Owner Ahmed Zayat finally gets his Kentucky Derby victory (The Associated Press)

After three disappointing runner-up finishes, the owner won his first Derby when favorite American Pharoah took the Run for the Roses on Saturday before at record crowd of 170,513 at Churchill Downs. The owner from Egypt who lives in New Jersey celebrated with his trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Victor Espinoza, both of whom are well acquainted with winning the Derby. ”To win this Derby, this is for the Zayats who have suffered so much running these seconds, since Bodemeister and Pioneerof the Nile,” Baffert said. ”This is one special horse.” Asked if it’s on to the Preakness in two weeks, Zayat laughed and said ”we’ll see.” Zayat finished second in the Derby with Bodemeister in 2012, Nehro in 2011 and Pioneerof the Nile in 2009.