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2008 Kentucky Derby. The 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008, with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history. [1] Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. Big Brown won the race by nearly 5 lengths. [2]
Eight Belles (February 23, 2005 – May 3, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. [1] Her collapse just after the race resulted in immediate euthanasia.
The last horse to win the Kentucky Derby from post position 20 was Clyde Van Dusen in 1929. Big Brown became the seventh horse to win the race undefeated. The time for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile race was 2:01.92. [12] The official Beyer Speed Figure for the race was 109. He became the first horse since Regret in 1915 to win the race with three or ...
As we mark the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are some of the most memorable moments in the history of America’s greatest race.
He ran the Derby's mile-and-a-quarter distance in 2 minutes 2.66 seconds. [4] A two-dollar win wager returned $103.20, making Mine That Bird tied with Giacomo for the fourth-biggest upset winner in Kentucky Derby history, [4] behind 91-1 longshot Donerail in 1913, 80-1 victor Rich Strike in 2022, and 65-1 winner Country House in 2019. [9]
When it comes to little-known facts about historic Churchill Downs and odd bits of info on the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Kerstein is full of details. From the Winner's Circle to the track mixture ...
Held annually without fail since 1875, the Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously run sporting event in America. Set to take place on May 7, the most famous horse race in the entire world means...
As of 2008, the Churchill Downs media guide for the Derby still included the official chart showing Dancer's Image as the winner. [11] Legalized in 1974 by the Kentucky Racing Commission, [12] phenylbutazone was so commonly used by 1986 that thirteen of the sixteen entrants in that year's Kentucky Derby were running on the medication. [13]