ESPY Voting for American Pharoah Ends July 15
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Fan voting for the 2015 ESPYS in two key categories with nominees from Thoroughbred racing closes at the start of the show's live broadcast, Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. EDT. Fans are encouraged to vote online at ESPYS.com.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is a nominee in the "Best Championship Performance" category while the "Best Jockey" nominees are Javier Castellano, Victor Espinoza, and Joel Rosario.
ESPN's The ESPYS gathers top celebrities from sports and entertainment to commemorate the past year in sports by recognizing major sports achievements, reliving unforgettable moments and saluting the leading performers and performances.
American Pharoah is the first horse ever to be nominated in the "Best Championship Performance" category. He is up against a trio of top human athletes: MLB World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, Women's College World Series MVP Lauren Haeger, and NBA Finals leading scorer LeBron James.
Julie Krone remains the only horse racing figure to have won a best-in-sport award, having been voted "Best Female Athlete" at the inaugural ESPYS in 1994.
The past winners of the "Best Jockey" award are: Mike Smith (1994), Chris McCarron (1995), Jerry Bailey (1996), Bailey (1997), Gary Stevens (1998), Kent Desormeaux (1999), Chris Antley (2000), Desormeaux (2001), Victor Espinoza (2002), Jose Santos (2003), Stewart Elliot (2004), Jeremy Rose (2005), Edgar Prado (2006), Calvin Borel (2007), Desormeaux (2008), Borel (2009), Borel (2010), John Velazquez (2011), Mario Gutierrez (2012), Joel Rosario (2013), and Espinoza (2014).