Triple Crown Winner Espinoza to Ride Whitmore in Derby
Victor Espinoza will have a chance for an unprecedented three-peat in the Kentucky Derby, after all.
The jockey who won the Derby with California Chrome in 2014 and with eventual Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in 2015 has landed aboard long shot Whitmore, Espinoza’s agent, Brian Beach, said Wednesday.
The Derby at Churchill Downs is May 7.