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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 ]
In 2018, Smith became the rider of Justify, who, after winning two races with the horse in California, won the 2018 Kentucky Derby. In doing so, the horse broke the 136-year-old "curse of Apollo" by winning the Kentucky Derby without having raced at 2 years of age. The last time this feat was accomplished was by Apollo in the 1882 race. [12]
This page lists Kentucky Derby winners Pages in category "Kentucky Derby winners" ... out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Affirmed; Agile ...
The last horse to win the Kentucky Derby from post position 20 was Clyde Van Dusen in 1929. Big Brown became the seventh horse to win the race undefeated. The time for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile race was 2:01.92. [12] The official Beyer Speed Figure for the race was 109. He became the first horse since Regret in 1915 to win the race with three or ...
As we mark the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are some of the most memorable moments in the history of America’s greatest race.
Rich Strike is the second-biggest longshot to have won the Kentucky Derby after Donerail (91:1 odds) in 1913. [4] He was not in the field until Ethereal Road was scratched the day before, with Rich Strike being added from the also-eligible list for the Derby. [5] [6] Owner Richard Dawson found out about the change just 30 seconds before the ...
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.
Twelve of the past 15 Kentucky Derbys have featured trifecta payouts of more than $1,000 on a $1 ticket. These are the long shots that could lead to a big payday.