2012 Kentucky Derby Viewing Guide
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Event: Kentucky Derby 138
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky
Post Time: 6:24PM ET
TV Broadcast: NBC
Odds: Kentucky Derby Opening Odds
Race Information:
Race Type: Thoroughbred
Race Track: Churchill Downs
Distance: 1 ¼ miles (10 furlongs)
Track: Dirt, Left-handed
Qualification: 3-year-old
Purse: US $2 million
Previous 10 Winners:
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Time |
2011 |
Animal Kingdom |
John Velazquez |
02:04.0 |
2010 |
Super Saver |
Calvin Borel |
02:04.5 |
2009 |
Mine That Bird |
Calvin Borel |
02:02.7 |
2008 |
Big Brown |
Kent Desormeaux |
02:01.8 |
2007 |
Street Sense |
Calvin Borel |
02:02.2 |
2006 |
Barbaro |
Edgar Prado |
02:01.4 |
2005 |
Giacomo |
Mike E. Smith |
02:02.8 |
2004 |
Smarty Jones |
Stewart Elliott |
02:04.1 |
2003 |
Funny Cide |
Jose Santos |
02:01.2 |
2002 |
War Emblem |
Victor Espinoza |
02:02.1 |
Records:
Speed record: 1:59.40 - Secretariat (1973)
Longest shot to win the Derby: $92.40 to 1 - Donerail (1913)
Most wins by a jockey
5 - Eddie Arcaro (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952)
5 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969)
Most wins by a trainer
6 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952)
Most wins by an owner
8 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968)
Kentucky Derby Overview:
The Kentucky Derby is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky and is a Grade I, one and a quarter race for three-year old thoroughbred horses. It always commences on the first May of the New Year and is the concluding event to a two-week-long festival. It’s rich in history and tradition, and is highly regarded as one of the most prestigious sporting events in the U.S. It’s the first jewel in the Triple Crown and offers the largest purse of any thoroughbred race at $2,000,000.
The very first Kentucky Derby was won by jockey Oliver Lewis and his thoroughbred “Arisides” in 1875 with a time of 2:37.75. The fastest time every recorded at the Kentucky Derby was in 1973, when “Secretariat” and jockey Ron Turcotte recorded a time of 1:59.40. That time was almost eclipsed in 2001 by “Monarchos” and jockey Jorge F. Chavez, who won the derby with a time of 1:59:97.
In 2011, Animal Kingdom surprised the horseracing world by winning the Kentucky Derby as a 30/1 long shot. Jockey John Velazquez, who wasn’t even supposed to mount Animal Kingdom that day, notched his first career win at the Kentucky Derby. A $2 wager on Animal Kingdom wound up paying $43.80 to win, $19.60 to place and $13.00 to show.
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