2012 Kentucky Derby Start Time, Odds, TV Viewing Guide & Facts

2012 Kentucky Derby Viewing Guide

(The Spread) – We’ve compiled a viewing and facts guide for the 2012 Kentucky Derby, complete with odds, start times and much more.

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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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