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Jockey Sonny Leon and trainer Eric Reed hit the ground running in every way imaginable for the Kentucky Derby.

That connection between horse and rider was clear as Leon guided Rich Strike from 15th after a mile behind contender Messier on the rail in the stretch. "Everybody enjoy it, we might not ever get the chance again so let’s not waste the day worrying.’ And we all painted our little pinky golden for luck. "And, the scenario in which I went 0 for 24, you couldn’t make up. “I had to wait until the stretch and that’s what I did. I waited, and then the rail opened up. “We had a difficult post but I know the horse,” Leon said about Rich Strike’s No. 20 far outside starting spot.

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Rich Strike overcame odds of 801 to pull off a massive upset to land the 148th Kentucky Derbyat Churchill Downs over favourite Epicenter.

A jubiliant Sonny Leon told reporters: "Well I'm feeling really happy, you don't know how excited I feel. Ever." "I fell down in the paddock when he hit the wire," he said.

It is billed as the fastest two minutes in sports. Give or take a few seconds, the Kentucky Derby is the biggest thoroughbred racing event in the world.

For most, it is a party that starts in the morning and ends at night. On Saturday, the 148th Kentucky Derby went in the books as another success and the Derby could and should be a movie some day. The network had to mention it, but it left no doubt -- even with all the success Baffert has had, how he became the face of thoroughbred racing and probably one of the most powerful figures in the business -- no one is bigger than the Kentucky Derby. The only other time Rich Strike won a race was when he broke his maiden last September. It was his only other race at Churchill, and he won by 17 1/2 lengths. He used the rail to his advantage and rallied like his hair was on fire on the inside of Epicenter and Zandon, the strong closer and the pick of many of the NBC experts. A $30,000 purchase last year and $7,500 as a yearling, Rich Strike stunned the blue-bloods when in the last 50 yards he went by co-favorite Epicenter like he was standing still.

Rich Strike gained entry into the field of one of the world's most prestigious races after a late scratching. Then he won - and an Australian was in the ...

Only Donerail in 1913 had a higher payout of $184.90 but that was an eight-horse race, making Rich Strike’s victory all the more impressive. “We found out about 30 seconds before the deadline on Friday,” owner Rick Dawson said. Not bad for a boy from Maroubra. We just left the Kentucky Derby winner and we’re heading home. I actually had to drive three hours to get here today, so it has been a long day but a good day.” He then zigged and zagged his way through the field on Rich Strike to the outside on the home turn, back to the rail in the straight before going around one horse on the rail and bursting through on the inside and win. “I still can’t believe it.

The 2022 Kentucky Derby winner overcame 80-1 odds to beat the field at Churchill Downs.

In the leadup to the Derby, Velasquez was informed that Uncle Mo, a leading contender, would not race as he recovered from a stomach infection. Another thoroughbred that came just shy of Triple Crown glory, Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1995. He gained speed down the stretch and pulled out in front of a three-horse photo finish. What transpired was one of the greatest comebacks in Derby history. In the immediate aftermath of the race, an objection was raised against Maximum Security, accusing him and jockey Luis Saez of interfering with several horses down the final straightaway. The 39th winner of the Kentucky Derby earned his roses.

The biggest longshot in the 2022 Kentucky Derby delivered a memorable upset as Rich Strike came flying down the stretch late to win the Run for the Roses in ...

And congratulations to the winning bettors on Rich Strike, who made up approx. The all-sources handle on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby also set a record. Rich Strike, an also-eligible horse who got into the Derby on Friday, won the Run for the Roses in a stunning result as the longest-shot in the race at 80/1 odds. But winning at 80/1 odds, Rich Strike paid $163.60 on a $2 win bet and triggered some huge payouts in the exotic pools. "We found out about 30 seconds before the deadline on Friday," Rich Strike owner Rick Dawson said. The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby provided another thrilling finish.

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"It was declared the winner because it was the only authentic steamboat to cross the finish line first." "It was decided by the Judges, the Captains and Mayor Greg Fischer. At 80-1 odds, Rich Strike scored the second-biggest upset in Kentucky Derby history and paid $163.60 on a $2 win bet. "I fell down in the paddock when he hit the wire. Check out some of our favorites here. He planned to ask her to marry him. The Belle of Louisville and the Belle of Cincinnati competed against a new rival in the Kentucky Derby Festival's Great Steamboat Race. "I don't know how (to put the win into words)," trainer Eric Reed said. Between all the hats, colorful jackets and beautiful dresses on display at Churchill Downs, you didn't have to walk far to see an eye-popping outfit. This is something, you know, is the reason everybody does this, because we're not supposed to be here, but I knew this horse loved the track, and we've been training so good all year." Here's a look back at some of the top moments and stories to come out of Derby Week: The 148th Kentucky Derby week is in the books.

Rich Strike produced a sensational 80-1 upset to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The Eric Reed-trained colt only made the field on Friday with ...

"Eric is the reason I’m in the industry right now, I was ready to get out. "We just knew we had a shot, because every time he went longer [in distance], he got better. This is why everyone does this – we’re not supposed to be here, but I knew this horse loved the track and he’d been training so good all year," he told NBC Sports.

The Venezuelan jockey won his first graded stakes Saturday afternoon, and it just happened to be the Kentucky Derby. It only happened because a late scratch ...

“You know we had a difficult post but I know the horse,” Leon said. Epicenter’s Hall of Fame trainer, Steve Asmussen, could scarcely believe how he had lost the prize that continues to elude him. “I didn’t know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. “I started to push just a little bit, you know, because (Rich Strike) is a little bit lazy. With the early leaders setting a record pace, Leon moved right between horses and around tiring traffic, then back along the rail into stalking position. He is a dream turned into destiny, a tale of happy happenstance and pinch-me improbability.

Rich Strike made history at the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, winning the prestigious race as an 80-1 longshot...

And considering how well Epicenter performed yet again, it seems like there's a good chance he'll be the early betting favorite when the odds are released for the Preakness. If it wasn't for Rich Strike's incredible comeback, Epicenter appeared to be on his way to a Derby victory coming out of the final turn. So while he won't be the Preakness favorite, expect him to be among the top four or five horses in the field. The early odds for the Preakness haven't yet been released, but there's a good chance that Rich Strike won't be the favorite. And it's been shown over the years how difficult it is for a horse to win both races, much less all three Triple Crown events. Then, Rich Strike became the second-largest longshot to win the Derby, behind only Donerail, who had 91-1 odds when he raced to victory in 1913.

Rich Strike (80/1) beat 4/1 favourite Epicenter and 6/1 shot Zandon to win Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs; winner a last-minute reserve for race and ...

"Eric is the reason I'm in the industry right now, I was ready to get out. "We just knew we had a shot, because every time he went longer (in distance), he got better. This is why everyone does this - we're not supposed to be here, but I knew this horse loved the track and he'd been training so good all year," he told NBC Sports.

Rich Strike (80-1) was the biggest longshot in the 2022 Kentucky Derby . The colt wasn't even going to be in the race until Ethereal Road was scratched ...

Epicenter entered as the betting favorite and nearly won, before ending up second by only 3/4 of a length. There are sure to be plenty of talented horses in that field, too, so Rich Strike may not be the betting favorite again. Now, Rich Strike will look to keep his underdog story going at the Preakness Stakes on May 21. Leon had never been a jockey for a Derby horse, either. Not only had Reed never won a Kentucky Derby, but he had never been a trainer for a horse in the field. Epicenter (4-1) ended up as the betting favorite. Yet, Rich Strike did. 7. Tawny Port (4 3/4) 6. Barber Road (4 3/4) 12. Taiba (17 3/4) It marked the first career Kentucky Derby victories for both trainer Eric Reed and jockey Sonny Leon. 5. Mo Donegal (3 3/4), $90,000

Baffert was suspended from the Derby after Medina Spirit failed a drug test last year, but two horses he trained are in the field. There's no clear favorite ...

Lani finished ninth in the Derby (and third in the Belmont) in 2016. Messier (8-1 in the morning line) is the more seasoned of the pair, a two-time stakes winner who has never finished worse than second. The first Japanese horse to run in the race was Ski Captain in 1995, who finished 14th. Now, Lukas has the option of running Secret Oath against the boys on May 21 in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown. It would hardly be a stretch for the Hall of Fame trainer. Curlin, the horse of the year in 2007, finished third that year. He is trying to win the Derby after only two starts, a feat accomplished only once before, by a horse named Leonatus in 1883. Epicenter and Taiba were the favorites as of 4 p.m. Here are the odds for the 2022 Kentucky Derby, as of 4 p.m. Eastern time, listed in order of post position. Hughes tested positive for the coronavirus and will watch from his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. He said he texts with Mark Messier and his father, Doug Messier, a former player and coach and avid horse racing fan. Mark Messier, who is an analyst for ESPN and is covering the N.H.L. playoffs, was unable to make it to the Derby. But he has followed the horse’s career and will be rooting him on from afar. “The only thing I told him when he told me wanted to name a horse Messier was that he better get it right,” Hughes said. He was 12-1 in the morning line.

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“He helped teach this horse with me how to calm down and how to get aggressive when the time came.” “I can’t believe it after Epicenter’s effort,” said a stunned Asmussen. “And the scenario in which I went 0-for-24 you couldn’t make up. Trainer Eric Reed recalled all of the work Leon had done behind the scenes, well before the Derby. “I owe this to him,” Reed said. “The big difference is a million dollars and a Grade 1,” Lukas said. “It would be nice to get her a second Grade 1.” BARGAIN CHAMP: Behind one of the great upsets in Derby history was the wonderful reality that any astute trainer could have had giant-killer Rich Strike by claiming him for a relatively meager $30,000 last Sept. 17 at Churchill Downs. Trainer Eric Reed was intrigued by the Keen Ice colt bred by Calumet Farm. He had noted that the horse worked well before he finished 10th in a maiden special weight race on Ellis Park’s turf.

With 50 seconds left, Rich Strike was so far behind he was barely in the picture. Jockey Sonny Leon reacts after Rich Strike wins the 148th running of the ...

With 50 seconds left, Rich Strike was so far behind he was barely in the picture. This angle, provided by NBC Sports, shows the unlikelihood of the triumph in a new light. It was jockey Sonny Leon and trainer Eric Reed’s first Derby.

Churchill Downs announced that wagering was highest all-time for the Kentucky Derby race, Kentucky Derby Day program and Kentucky Derby Week races.

- Superfecta: 21-3-10-13, $321,500.10 (Based on a $1 bet) - Trifecta: 21-3-10, $14,870.70 (Based on a $1 bet) - Exacta: 21-3, $4,101.20 (Based on a $2 bet) Zandon (Based on a $2 bet) Epicenter (Based on a $2 bet) Rich Strike (Based on a $2 bet)

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Another thoroughbred that came just shy of Triple Crown glory, Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1995. In the leadup to the Derby, Velasquez was informed that Uncle Mo, a leading contender, would not race as he recovered from a stomach infection. He gained speed down the stretch and pulled out in front of a three-horse photo finish. The image of Antley cradling his leg to prevent further injury was famously etched in the lore of horse racing as what could have been. In the immediate aftermath of the race, an objection was raised against Maximum Security, accusing him and jockey Luis Saez of interfering with several horses down the final straightaway. What transpired was one of the greatest comebacks in Derby history. These obstacles brought the two sides together in a race that would jump start Velasquez’s legendary career. The 39th winner of the Kentucky Derby earned his roses. As fate would have it, Ethereal Road scratched and that opened the door for Rich Strike and trainer Eric Reed. Forty-eight hours before the race, Rich Strike was nowhere near the conversation of Kentucky Derby champions. Goose and Donerail certainly got a piece, passing the favorites, Ten Point and Yankee Notion. Country House’s run was historic in more ways than one.

Nobody was surprised to see Epicenter and Zandon battling for the lead down the final stretch of the 2022 Kentucky Derby . Those two horses were expected to ...

That's how he ended up earning the victory, finishing three-quarters of a length in front of Epicenter in a remarkable finish. Now, Rich Strike has an opportunity to become the 14th. But before that can happen, he'll need to win the Preakness Stakes, which will take place May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Meanwhile, Rich Strike was moving his way through the pack. And not only did Rich Strike get to Epicenter out front, but he made the pass and secured an improbable victory, winning by three-quarters of a length. It was a good start to the race for 36-1 long shot Summer Is Tomorrow, who broke well from the No. 4 post and led the field to the first turn. But he wouldn't hold off a bunch of strong charges coming out of the final turn. Most of the eventual contenders were near the middle/back of the pack at the race's halfway point. As none of these early front-runners ended up finishing near the top of the leaderboard. I was excited. It didn't take long for Rich Strike to keep his momentum going, though, as he made an improbable move into first place. As the colts neared the 1-mile mark of the race, Messier was out front.

Rich Strike's historic rise from Kentucky Derby alternate to 80-1 longshot winner only was made more incredible by the overheard view of Saturday's race.

Rich Strike, an alternate before Ethereal Road was scratched Friday, paid $163.60 to win for the second-biggest upset in the race’s 148-year history. “When I was in the last 70 yards, I said, ‘I think I got this race,’” said Leon, a Venezuela native who was riding in his first Kentucky Derby. Rich Strike’s historic rise from Kentucky Derby alternate to 80-1 longshot winner only was made more incredible by the overheard view of Saturday’s race.

Another look at the race shows just how unlikely the victory was. NBC Sports released an overhead view of the home stretch, showing Rich Strike finding another ...

Rich Strike’s victory at the Kentucky Derby is one of the biggest sports upsets in recent memory. Rich Strike surpassed the odds-on favorite Epicenter, and another favorite in Zandon at the last minute. - ‘We Shocked The World!’ Rich Strike’s Journey From ‘Pea Patch’ to Derby Winner

May 7, 2022; Louisville, KY, USA; Sonny Leon aboard Rich Strike celebrates winning the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

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After crossing the finish line, it appears that the winning horse was biting other horses around him. Rich Strike at one point had 99- ...

Rich Strike at one point had 99-1 odds to win the roses, but closed at 80-1 right before the gates opened. However, Rich Strike stole the show himself with his post-race antics. - ‘We Shocked The World!’ Rich Strike’s Journey From ‘Pea Patch’ to Derby Winner

Rich Strike, front right, with Sonny Leon aboard, wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2022, ...

You get one like this in a lifetime and you have to protect him.” Most of the contending horses as the leaders turned into the stretch and headed home were fanned out wide across the track, moves that made their trips a bit longer. Leon decided to veer slightly to his right and get around Messier, then dove back down toward the rail to finish Rich Strike’s run. He hadn’t won any of his last five races but made late moves in all of them, going from sixth to third, seventh to fifth, eighth to third, 11th to fourth and 11th to third. There’s a finite amount of fuel in the tank. Summer Is Tomorrow was the leader after a quarter-mile, or two furlongs. “The opening half-mile was — WHOA! — blazing fast, 45.36 seconds,” Collmus said. All 20 horses were “running” when they crossed the finish line. Plans were being made to run Rich Strike in a race this week in New York instead. Around that time, the connections for Ethereal Road — trained by D. Wayne Lukas — told Derby officials that they were pulling out of the race. The Kentucky Derby can’t have more than 20 horses in the field. Dawson, a half-hour or so after the Derby, rhetorically asked a question to anyone within earshot.

Louisville, Ky. May 8, 2022 8:16 AM. Horses racing on track. Sonny Leon celebrates after riding Rich Strike past the finish line to ...

Reed typed, “I think our horse is cool and ready to run.” “People I hadn’t seen, people I haven’t talked to in years, my best friends were there in the morning to pick me up,” Reed recalled. "And so anybody that’s in this business, lightening can strike.” Last year’s winner, Medina Spirit, was disqualified after nine months, having failed a post-race drug test that led to six-time Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert being banned from Churchill Downs for two years. Leon eventually guided his mount between horses and to the inside rail. Rich Strike earned $1.86 million for his first stakes victory. “We found out about 30 seconds before the deadline on Friday,” owner Rick Dawson said. Rich Strike made a deft move around Messier in the stretch and went right back to the rail intent on picking off Epicenter and Zandon. But he matched wits with such veteran riders as Joel Rosario, aboard Epicenter, and Mike Smith, aboard Messier. “I about passed out.” “It put us in the race and really we always felt if we just got in we’ve got a shot.” With favorite Epicenter and Zandon engaged in a duel at the front, Rich Strike stole the show with the second-biggest upset in the Derby's 148-year history.

Rich Strike, front right, with Sonny Leon aboard, wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2022, ...

You get one like this in a lifetime and you have to protect him.” Most of the contending horses as the leaders turned into the stretch and headed home were fanned out wide across the track, moves that made their trips a bit longer. Leon decided to veer slightly to his right and get around Messier, then dove back down toward the rail to finish Rich Strike’s run. He hadn’t won any of his last five races but made late moves in all of them, going from sixth to third, seventh to fifth, eighth to third, 11th to fourth and 11th to third. There’s a finite amount of fuel in the tank. Summer Is Tomorrow was the leader after a quarter-mile, or two furlongs. “The opening half-mile was — WHOA! — blazing fast, 45.36 seconds,” Collmus said. All 20 horses were “running” when they crossed the finish line. Plans were being made to run Rich Strike in a race this week in New York instead. Around that time, the connections for Ethereal Road — trained by D. Wayne Lukas — told Derby officials that they were pulling out of the race. The Kentucky Derby can’t have more than 20 horses in the field. Dawson, a half-hour or so after the Derby, rhetorically asked a question to anyone within earshot.

The 80-1 longshot made history on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Here's how his improbable victory stacks up to historic wins by Mine That Bird, ...

It’s difficult to compare anything in sports from more than 100 years ago to the modern era, but Donerail remains the longest shot to win the Derby at odds of 91-to-1. The recipient of that good fortune was Country House, who was 65-to-1 and very much deserving of those odds. It remains the only time the Derby winner has ever been taken down by the stewards for a racing foul. By the time NBC race announcer Tom Durkin actually figured out what was happening and who that was making a big move inside, Mine That Bird had already run past everyone on the way to a 6 3/4-length victory. As sometimes happens in the Derby, the entire race was shaped by a suicidal pace on the front end: 21.78 seconds for the opening quarter and 45.36 for the half-mile. But trainer, Juan Arias, was convinced to try the Derby after Canonero won a race against older horses and then another at Derby distance of 1 1/4 miles. In that kind of meltdown scenario, the race slows down considerably and leg-weary horses end up staggering home. Every horse who was running close to that pace was completely cooked by the quarter-pole. Still, the level of racing in Venezuela just does not compare to the U.S., so the horse wasn’t taken seriously at all. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 80-to-1 upset by Rich Strike in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby is undoubtedly one of the biggest shocks horse racing has seen in a long time. The horse’s owner, Rick Dawson, said Saturday he had campaigned fewer than 10 winners and had not even won an allowance race as an owner, much less a stakes. Charismatic, the 1999 Derby winner, ran for a claiming tag early in his career but went unclaimed.

Preakness likely next for long shot winner, but Eric Reed says he'll need a few days to make final call.

It’s good for the sport in some ways, and in some ways, it’s unsettling. “My obligation is to Rich Strike first,” Reed said. “There’s no doubt we’re going to have 20 every year from now on,” Lukas said. He came out of the race in really good shape, thank the lord.” Ten minutes later, he got a call from chief steward Barbara Borden asking if he wanted Rich Strike to run after D. Wayne Lukas had scratched Ethereal Road. Rich Strike scored the second-biggest upset in Kentucky Derby history and paid $163.60 on a $2 win bet. He was getting more cocky. “I’ve only had this happen one time before, and it wasn’t under these good circumstances,” he said of the attention. “And if Rich is ready to go and I think it’s the right thing for him, we’re going to go. We’ll see how he is for the next few days. “He ate up everything by 10 o’clock (Saturday) night, and he was already wanting more,” Reed said. Reed considered getting out of the business.

Just a day before the Derby, Leon ran six races at Belterra Park in Anderson Township on Friday. In Rich Strike's last race, he finished third at Turfway Park ...

Kentucky Derby 148 will be all race fans will talk about for a long time. Advertisement. Longshot Rich Strike won the race after taking the lead right ...

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The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby featured a $3 million purse, but the winning jockey doesn't see the payout some would assume.

With the rider earning roughly 10 percent of the winnings. However, agent fees, valet and taxes dwindle those earnings down to about $50,000 in take-home pay. How Much The Jockey Gets For Winning The Kentucky Derby

Rich Strike etched his name in Derby history as one of the biggest surprises to ever win the race.

Ironically, owner Willis Sharpe Kilmer had initially bought Exterminator not to race, but to help train two year old Sun Briar, a U.S. Champion. He and jockey Bobby Ussery won the 93rd Kentucky Derby by a length, while also registering what was the third-fastest time at that point at 2:00.60. Apollo did not follow the usual path other Kentucky Derby winners have. If you could use a time machine to make a bet on any race, this would be the one. 7. Apollo (1882), 32-1 5. Giacomo (2005), 50-1 Although he was a longshot, the horse did have winning in its blood as his father was Birdstone, the 2004 Kentucky Derby winner. Maximum Security finished the race ahead by 1 3/4 lengths, but was eventually disqualified after Country House jockey Flavien Prat filed an objection. He claimed that the winning horse had come out of his lane in the final turn and made contact with another horse named War of Will, who then made contact his horse. Here is the full CBS Sports story on Rich Strike's win. Rich Strike pulled a huge upset during the 2022 Kentucky Derby by winning against 80-1 odds. Jockey Roscoe Goose, a Louisville native, had a successful career and went on to become one of the inaugural class of inductees in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1963.

For jockey Sonny Leon, trainer Eric Reed and owner Rick Dawson, the result was life-changing. Leon was racing Friday at a little-known track in Cincinnati ...

You get one like this in a lifetime and you have to protect him.” Most of the contending horses as the leaders turned into the stretch and headed home were fanned out wide across the track, moves that made their trips a bit longer. Leon decided to veer slightly to his right and get around Messier, then dove back down toward the rail to finish Rich Strike’s run. He hadn’t won any of his last five races but made late moves in all of them, going from sixth to third, seventh to fifth, eighth to third, 11th to fourth and 11th to third. There’s a finite amount of fuel in the tank. Summer Is Tomorrow was the leader after a quarter-mile, or two furlongs. “The opening half-mile was — WHOA! — blazing fast, 45.36 seconds,” Collmus said. Plans were being made to run Rich Strike in a race this week in New York instead. Around that time, the connections for Ethereal Road — trained by D. Wayne Lukas — told Derby officials that they were pulling out of the race. If one of the 20 horses that qualified didn’t scratch from the race before 9 a.m. Friday, Rich Strike’s Derby plan would have ended. The Kentucky Derby can’t have more than 20 horses in the field. Dawson, a half-hour or so after the Derby, rhetorically asked a question to anyone within earshot.

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“You see a horse that was just barely into the Derby come from behind like that and win the race at those kinda odds, you just have to say, ‘that’s that’s a gift,” event attendee, MaryAnn Dalrymple said. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Each year in the heart of horse country, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm hosts “Homecoming.” The event raises money for the farm and also celebrates the Kentucky Derby. Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm hosts their 17th annual “Homecoming” event on Sunday