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However, O'Brien felt that the colt would be equally suited to racing on the dirt given his pedigree: Mendelssohn is a half brother to multiple Eclipse Award-winner Beholder. Mendelssohn earned his berth by winning the UAE Derby in an "astonishing" performance while setting a track record. [19] Entries for the Kentucky Derby were taken on May 1.
Owners: R.T. Racing Stable and Cypress Creek Equine. Career record: 5 starts (1 first, 1 second, 1 third). Career earnings: $201,250. ... Expert picks for Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes, one of ...
The Lexington Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in April during at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during their spring meeting.
The 2016 Kentucky Derby was the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby.The race was run at 6:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 7, 2016, at Churchill Downs. [1] The race was broadcast in the United States on the NBC television network.
The event was inaugurated on 30 October 1967 as the Balboa Stakes with split divisions on the final day of the Del Mar 62 day racing season which went into the deep autumn. [1] The event was for three-year-olds and older, and held on the turf over a distance of nine furlongs. [ 1 ]
The event was not held in 2009 as several high profile events were cancelled in an effort to sustain overnight purses with a shortened meeting of only 27 days. [6] The event was downgraded in 2012 to Grade II. [2] With the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack in 2013 the event was moved to Del Mar Racetrack.
The event was inaugurated 20 February 1943 as the LeCompte Handicap with handicap conditions for four-year-olds and older over a distance of one and one-eighth miles. The race was won by Emerson Francis Woodward's Valdina Farms standout Valdina Orphan who started a short priced 2/5 odds-on favorite winning easily by two lengths in a time of 1:51 flat. [1]
The 2007 Kentucky Derby was the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby.The race took place on May 5, 2007. The announced attendance was 156,635, the third largest in Derby history.