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The 2011 Kentucky Derby was the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, on May 7. The race was won by Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, trained by H. Graham Motion and owned by Team Valor. [1] The race took place on Saturday, May 7, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. [2] A record crowd of 164,858 ...
This was the first time Velazquez rode Animal Kingdom, and the jockey's first Kentucky Derby win in 13 tries. No horse had won the Derby with only four previous races since Exterminator in 1918, although Big Brown's 2008 Derby win came in his fourth start. No horse since Needles in 1956 had won the Derby
The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres).
Sir Barton was the first winner back in 1919 before the term "Triple Crown" had even been coined. An underdog coming into the race, Sir Barton led every step of the way in the 45th Kentucky Derby ...
What’s the slowest winning time in the history of the Kentucky Derby? A plucky turtle is in the running. These horses — and one turtle — have the slowest win times in Kentucky Derby history
As a 3-year-old, he prepared for the Kentucky Derby with a second place finish in the Florida Derby. He came fourth in the 2011 Kentucky Derby and then won the Preakness Stakes with odds of 13-1. In doing so, Shackleford became the beneficiary of the largest payoff purse in Preakness history, winning not only the $600,000 winner's purse, but ...
While the majority of horses in the Kentucky Derby were born in the Bluegrass State, the Peach State can claim an ownership connection to two contenders.. Atlanta-based West Paces Racing is a part ...
He is also the sire of Accelerate, the 2018 American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse, Peter Pan Stakes winner Madefromlucky, and 2017 Kentucky Derby runner-up Lookin at Lee. [4] Country House's dam Quake Lake, a daughter of War Chant, was an allowance winner who won two of her six races. [5]