All-sources wagering on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby established a new record and was a significant increase over betting on the race last year, according to figures released by Churchill Downs late Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jockey Mario Gutierrez has ridden races for nearly half his life but until this week had never been to Churchill Downs or attended a Kentucky Derby - until Saturday, when he had the best seat in the house for the world’s greatest race, atop the winner I'll Have Another.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In the end, Bodemeister might have been too fast for his own good.
After setting a strong early pace – which included the fourth-fastest six-furlong time (1:09.80) in the 138-year history of the race – Bodemeister, under Mike Smith, couldn’t hold off I’ll Have Another and finished second, beaten 1 1/2 lengths, in Saturday’s $2 million Kentucky Derby before an announced record crowd of 165,307 at Churchill Downs.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – I’ll Have Another’s exciting Kentucky Derby victory sent his connections into a fit of ecstasy. The chestnut colt’s 15-1 win also made some lucky bettors extremely happy.
The $2 all-stakes pick six that began with race 6 returned $675,148. The winners in the sequence were Great Attack ($10.80), Shackleford ($5.60), Hungry Island ($13.80), Groupie Doll ($8.20), Little Mike ($26.40), and I’ll Have Another ($32.60).
2012 Kentucky Derby order of finish
1. I’ll Have Another
2 .Bodemeister
3. Dullahan
4. Went the Day Well
5. Creative Cause
6. Liaison
7. Union Rags
8. Rousing Sermon
9. Hansen
10. Daddy Nose Best
11. Optimizer
12. Alpha
13. El Padrino
14. Done Talking
15. Sabercat
16. Gemologist
17. Trinniberg
18. Prospective
19. Take Charge Indy
20. Daddy Long Legs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Paul Reddam named I'll Have Another for his nightly reply when his wife, Zillah, asks him if he'd like another cookie. He got the sweetest treat of all on Saturday, when his colt I'll Have Another scored a 15-1 upset in the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, giving trainer Doug O'Neill and rookie jockey Mario Gutierrez, as well as Reddam, their first Derby victories.
Ted's Folly, who spent some time on the Kentucky Derby trail in January and February after winning six consecutive races at 2, made a successful return to action Saturday at Will Rogers Downs. He cruised to a 7 1/2-length win in the $55,000 colts and geldings division of the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes, which was one of two restricted stakes on the card. In the $55,000 fillies division of the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes, Ocean Ahumin ($28) upset favorite Jealous Ellis.
Borrowing a page from Winter Memories in the Beaugay an hour or so earlier, Boisterous ($4.60) muscled his way clear while angling out for room nearing the stretch, and outkicked European import Desert Blanc to win Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy Stakes by a length under Alan Garcia.
"It was a slow pace," said Garcia, who is now 2 for 2 on the Phipps Stable homebred. "I know my horse can run the last part, so I wanted to be patient. I was waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting, and turning for home I let him run and he did really well."
