 years ago, when Espinoza led War Emblem to glory.

Here are the full results from Saturday's race.

Place	No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Lengths (Behind Winning Time)
1	18	American Pharoah	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	2:03.02
2	10	Firing Line	Gary Stevens	Simon Callaghan	1
3	8	Dortmund	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	3
4	15	Frosted	Joel Rosario	Kiaran McLaughlin	3 1/4
5	5	Danzig Moon	Julien Leparoux	Mark Casse	6 1/2
6	3	Materiality	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	7 3/4
7	14	Keen Ice	Kent Desormeaux	Dale Romans	8 3/4
8	6	Mubtaahij	Christophe Soumillon	Mike de Kock	9 1/2
9	13	Itsaknockout	Luis Saez	Todd Pletcher	10 1/4
10	2	Carpe Diem	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	11
11	21	Frammento	Corey Nakatani	Nick Zito	12
12	9	Bolo	Rafael Bejarano	Carla Gaines	12 3/4
13	17	Mr. Z	Ramon Vazquez	D. Wayne Lukas	15 1/2
14	1	Ocho Ocho Ocho	Elvis Trujillo	Jim Cassidy	15 1/2
15	20	Far Right	Mike Smith	Ron Moquett	15 3/4
16	16	War Story	Joe Talamo	Tom Amoss	19 1/4
17	4	Tencendur	Manny Franco	George Weaver	35
18	19	Upstart	Jose Ortiz	Rick Violette Jr.	60 1/2
	7	El Kabeir	Calvin Borel	John Terranova	SCR
	11	Stanford	Florent Geroux	Todd Pletcher	SCR
	12	International Star	Miguel Mena	Michael Maker	SCR

Although framed as one of Churchill Downs' most loaded fields in recent memory, the favorite once again emerged victorious. ESPN Stats & Info noted the lack of parity over the past three years:

With three highly regarded horses occupying the top spots, bettors will not receive highly lucrative payouts.

Horse	Win	Place	Show
American Pharoah	$7.80	$5.80	$4.20
Firing Line	-----	$8.40	$5.40
Dortmund	-----	-----	$4.20

In front of Louisville's largest recorded crowd, American Pharoah earned his fifth consecutive victory, the last at the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby. Before igniting the winning streak, he finished fifth in a maiden race at Del Mar, prompting Baffert to seek Espinoza's assistance.

"I told his agent, 'I'm thinking of running a horse who was sort of a problem child,'" Baffert told the Los Angeles Times' Gary Klein. "War Emblem was a problem child. [Espinoza's] pretty good with those problem-child horses."

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Baffert's two favorites both finished in the money, but Simon Callaghan's Firing Line nearly thwarted both of them. With 52-year-old jockey Gary Stevens at the helm, Firing Line jousted with Dortmund for top positioning during the backstretch.

He didn't falter with a sluggish finish, but he was simply beat by a dominant colt during the final furlong. Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form commended the runner-up's performance:

Stevens' Kentucky Derby drought extends to 18 years, but the Hall of Famer still boasts three first-place finishes and nine Triple Crown victories. 

Undefeated entering the weekend, Dortmund settled for third. Yet he should remain a top contender at the Preakness Stakes, which features a shorter track at 9 ½ furlongs that works to the burner's advantage.

After American Pharoah's rousing performance, Triple Crown speculation will immediately commence. Paulick Report's Scott Jagow gives Pharoah a legitimate chance of becoming the first to win all three major events since Affirmed in 1978:

He'll require a quick turnaround to prepare for May 16's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Even if Baffert's colt extends his winning streak to six, the Belmont Stakes has proven a tough hurdle for contenders to climb.

Last year, California Chrome became the 12th horse to lose his Triple Crown bid at the third and final leg. While American Pharoah displayed the endurance and closing burst necessary to defy the odds, a long road lies ahead before becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner.