Out of the largest legacy airlines, Delta has the highest combined pay rate, followed quite closely by United. Delta compensates their pilots at $212.97 an hour, on average, with United's average rates at $209.40. The remaining legacy airlines aren't too far behind, however.
Only twelve horses have won the Triple Crown: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), and American Pharoah (2015).
This was the magic Steve Cauthen felt as a young man. Even now, 37 years after he famously rode Affirmed to the Triple Crown â the last jockey to do it â Cauthen cannot quite explain that magic. Yes, he grew up on a horse farm in Kentucky. He lived the life.