As the field turned into the stretch, trainer Chad Brown had every right to believe he was finally going to get his first Kentucky Derby victory late Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs, as his Blue Grass winner Zandon loomed up in perfect striking position just behind the favored Epicenter. It was a scenario he had experienced twice before.
Steve Asmussen was too much in shock to be disappointed after Saturday's Kentucky Derby. “When they tell me this happened tomorrow, I’m still going to go ‘Are you sure?’ ” Asmussen, the trainer of Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter, said.
In one of the biggest upsets in race history, Rich Strike rallied up the rail to win as an 80-1 shot Saturday in an amazing renewal of the Grade 1, $3 million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Results and payouts from the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 7, 2022, at Churchill Downs, won by Rich Strike.
We’re eight races into this Kentucky Derby card and have just seen Obligatory blast last to first to win the Derby City Distaff, her first Grade 1.
Fresh off his victory aboard Secret Oath in the Kentucky Oaks, jockey Luis Saez was set on Saturday at Churchill Downs to try and sweep both that race and the Kentucky Derby, a feat that has been accomplished twice in the past 12 years, but officially just once.
Try to name reliable classic lines in the United States, and a couple immediately come to mind: Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled, who has founded a strong branch of the family tree for his grandsire, the prolific Mr. Prospector, and Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy, who represents Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew’s branch of the Bold Ruler line. Both are solidly represented in a Kentucky Derby field that is extremely hard to pick apart on pedigree.
Epicenter and Taiba were vying for favoritism in early Kentucky Derby betting as of 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Wagers on the Kentucky Oaks-Kentucky Derby double will pay the following for a $1 bet.
Japanese Thoroughbreds have gone on such a dizzying run of success since the first Saturday last November that Crown Pride, a Japanese horse stabled at Churchill Downs for more than a month, should be taken seriously the first Saturday this May.
