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The Kentucky Derby is only open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds, [9] thus entrants in the 2021 race were foaled in 2018, as part of the North American foal crop of 21,181. [10] [a] The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013.
The 2024 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) was the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.
Mage's full brother Dornoch is also a grade-I stakes winner, having won the 2024 Belmont Stakes. The dam, a stakes-winning half sister to Grade I winner Finnegans Wake, also has a yearling colt by McKinzie. [4] Mage is a descendent of Darley Arabian. [5] He is trained by Gustavo Delgado, a four-time Venezuelan Triple Crown-winning trainer. [4]
The 2020 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2020 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve) [1] was the 146th Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Entering the race at odds of 80–1, Rich Strike's victory was the second-largest upset in Derby history. It was the first Kentucky Derby victory for his trainer Eric Reed , as well as the first graded stakes win in any race for his jockey Sonny Leon .
Rich Strike (foaled April 25, 2019) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby, racing at 80:1 odds. [2] [3]Rich Strike is the second-biggest longshot to have won the Kentucky Derby after Donerail (91:1 odds) in 1913. [4]
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The finishing time of 2:00.61 for 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles was the seventh fastest Kentucky Derby in history. [20] Velazquez said he had not been concerned about the pre-race talk regarding Authentic's lack of stamina, noting instead how the colt had responded when asked to run at the head of the stretch.