Kentucky Derby

The first Saturday in May has arrived, which means it's time for the 2022 Kentucky Derby! Here's what's happening at Churchill Downs.

Still, if rain does fall, be sure to check out our list of the best mudders in the Kentucky Derby field before placing your bets. Running out of the No. 3 position, Epicenter is the second choice in the morning line at 7-2 and will look to end trainer Steve Asmussen's 0-for-23 Derby drought. The Kentucky-bred horse is trained by Chad Brown, who is looking for his first Derby win, and will be ridden by jockey Flavien Prat, who won the 2019 Derby aboard Country House.

The 148th annual Kentucky Derby will run on May 7. When is post time? Who's favored to win? And is there a potential Triple Crown winner this year?

After the Derby, the Preakness Stakes is up next. You'll have a seven-day free trial first—and right now, the cord-cutting service is dropping the first month’s bill to $10. The Kentucky Derby will take place on Saturday, May 7. NBC will carry the Derby this year. (Medina Spirit would die before the year was over.) The 148th annual Derby hopes to put all of that in the past. Last year’s run for the roses was marred by controversy: Winner Medina Spirit was disqualified after the horse tested positive for a banned medication.

Derby track playing fair so far, and Chad Brown's Speak of the Devil has impressive win in Grade 2 Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile.

The third race just went official with Lady Rockstar winning an allowance race on turf for trainer Brendan Walsh, who is having a nice weekend. At the same time, Cover Me Up was hustled out of the gate early by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., to get to the rail, set a pretty fast pace up front but still held on for a solid second at 6-to-1. As always, it’s a long haul from the morning until the big race. A late burst got him past the favorite, Warrior Johny. Flavien Prat, the 2019 Derby-winning jockey on Country House, conjured an impressive ride on Speak of the Devil, who swept from last to first very quickly around the far turn. The winner was Creative Minister, one of the favorites, who rallied down the center of the track for trainer Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. to get the victory at 7-2 odds. There’s also strong early money on Cyberknife, who is 13-1 after starting at 20-1 on the morning line. With fewer than six hours until the Kentucky Derby, we can start to see how the odds are going to take shape. With just three wins in 22 lifetime starts coming in, he was easy to overlook. -Dan Wolken In a one-mile race named for Knicks Go, the horse who won the Breeders’ Cup Classic last year, Three Technique, did not figure to be much of a factor. (For up-to-the-minute odds, visit ChurchillDowns.com.)

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The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby features a competitive field of 20 horses. Follow along for live updates, the latest betting odds and results.

He has the ability to rate off the leaders and in the Wood chased down the leader to win by a neck. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trying to find a winner in this year’s 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is about as easy as getting through the week here without wet weather. The Derby trail starts in earnest in early March with races worth 50 points to the winner and early April with races worth 100 points to the winner and 40 points for second. This horse will have a big impact on the race as he is expected to be the early pace and might bring some of the favorites with him, which could compromise them down the stretch. His last two races, both wins, came over the synthetic at Turfway Park. Two of his other wins came on the turf and his first win, at Ellis Park, was a race that was taken off the turf and moved to the dirt. Yakteen was given possession of two outstanding 3-year-old colts and told to do two things in six weeks — get them to the Kentucky Derby and then win it. He did get loose before the start of the Louisiana Derby but was corralled and finished third behind Epicenter and Zozos. He has the second least qualifying points of any horse in the race. This horse is likely in the exacta and most probably in the trifecta. Here’s a look at the current odds, as of around 2 p.m. in Louisville. Post is 6:57 p.m., meaning it’s about five hours to the starting gates opening. He had to finish first or second in the Santa Anita Derby to qualify and he won the race by 2 ¼ lengths. He has beaten several of the second tier of horses in the Derby but not faced the upper echelon. Comment: The Florida Derby has been a springboard to winning the Kentucky Derby 15 times.

The trainer is currently suspended after his horse Medina Spirit won last year's running of the race but was later disqualified for testing positive for a ...

Many believed he should not have been holding a licence as his ban was due to take place from March 8 but Baffert was granted a stay until April 4 to gain time for an appeal. Baffert claimed it was an ingredient from an ointment to treat a rash and was not an injection. The horse, who was attempting to give the trainer a record seventh victory in the race, was subsequently disqualified and Baffert was eventually banned despite insisting he had not been intentionally doped.

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"He likes to be in the middle of the track," Bejarano said. "He likes to be in the middle of the group. Gun It benefitted from a strong start out of the gate, but soon fell back to the pack after the half-mile mark of the race. Brown hopes her win is a sign of good things to come for the day. But Speak of the Devil's furious rally on the final turn sent the 4-year-old filly flying past the five other horses in the field. Obligatory started in last place but overtook Four Graces and Just One Time on the far turn to pull off the 14-length comeback. Dowagiac Chief used a clean break to take the lead through the first half mile of the race, but Red Danger and Coinage weren’t far behind. “He had speed from the start, made a good decision to use him early to sort of get up and out in the clear. As a 7-to-2 favorite on paper, she didn't look like she carried the speed 3-to-1 favorite Just One Time had. Coming off the layoff and a minor injury, the pace of the race concerned me if we ran him in a straight-up sprint. He really took control of the race from there.” Today, (Stolen Base) was really into the race, so it was great.”

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.

The 2022 Kentucky Derby is here and looking to turn the page after two of the last three races were tarnished by disqualified winners.

In smaller field races, there’s an inside bias of establishing an inside position going into the first turn and having a shorter trip around the race track. Churchill Downs used a new starting gate in 2020 for the Derby, with all 20 gates on a single starting gate. Of note: Because superfectas are tricky to predict, they can offer big payouts in a race like the Derby ($51,400 in 2019), but they can get expensive. This allows you to put the heavy favorite on top, three horses that could finish second, and then a long shot or two in third. 🤔 Aloha West, who won the BC Sprint, is back off the layoff.— Katherine Terrell (@Kat_Terrell) https://t.co/cq1l1bFoHC May 7, 2022 His jockey and trainer, Joel Rosario and Steven Asmussen, will team up again with Kentucky Derby favorite Epicenter. Epicenter leads all horses with 13 percent bet on the No. 3 horse. In its simplest traditional form, a Mint Julep is made with fresh mint, bourbon (not whisky), simple syrup, and shaved or crushed ice. It’s all three bets on one ticket, and while it costs more (betting $2 across the board is a $6 bet), you could still get a chunk of money even if that longshot comes in third. Nobody has won from inside post since 1986, will have to drop back and avoid traffic to have a chance. The good thing about Derby Day is that so much money is being put in the pools, and a lot of it from casual betters, that you can often get a good price on a favorite. Twenty horses make up this year's field, led by favorites Epicenter, Taiba, Zandon and Messier. There will be no Bob Baffert; the six-time Derby-winning trainer was suspended after Medina Spirit's DQ from last year's race.

The weather was cloudy and cool at the 2022 Kentucky Derby in Louisville. But the mood at Churchill Downs? That was a different story.

Jasmine Carter and Candice Richard of Louisville have attended the Derby before, but it had been a few years. Murer has been hooked on horseracing ever since her first bet in 2006 when she put $2 across the board on Lemons Forever and won $250. They also soaked in the sights and the fashion. This was a "bucket list item" for them and Tomisha had been planning her outfit for months. “We did very well yesterday on the last break,” Tice said. After a rainy forecast in the week leading up to The Run for the Roses, Derbygoers enjoyed dry but chilly weather.

The race was first run in 1875 and has thrown up so many equine legends including Secretariat, Affirmed and American Pharoah.

The first leg of the US Triple Crown – the Preakness at Pimlico follows two weeks later, and the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park a further three weeks on – the Kentucky Derby is the touchstone of the great American middle-distance thoroughbred. Originally staged over the Derby trip of a mile and a half under the twin spires at Churchill Downs in the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky Derby was shortened to its 10-furlong distance in 1896. Steve Cauthen, on board Affirmed for the ‘Run for the Roses’ – the Kentucky Derby hero was first draped in a floral blanket in 1932 – described riding in the race in 1978 as “being on the centre stage of the universe”.

Saturday's race at Churchill Downs marked the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown.

Here is how to break down a field. But critics see something different: a move by wealthy and politically connected horsemen to strengthen their hold on the industry. A beginner’s guide to betting on horse racing: Horse racing can be intimidating to newcomers. (He has Wood Memorial winner Mo Donegal on the rail.) Trainer Steve Asmussen, winner of just about every other big thing from here to Dubai, tries again with Derby horse No. 24 since 2001, hoping second-favorite Epicenter will exceed Fifty Stars, Private Emblem, Quintons Gold Rush, Storm Treasure, Private Vow, Curlin, Zanjero, Pyro, Z Fortune, Nehro, Daddy Nose Best, Sabercat, Tapiture, Gun Runner, Creator, Lookin At Lee, Hence, Untrapped, Combatant, Long Range Toddy, Max Player, Midnight Bourbon and Super Stock. You could go with Messier (8-1 on the morning line), my choice to win it all, or you could go bigger and look for one of the many horses that should offer odds of 20-1 or better at post time. Bettors and casual fans will hear a lot about the top choices in this year’s Kentucky Derby, and for good reason. Mike Smith will become to oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby if co-favored colt, Taiba, crosses the line first. Guided by Smith, Taiba took first in the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, beating stablemate Messier in a stunning performance. That could be the case again Saturday, with rain expected to blanket the Louisville area for much of the week until post time. “He’s got to complete a suspension and he has to behave during that suspension,” Carstanjen said of Baffert. “We are not a regulatory authority, we’re a private enterprise, so most states are recognizing the 90 day suspension that he’s been given by the Kentucky Horse Racing commission, but he still has international opportunities and other opportunities. Baffert, who was banned for two years by Churchill Downs, will catch this year’s Kentucky Derby from a watch party in Tucson, according to the NBC broadcast. To make sure the horse would be eligible for Saturday’s Run for the Roses, embattled trainer Bob Baffert — serving a two-year suspension at Churchill Downs — transferred Messier to Tim Yakteen, a former Baffert assistant who went out on his own in 2004.

The longest shot in the field at 80-1, Rich Strike came from behind to overtake favorties Zandon and Epicenter to win the prestigious race, giving trainer Eric ...

Rich Strike had the second-biggest upset in the race’s 148-year history. Only Donerail in 1913 had a higher payout of $184.90. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from far back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of a length.

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Roses have been associated with the Derby since 1896, when the winning horse, Ben Brush, was awarded a garland of pink and white roses. Today, there is no official dress code at Churchill Downs, although spectators at the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby hardly need reminding that they are as much on parade as the thoroughbreds in the paddock. The tradition of wearing fanciful millinery with colorful dresses and suits dates back to the origins of the Kentucky Derby itself.

(CNN) Rich Strike crossed the finish line first at the 148th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Dubbed the "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports" -- a nod to its approximate run time -- the Derby is the first race in US horse racing's coveted Triple Crown, ...

"I was excited," Leon said about his emotions before the race. This is Reed's first winning horse in the derby. "This is ... the reason everybody does this. And Rich Strike began the derby week as an alternate and wasn't added to the field until Friday, when another horse pulled out of the race. Rich Strike began training "against all odds, nobody thought we could get in," Reed said. "Anybody that's in this business, lightning can strike."

Rich Strike overcame the longest odds on the board to beat out race favorite Epicenter for a stunning victory in the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Chad Brown, considered the best turf trainer in the country, was bringing morning line favorite Zandon to the race. The horse was lucky to even be in the race. Perhaps one of the most intriguing was Taiba, a horse that had run only twice. In fact, Asmussen is the sport’s all-time leading trainer for wins. Then surging on the inside came the little-known and respected colt Rich Strike, who blew past them to win by three-quarters of a length. The race started with Summer Is Tomorrow and Crown Pride going to the front with blistering fractions of 21.48 seconds for the first quarter and 45.36 for the half.

Rich Strike, who went in an 80-1 shot, is the winner of the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, the first stop of the 2022 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred ...

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Eric Reed's horse pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby.

The trainer was also stripped of the victory, fined $7,500 and forced to forfeit all the purse money. “This is the most unbelievable day ever … it’s like having a football team and winning a Super Bowl …with one player.” Rich Strike finished the “Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” with a 2:02.61 time to secure first place in the race. Leon, a Venezuelan native who started his career at 15 in Youngstown, Ohio, said after the race that the win was everything. “I kept him right because, I think I got this Kentucky Derby. ... I think I got this race. Reed’s horse pulled off the win against some of the other favorites like Epicenter, who entered the race with the best odds and finished second on Saturday.

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Sadly, jockey Chris Antley slowed down and jumped off the horse in the final furlong after sensing something was wrong. Jockey Victor Espinoza (powder blue and yellow silks) led American Pharoah to the finish, giving trainer Bob Baffert his fourth Derby win and first since 2002. After stumbling out of the gate (see No. 8 in first photo), Barbaro blew past one of the most competitive fields in years to win the Derby by over 6-1/2 lengths. An overhead shot of Charismatic (No. 11) riding down the final stretch en route to his Kentucky Derby win. Seattle Slew went on to win the Triple Crown, the first horse to do so since Secretariat in 1973. Secretariat’s feat in 1973 will arguably go down as one of the biggest athletic feats in sports history.

Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from well back in the 20-horse field to run by 4-1 favorite Epicenter and Zandon on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from far back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of a length. "We found out about 30 seconds before the deadline on Friday," Dawson said. "I about fell down in the paddock when he hit the wire," winning trainer Eric Reed said. Only Donerail in 1913 had a higher payout of $184.90. With favorite Epicenter and Zandon dueling in front, Rich Strike came charging up the rail for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. - Rich Strike came charging up the rail to overtake the leaders in the closing strides for a stunning 80-1 upset in the Kentucky Derby.

Rich Strike caused one of the biggest shocks in Kentucky Derby history with a remarkable 80-1 success for trainer Eric Reed. The story of the race was an eyewatering early gallop and the son of Keen Ice took full advantage, charging down the inside ...

I was excited. Because it can't be true.' He assured me this is real." "What planet is this?

Rich Strike emerged victorious among the 20 horses that competed in what is often described as "the most exciting two minutes in sports."

The next race, the Preakness Stakes in Maryland, is set to take place in two weeks, followed by the final stop, the Belmont States in New York, on June 11. The drug is used for pain management and inflammation but is prohibited for use on race days. The horse racing industry has come under attack in recent years, having to suffer through one scandal after another. Countless others tune in to watch the event and place their bets, with over $150 million changing hands each year, according to the Derby website. Nobody had anticipated a win from Rich Strike and his jockey, Sonny Leon, who was making his first-ever Kentucky Derby appearance. And many experts had also predicted a win for Zandon, with 6-1 odds.

The 2022 Kentucky Derby – the legendary Triple crown race known as the "Run for the Roses" – gets underway this Saturday, 7th May.

- Cyberknife 20-1 For the Kentucky Derby, you may wish to choose 'US' for Peacock TV. - Simplification 20-1 A day pass costs from £11.99. As a rule, we’d suggest a paid-for service such as ExpressVPN which offers a 100 per cent risk-free money back guarantee. Even if you have subscribed to the relevant 2022 Kentucky Derby rights holders, you won't be able to use them when outside your own country. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) helps you get around this obstacle. We recommend ExpressVPN as it's reliable and comes with a risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee. But first, here's how to get a Kentucky Derby live stream from where you are... Not only did he get the mile-and-an-eighth, he got it with much more left in there. If he does, it would be the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unlike last year, there will be no limit on crowd size and over 150,000 sports fans are expected to attend the Grade I stakes race, set over a distance of 1 1⁄4 miles (2km).

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.

Rich Stirke is the 148th Kentucky Derby champion. Watch the video replay of their win in the horse race at Churchill Downs here.

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.

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

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. These obstacles brought the two sides together in a race that would jump start Velasquez’s legendary career. What transpired was one of the greatest comebacks in Derby history. The 39th winner of the Kentucky Derby earned his roses. Forty-eight hours before the race, Rich Strike was nowhere near the conversation of Kentucky Derby champions. As fate would have it, Ethereal Road scratched and that opened the door for Rich Strike and trainer Eric Reed. 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.