--- description: If only he were actually racing. title: Video: Experience the Thrill of Riding a Champion Racehorse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Horse Racing](/tag/horse-racing/) ## Horse Racing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Video Lets You Experience the Thrill of Riding a Champion Racehorse by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 8:36 PM CUT by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 8:36 PM CUT American Pharoah already had a lot of fans after the 3-year-old horse became the sport’s first Triple Crown winner since 1978, but [witnessing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeRDUNt58dw "undefined") his speed up-close adds new perspective to his greatness. This nearly 90-second video, courtesy of GoPro Spherical, shows just how quickly American Pharoah can get around the track. The only downside is that Pharoah isn’t racing any other horses on the track and it’s hard to say the crowd noises heard on the video are authentic, seeing as he’s running in an empty stadium. Here’s to hoping that racing officials and the folks over at GoPro can work out an unlikely deal to affix the cameras to horses’ heads in time for the 2016 Kentucky derby. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/"},"headline":"This Video Lets You Experience the Thrill of Riding a Champion Racehorse","datePublished":"2015-07-31T20:36:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:48:10.487Z","description":"This is what happens when you put a GoPro on a Triple Crown winner's head","url":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/","keywords":["Horse Racing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/horse-racing/","name":"Horse Racing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/","name":"This Video Lets You Experience the Thrill of Riding a Champion Racehorse"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside the Canine Mind","description":"Professor Brian Hare at Duke University studies people's pet dogs to understand how canines think","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dTemQHb7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-09-11T01:23:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dTemQHb7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/","duration":"PT2M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3980776/american-pharoah-gopro-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```