The fastest two minutes in sports delivered a thrilling finish last year with Rich Strike completing the second-biggest upset in Kentucky Derby history, joining an elite club of horses that have shocked Churchill Downs.
Forty-eight hours before the race, Rich Strike was nowhere near the conversation of Kentucky Derby champions. In fact, he wasn’t even in the same race. As fate would have it, Ethereal Road scratched and that opened the door for Rich Strike and trainer Eric Reed.
Down the final straight, Mine That Bird came seemingly out of nowhere to position himself along the inside of the track and charge past the field to claim the largest margin of victory in over 60 years.Owned and bred by music executive Jerry Moss, Giacomo had done little to suggest that he was ready to compete among the heavyweights. He entered the Kentucky Derby with only one win to his name, secured at a maiden race, he hung with a field that went out at blistering pace.
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. Meanwhile, trainer Graham Motion was forced to sit Toby’s Corner and turn all his attention to Animal Kingdom, the underdog of the two options.
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