134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. Churchill Downs
There's nothing quite like the Kentucky Derby. It's much more than a Thoroughbred race. It's an American tradition that dates back to the 1800's. Fancy hats, roses, mint juleps everything is being prepare for the most important horse race of the year!
2008 Kentucky Derby Contenders
| Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Owner |
Breeder |
Graded Earnings |
| Pyro |
Steve Asmussen |
Shaun Bridgmohan |
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC |
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC |
$1,020,000 |
| Tale Of Ekati |
Barclay Tagg |
Eibar Coa |
Charles Fipke |
Charles Fipke |
$738,000 |
| Colonel John |
Eoin Harty |
Rafael Bejarano |
WinStar Farm LLC |
WinStar Farm LLC |
$720,000 |
| Gayego |
Paulo Lobo |
Mike Smith |
Cubanacan Stables |
Hargus and Sandra Sexton |
$640,000 |
| Big Brown |
Richard Dutrow, Jr. |
Kent Desormeaux |
IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr., et al |
Monticule |
$600,000 |
| Z Humor |
Bill Mott |
Rene Douglas |
Zayat Stables, LLC |
Jayeff 'B' Stable |
$579,000 |
| Monba |
Todd Pletcher |
Ramon Dominguez |
Starlight, Lucarelli & Saylor |
Mill Ridge Farm |
$515,000 |
| Court Vision |
Bill Mott |
Garrett Gomez |
IEAH Stables & WinStar Farm LLC |
Farish & Kilroy |
$331,872 |
| Z Fortune |
Steve Asmussen |
Robby Albarado |
Zayat Stables, LLC |
Delahanty Stock Farm |
$329,000 |
| Adriano |
Graham Motion |
Edgar Prado |
Courtlandt Farms |
Courtlandt Farms |
$310,000 |
| Recapturetheglory |
Louie J. Roussel III |
E. T. Baird |
Louie J. Roussel III & Ronald Lamarque |
Charles Jacobi |
$300,000 |
| Smooth Air |
Bennie Stutts Jr. |
Manoel Cruz |
Mount Joy Stables, Inc. |
Mount Joy Stables, Inc. |
$290,000 |
| Cool Coal Man |
Nick Zito |
Julien Leparoux |
Robert V. LaPenta |
Farish, Hudson, et al |
$212,767 |
| Anak Nakal |
Nick Zito |
Rafael Bejarano |
Four Roses Thoroughbreds LLC |
Buckram Oak Farm |
$212,216 |
| Eight Belles |
Larry Jones |
Gabriel Saez |
Fox Hill Farms, Inc. |
Robert N. Clay & Serengeti Stable |
$210,000 |
| Cowboy Cal |
Todd Pletcher |
John Velazquez |
Stonerside Stable |
Stonerside Stable |
$207,660 |
| Visionaire |
Michael Matz |
Jose Lezcano |
Team Valor & Vision Racing LLC |
Reiley McDonald |
$202,500 |
| Big Truck |
Barclay Tagg |
Javier Castellano |
Eric Fein |
A. Lakin & Sons |
$194,500 |
| Bob Black Jack |
James Kasparoff |
Richard Migliore |
Jeff Harmon & Tim Kasparoff |
Gary and Marlene Howard & Bruce Dunmore |
$180,000 |
| Denis of Cork |
David Carroll |
Calvin Borel |
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. |
Westbury Stables |
$165,000 |
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The 2008 Kentucky Derby is almost here and the Triple Crown Horse racing action will be on it way.
134 Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs at the Louisville track on Saturday, May 3rd.
May is that time of the year when we'll begin the quest for horse racing's Holy Grail, so to speak,
the Triple Crown. Yep, the first race of three battles is the 2008 Kentucky Derby and you just know that
we'll be rooting for whoever wins the first all the way to that one becoming the Triple Crown champion.
The Kentucky Derby is the first of three races that lead into the all so well known triple crown.
The Triple Crown immortality is horse racing's greatest honor. Countless horses have tried and
only 11 have succeeded.
In 1919, Sir Barton was the first horse to claim the Triple Crown, capturing the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes
and Belmont Stakes in the same year. Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941),
Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978)
have followed in infamy.
In order to win a Triple Crown, a horse must win three long races in five weeks, at three different tracks,
in three different states. Triple Crown hopefuls must first win the Kentucky Derby, where Aristedes grabbed
the inaugural "Run for the Roses" in 1875. Barring injury, the Derby winner is shipped to the second jewel
of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. Survivor was the first Preakness winner in 1873. A Derby-Preakness
champ then has a shot at Triple Crown immortality at the Belmont Stakes. The first Belmont winner was
Ruthless in 1867.
There have been 17 horses that have won the first two jewels of the Triple Crown and failed to win at the
Belmont. Two of them, Burgoo King in 1932 and Bold Venture in 1936, didn't run in New York.
Each of the past three years, horses have traveled to Belmont with Triple Crown hopes. Silver Charm and Real
Quiet finished second in 1997 and 1998, respectively, while Charismatic placed third last year.
Kentucky Derby horse race betting, on-track and national, has increased from $26,805,205 in 1985
to $88,941,006 in 1998. Churchill Downs has become a leader in simulcast betting as both a host site
and receiver. As a receiver, the $15 million Sports Spectrum, a state-of-the-art wagering center located
seven miles from the track and constructed in 1992, has proved a national leader. The success in these
areas has helped fuel Churchill Downs horsemen's purses, which have risen from a daily average of $187,363
during the 1990 Spring Meet to a record $469,643 during the 1999 season. Fall Meet purses have also grown
to a daily average of $378,058.
A key to the future success of Churchill Downs Incorporated rests upon the Company's potential for
development and expansion. Headed by its most aggressive development effort since the days of the
American Turf Association in the 1920s-1930s, the Churchill Downs Management Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Churchill Downs Incorporated, opened Hoosier Park at Anderson in September 1994.
The dual Standardbred and Thoroughbred track, located in Anderson, Ind., approximately 40 miles
northeast of Indianapolis, serves as Indiana's first pari-mutuel racetrack and Churchill's first
out-of-state racing site since 1937. Under the Hoosier Park license, the Company also operates
off-track betting facilities in Merrillville, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Ind.
In December 1997, Churchill Downs Incorporated formed the wholly owned subsidiary Churchill Downs
Investment Company (CDIC), which oversees the Company's industry-related investments. In recent
years, the Company has continued its aggressive growth cycle. In April 1998, the Company finalized
the purchase of Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., and Kentucky Horse Center in Lexington, Ky., for
$22 million. In January 1999, the Company purchased a majority interest in Charlson Broadcast
Technologies, LLC. The venture was developed as a means to provide simulcast graphic software and
video services to racetracks and off-track betting facilities.
In April 1999, the Company completed a $86 million purchase of Calder Race Course in Miami. The
acquisition of Hollywood Park followed in September 1999. In 2000, Churchill Downs Incorporated
completed the acquisition of Arlington International outside of Chicago, adding another entity
to the Churchill Downs Incorporated network of racetracks.
Churchill Downs Incorporated's success has been achieved through a corporate strategy based on
strengthening its racing program and the Kentucky Derby, increasing the track's share of the national
simulcast market, and the geographic expansion of its racing operations. This commitment to quality
racing has made the Company one of the premier racing centers in North America.
Kentucky Derby 134 Results
# |
Horse / Jockey |
W |
P |
S |
20 |
Big Brown
Kent Desormeaux |
6.80 |
5.00 |
4.80 |
5 |
Eight Belles
Gabriel Saez |
|
10.60 |
6.40 |
16 |
Denis of Cork
Calvin Borel |
|
|
11.60 |
Kentucky Derby 133 Results
# |
Horse |
Jockey |
| 7 |
Street Sense |
Borel Calvin H |
| 8 |
Hard Spun |
Pino Mario G. |
| 2 |
Curlin |
Albarado Robby |
| 5 |
Imawildandcrazyguy |
|
| 1 |
Sedgefield |
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| 16 |
Circular Quay |
|
| 15 |
Tiago |
|
| 18 |
Any Given Saturday |
|
| 13 |
Sam P. |
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| 12 |
Nobiz Like Shobiz |
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| 19 |
Dominican |
|
| 3 |
Zanjero |
|
| 20 |
Great Hunter |
|
| 9 |
Liquidity |
|
| 11 |
Bwana Bull |
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| 4 |
Storm in May |
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| 10 |
Teuflesberg |
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| 14 |
Scat Daddy |
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| 17 |
Stormello |
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| 6 |
Cowtown Cat |
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The last 10 years of Kentucky Derby Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Owner |
Trainer |
RaceTime |
| 2006 |
Barbaro |
Lael Stables |
M. Matz |
2:01.36 |
| 2005 |
Giacomo |
Mr. & Mrs. J. Moss |
John Shirreffs |
2:02.75 |
| 2004 |
Smarty Jones, ch. c. |
Someday Farm |
John Servis |
2:04.06 |
| 2003 |
Funny Cide, ch. g. |
Sackatoga Stable |
Barclay Tagg |
2:01.19 |
| 2002 |
War Emblem, dk.b./br. c |
The Thoroughbred Corp. |
Bob
Baffert |
2:01.13 |
| 2001 |
Monarchos, gr./ro. c |
John C. Oxley |
John Ward Jr. |
1:59.57 |
| 2000 |
Fusaichi Pegasus, b. c. |
Fusao Sekiguchi Author B. |
Neil Drysdale |
2:01.12 |
| 1999 |
Charismatic, ch. c. |
Robert and Beverly Lewis |
Farish D.
Wayne Lukas |
2:03.29 |
| 1998 |
Real Quiet, b. c. |
Mike Pegram |
Bob Baffert |
2:02.38 |
| 1997 |
Silver Charm, gr.ro. c. |
Robert and Beverly Lewis |
Bob Baffert |
2:02.44 |
| 1996 |
Grindstone, dk. br./ b. c. |
Overbrook Farm |
Wayne Lukas |
2:01 |
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