Slo-mo replay at about 10:30 on the tape
A record 170,513 were on hand to witness the Derby under picture-perfect blue skies, with temperatures in the low 70s.
UPI Racing Roundup - World wide
Derby post-race quotes: Jockeys
Derby post-race quotes: Trainers
Record crowd of 170,513 attend
Derby Day stakes results:
G1 $500K Turf Classic: Finnegan's Wake up lateG2 $500K CD: Private Zone solid... Bayern flops
G2 $300K Distaff Turf Mile: Tepin steals it
G1 $300K Humana Distaff: Dame Dorothy nips Judy the Beauty
G2 $250K American Turf: Divisidero closes late to score
G3 $200K Pat Day Mile: Competitive Edge remains perfect
Official from TRAKUS: Trakus Fact: American Pharoah covered 29 feet (about 3.4 lengths) more than Firing Line and 69 feet (about 8.1 lengths) more than Dortmund.
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Louisville Courier Journal - Jennie Rees Trainer, owner, jockey videos
2015 Kentucky
Derby results
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American Pharoah
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Firing Line
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1
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3
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Dortmund
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3
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4
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Frosted
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3¼
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5
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Danzig Moon
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6½
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6
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Materiality
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7¾
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7
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Keen Ice
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8¾
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8
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Mubtaahij
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9 ¼
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9
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Itsaknockout
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10½
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10
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Carpe Diem
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11
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11
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Frammento
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12
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12
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Bolo
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12¾
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13
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Mr. Z
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15½
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14
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Ocho Ocho Ocho
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15½
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15
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Far Right
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15¾
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16
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War Story
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19¼
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17
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Tencendur
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35
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18
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Upstart
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60½
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KENTUCKY OAKS - Hat trick for Brereton Jones and Larry Jones as they celebrate their third Oaks victory. 123,763 people in attendance — a race record — at Churchill Downs saw Lovely Maria win the 141st running of the $1 million, mile-and-an-eighth Kentucky Oaks, the biggest race of the year for three-year old fillies.
Lovely Maria won the Kentucky Oaks in front of the largest crowd in the race’s history with 123,763 people turning out for Friday’s card at Churchill Downs. For those who put their faith in her to win, they were rewarded with a payout of $14.60 on a $2 win ticket.
Race Replay Lovely Maria gives Kerwin "Boo Boo" Clark an emotional day
LOUISVILLE – Lovely Maria, owned by a former Kentucky governor, ridden by 56-year-old jockey and guided by a trainer who was severely injured in a riding accident last year, won the $1 million Kentucky Oaks for 3-year-old fillies Friday at Churchill Downs."This is unbelievable. … I thought my opportunity was gone. … It doesn't get any better than this," said jockey Kerwin "Boo Boo" Clark, who hadn't won a grade one stakes in his four-decade career until he rode Lovely Maria to a April 4 victory in the Ashland Stakes.
They could run the $1 million Oaks a thousand more years and be hard pressed to produce as sentimental an ending as the one Lovely Maria delivered when she overtook Angela Renee in midstretch en route to notching a 23/4-length triumph in the 11⁄8-mile test for 3-year-old fillies.
Even though she is a well-bred filly from the first crop of Brereton Jones’ stallion Majesticperfection, Lovely Maria went through the sales ring as a yearling and didn’t sell when she brought a closing bid of $5,000.
Throughout the Kentucky Oaks trail, Lovely Maria was considered kind of the “second stringer” from Larry Jones’ entries with I’m a Chatterbox getting most of the attention. Lovely Maria won the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland on April 4, but even on Oaks day, she went off at slightly higher odds than her stablemate.
Clark has been aboard Lovely Maria since her career began last September and his loyalty to the filly has paid off. Riding for 40 years, Clark has enjoyed the best month of his career. He was still searching for an elusive first Grade 1 victory when he rode Lovely Maria in the Ashland Stakes. He knocked the Grade 1 win off his bucket list in the Ashland, turned 56 on April 18, and now is a Kentucky Oaks-winning rider. Not too shabby for a jockey who was on the cusp of retiring 15 years ago. Read more at source
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| Mubtaahij, ridden ridden by Christophe Soumillon, wins the UAE Derby during the 2015 Dubai World Cup. Pawan Singh / The National |
More on Mubtaahij, read Steve Haskin's column: Steve Haskin: Mubtaahij the 'X' Factor in KY Derby. Read more at BloodHorse.com
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2015 KENTUCKY DERBY TELEVISION SCHEDULE
The 141st Kentucky Derby
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Saturday May 2
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4:00 - 7:30 PM ET*
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NBC
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Kentucky Oaks
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Friday May 1
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12:30-6:00 PM ET*
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NBC Sports
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Derby Prep
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Saturday May 2
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12:00-4:00 PM ET*
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NBC Sports
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Call to post and singing of My Old Kentucky Home from
2009 Kentucky Derby - Mine That Bird 50-1 long shot wins
Overhead shot of Mine That Bird in the stretch - video
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Kentucky Derby web site
Now that the Kentucky Derby is less than 72 hours away, and all the prep races have been run, it's time to get familiar with the likely Kentucky Derby field on May 2, at Churchill Downs. Here you will find the horses that have earned the points and qualify for the starting gate. To view the "pecking" order, click here, where you can see the list of the contenders who have qualified and where they stand as far as the points they have earned. Kentucky Derby field is limited to 20 horses, but as we know from past history, there will be defections for varying reasons, so those horses currently "on the bubble" could move up if any of the current contenders should stumble.
Below are the Top Derby Contenders, in order of Mike Watchmaker's estimate of early odds - Full List
Derby prep races, including replays, analysis, and first four finishers, click here
If you want to review the Derby Preps in chronological order and the number of points each race offered, including an analysis of each race in detail, click here
For a retrospective, I was privileged to attend the 1980 Kentucky Derby, when the filly, Genuine Risk became the first filly since 1915 to win the run for the roses. 1980 Kentucky Derby
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THE DRAW!
Ahmed Zayat ecstatic after American Pharoah Kentucky Derby Draw Derby draw grid, links to the horses, trainers and jockeys for an in-depth look
When a race has concluded, you can click on the CARD below for a replay at the BloodHorse race replay page.
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FEATURED RACESTime Ordered List of races / Entries - printable file
Race Index
FRIDAY - OAKS DAY
Oaks Day PPs from Brisnet1:26 ET Edgewood S G3 CD $150k 3yo f 8.5f T R6 CARD
2:08 ET La Troienne S G1 CD $300k 4+ f/m 8.5f R7 CARD
2:22 ET Gold Fever S Bel $100k 3yo 6f R3 CARD
3:02 ET Alysheba S G2 CD $400k 4+ 8.5f R8 CARD
4:02 ET Twin Spires T Sprint G3 CD $150k 4+ 5f T R9 CARD
4:52 ET Eight Belles S G3 CD $200k 3yo f 7f R10 CARD
4:57 ET License Fee S Bel $100k 4+ f/m 6f T R8 CARD
5:49 ET Kentucky Oaks G1 CD $1,000k 3yo f 9f R11 CARD
SATURDAY
12:38 ET Pat Day Mile S G3 CD $200,000 3yo 1 mi R5 CARD1:19 ET American Turf G2 CD $250k 3yo 1 1/16 mi T R6 CARD
1:44 ET Sheepshead Bay S G2 Bel $200k 4+ f/m 1 3/8mi T R4 CARD
2:08 ET Humana Distaff G1 CD $300,000 4+ f/m 7f R7 CARD
2:52 ET Westchester S G3 Bel $150k 4+ 8f R6 CARD
2:59 ET Churchill Distaff Turf Mi G2 CD $300,000 4+ f/m 1 mi T R8 CARD
3:43 ET Churchill Downs G2 CD $500,000 4+ 7f R9 CARD
4:44 ET Woodford Res. Turf Cl. S G1 CD $500,000 4+ 9f T R10 CARD
4:50 ET Queenston S WO $150,000 3yo S 7f AW R8 CARD
5:35 ET Fort Marcy S G3 Bel $150k 4+ 9f T R10 CARD
6:24 ET Kentucky Derby G1 CD $2,000,000 3yo 1 1/4 mi R11 CARD
7:00 ET Precisionist S G3 SA $100,000 3+ 1 1/16 mi R10 CARD
Oaks favoritism goes to Stellar Wind
SUNDAY
International - Hong Kong & Japan- Australia
2:40 a.m. ET Tenno Sho Spring G1 JRA $2,721,000 a 4+ 2 mi T R CARD
4:05 a.m. ET Champions Mile G1 HK $1,805,000 3+ 8f T R8 CARD - Replay
10:40 a.m. ET 1000 Guineas, Newmarket G1, 3f, 1miT R4 - CARD Replay
Miracles of Life wins for Stonestreet Race Result Race result with Video - TDN
Race Replay - You Tube
Tenni Sho Spring - Race result Video replay
Gold Ship takes the Tenno Sho
Able Friend too strong in Champions Mile
Cirrus Des Aigles handily wins third Ganay Brisnet: Cirrus des Aigles strong as ever in Ganay
Here is link to Race Replay (in French) Race Replay English call of the Prix Ganay
Al Kazeem came after him but couldn't catch him in the stretch to the wire
Trainer: "He is in all the top Group 1 races like the [May 24] G1 Prix d’Ispahan, the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. [at Royal Ascot June 17], the [June 6] G1 Coronation Cup and the G1 Eclipse S. [at Sandown July 4], but I’d love to win the [June 28] G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud with him. I will ask the horse where he wants to run and that’s where we’ll go." .
BloodHorse: Cirrus wins third Ganay Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy's Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) wins a third G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp
More on today's races
Luger gunning for Able Friend in Champions Mile
Tenno Sho Preview
North America
4:41 ET Fury S WO $150,000 3yo f S 7f AW R8 CARD4:57 ET Affirmed Success S Bel $100,000 4+ S 6f R8 CARD
7:00 ET Honeymoon S G2 SA $200,000 3yo f 9f T R8 CARD
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Battaglia: American Pharoah the favorite Read more - videoWynn Las Vegas latest odds
More early odds - Odds Shark
DRF Top Derby 25
Triple Crown - Kentucky Derby
NBC Sports - Horse Racing
Fox Sports 1 - Horse Racing
UPI Racing Roundup - World wide
Pedigree Power: Kentucky Derby 2015 and the X Factor
Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky Derby - News & Videos
American Pharoah tops NRTA Poll
April 26 - KY Derby/Oaks Notes - Comprehensive
The Pharoah show gets rave reviews - Haskin
Pletcher's 'other' horse could provide KO punch - Haskin
An Unexpected Busy Morning at the Downs - Haskin
Experts give their power rankings
Gate to nowhere
The Top Three: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Carpe Diem
A house full of Pharoahs, but baby needs new shoes
Billy Reed's Derby Diary: It's Baffert's race to lose
Pletcher says only two are confirmed about of the five who qualifiy
Handicapping the jockeys
DRF - Derby / Oaks Workouts - Mike Welsch
Steve Haskin: Mubtaahij the 'X' Factor in KY Derby
Mubtaahij works at Arlington
Kentucky Derby unthinkable without 1964 winner and beaten favorite 1953
Raising American Pharoah
Gary Stevens: 2015 Derby class best in memory
Fox Sports 1 - Horse Racing
UPI Racing Roundup - World wide
Pedigree Power: Kentucky Derby 2015 and the X Factor
Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky Derby - News & Videos
American Pharoah tops NRTA Poll
April 26 - KY Derby/Oaks Notes - Comprehensive
The Pharoah show gets rave reviews - Haskin
Pletcher's 'other' horse could provide KO punch - Haskin
An Unexpected Busy Morning at the Downs - Haskin
Experts give their power rankings
Gate to nowhere
The Top Three: American Pharoah, Dortmund, Carpe Diem
A house full of Pharoahs, but baby needs new shoes
Billy Reed's Derby Diary: It's Baffert's race to lose
Pletcher says only two are confirmed about of the five who qualifiy
Handicapping the jockeys
DRF - Derby / Oaks Workouts - Mike Welsch
Steve Haskin: Mubtaahij the 'X' Factor in KY Derby
Mubtaahij works at Arlington
Bill Oppenheim: Countdown: Bill Oppenheim shares some views on the upcoming KY Derby
Churchill to stream Derby Oaks workouts live each dayKentucky Derby unthinkable without 1964 winner and beaten favorite 1953
Raising American Pharoah
Gary Stevens: 2015 Derby class best in memory
Courier-Journal's national media Kentucky Derby pollKentucky Derby.com - Updated points posted to Oaks and Derby qualif. races
DRF Road to the Derby - Preps, winners, replays
Derby Watch Mike Watchmaker & Jay Privman keep a weekly tally on what's happening with their Top 20 Derby horses
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Derby Prep Replays/Race Replays
HRN: Horses on Derby Trail - Pedigrees/Replays Click on a horse, scroll to bottom for PPsDRF - Road to the Derby Analysis of each prep race/replay
BloodHorse Race Replays Look-up - If there's a race replay missing from the HRN site, you can look it up at BloodHorse
Derby Preps - Replays of Derby prep races
All Derby prep races - top four finishers - Race Replay/Results
Equibase - Horse lookup and race charts
BloodHorse Kentucky Derby Prep Races/Replays
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Lists/Links
DRF Top 20
WatchmakerWatch - Top 10 3 yr old Males
Courier Journal Weekly Media Poll
Kentucky Derby Leaderboard
Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard
Chef-de-Race 2015 Classic Contenders List
Chef-de-Race 2015 Winners PFs Conditions Dosage - Includes race replay videos (not restricted to only the "points" races, but includes other traditional Derby prep races)
BloodHorse KY Derby coverage
KY Derby Report - Mar 18 - James Scully - Brisnet
BloodHorse
Equibase
Pedigree Query
Kentucky Derby site - Contenders - Points
KY Derby Prep Schedule - Replays of completed races
Horseracing Nation's Active Horses HRN Search All Horses
In addition to active horses, Horseracing Nation has several categories for horses: Top 250 All-Time, Top 250 All-Time Females, Kentucky Derby Contenders, Oaks Contenders, International Top 500. It's a fun place to explore, since each horse has a profile and usually has some videos of key races.
America's Best Racing - Road to the 2015 Triple Crown
LIST of nominees to the Triple Crown
LIST of nominees to the KY Oaks
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Scroll down for Horse profiles for both Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, as well as additional sources of information, handicapping tools, etc.
