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The track reported a wagering total of $209.2 million from all the sources on all the races on the Kentucky Derby Day program. It was a 9 percent increase compared to the total of $192.6 million in 2016 and an increase of 8 percent over the previous record set in 2015 of $194.3 million. [ 29 ]
Borel won the Kentucky Oaks aboard Rachel Alexandra [4] Mine That Bird is the first Sovereign Award as champion two-year-old colt (2008) in Canada to win the Kentucky Derby since Sunny's Halo (1983) [4] Mine That Bird winning odds of 50.60-1 was the second highest in Kentucky Derby history after Donerail (1913) [4] now fourth highest winning odds.
The Kentucky Derby was originally scheduled for the first Saturday of May, but the 2020 running was rescheduled to September 5, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. It was won by Authentic. As a result of Authentic's win, horse trainer Bob Baffert tied the record for most Kentucky Derby wins, at six. [2]
The Kentucky Derby is celebrating its 150th running this Saturday. Smith has ridden in the Kentucky Derby 28 times — the most of any jockey — and has two memorable yet different victories. In ...
Mystik Dan emerged from a field of 20 horses to win the historic 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish on Saturday night at Churchill Downs. ... UAE Derby participants are now 0-for-20 all time ...
This is a listing of first-place, second-place, third-place and fourth-place finishers, and the number of starters in the Kentucky Derby, a Grade I American Thoroughbred race run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles on dirt for three-year-olds. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown, run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
His time in the Kentucky Derby still stands as the Churchill Downs track record for 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles, and his time in the Belmont Stakes stands as the American record for 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles on the dirt. In 2012, his actual time of 1:53 in the Preakness Stakes was recognized as a stakes record after an official review.
The 1973 Kentucky Derby was the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Secretariat won the Derby in a record time of 1: 59 + 2 ⁄ 5, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths ahead of Sham, while Our Native finished in third position. Of the thirteen horses that entered and started the race, all horses completed the event.