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On July 15, 2017, I Want Revenge was represented by his first winner, a dark bay filly named Brexit Revenge. Running on debut, Brexit Revenge (out of Queens'college Eng, by Bellamy Road) won the fifth race at Monmouth Park by a length at 13:1 odds. [7] I Want Revenge was sold in the 2018 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale as a stallion ...
A British film about a rider pressured to fix a race. The Sport of Kings [5] 1921 Drama A man (Victor McLaglen) looks out for his young ward and her racehorse. The Kentucky Derby [6] 1922 Comedy Trainer goes to great lengths to keep an owner's son far from the Derby. Kentucky Pride [7] 1925 Drama Directed by John Ford, a silent film that ...
50 to 1 is a 2014 American drama film based on the true story of Mine That Bird, an undersized thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2009 Kentucky Derby in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the race. The film received a limited release on March 21, 2014.
The Kentucky Derby was first run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2.4 km) the same distance as the Epsom Derby, before changing lengths in 1896 to its current 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2 km). On May 17, 1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Derby.
Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 12, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year.This following a three-year-old campaign that included wins in the Preakness Stakes and Trenton Handicap, in which he defeated fellow Hall of Fame inductees Round Table and Gallant Man.
Funny Cide (April 20, 2000 – July 16, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred champion racehorse who won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He was the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. He was a popular horse [2] and remained a fan favorite in retirement at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Chateaugay (February 29, 1960 – May 9, 1985) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who won two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races. Bred at Darby Dan Farm near Lexington, Kentucky by his prominent owner, John W. Galbreath, Chateaugay was a son of Swaps, the 1956 U.S. Horse of the Year and a Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
Smarty Jones won the race by 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths, earning $854,800 for the Chapmans along with a bonus of $5 million from Oaklawn Park for sweeping the Rebel Stakes, the Arkansas Derby, and the Kentucky Derby. He also joined Lil E. Tee (1992 Derby winner) as the only Pennsylvania-bred horses to ever win the Kentucky Derby.