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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 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 ]
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.
It's only the 10th time the Derby winner won by a nose, and the first time the finish has been so close in 28 races. Trainer Kenny McPeek won both the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks on the weekend ...
No horse bred outside of North America has won the Kentucky Derby since Great Britain’s Tomy Lee in 1959. But it’s clear Japanese horses have arrived in a big way on the global racing stage.
Rich Strike surged in the final stretch to edge Epicenter, who was the favorite by post time, and Zandon to win the Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Derby day recap: 80-1 longshot Rich Strike wins and ...
The other horses were 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths or more behind the top three. The final time was 1:50.30. His last prep race for the 2021 Kentucky Derby was the Louisiana Derby; again he started against Midnight Bourbon and Proxy, but this time another rival, Hot Rod Charlie, started. Immediately after the start, Hot Rod Charlie took the lead and won ...
Medina Spirit is now only the second horse in the 146-year history of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified for a banned substance. Dancer's Image was DQ'd in 1968, ceding the victory to Forward Pass.