Quest For Triple Crown Honors
In 1998 Desormeaux rode Real Quiet to victory in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Desormeaux lost his bid to win the U.S. Triple Crown when Victory Gallop beat his horse by a nose in the final stride in the Belmont Stakes. He then went on to ride the Canadian 3-year-old champion colt Archers Bay to victory in the Queen's Plate. In 2000, Desormeaux won the Wood Memorial Stakes and his second Kentucky Derby aboard Fusaichi Pegasus.
In 2008 Desormeaux won his third Kentucky Derby aboard Big Brown in a time of 2:01 4/5. Big Brown won by just under five lengths. He followed with his ride on Big Brown to victory in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in a time of 1:54 4/5. In the final race of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, Desormeaux eased Big Brown in after the colt tired at the quarter pole. On April 10, 2009, he won the Makers Mark Mile race on Mr. Sidney at Keeneland for a purse of 300,000 dollars. On May 2, 2009, Desormeaux and his horse Hold Me Back finished in 12th place.
On June 6, 2009, Desormeaux rode Summer Bird to victory in the 2009 Belmont Stakes. On August 29, 2009, he again rode Summer Bird to victory in the 2009 Travers Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York.
In the 2010 Kentucky Derby, he rode aboard Paddy O' Prado finishing third.
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