The race caller was so focused on the two favourites battling it out up the straight, he barely saw the $250 outsider sneaking up the rails. Then came the Kentucky Derby's 'biggest upset ever'. 😳
"I about fell down in the paddock when he hit the wire," winning trainer Eric Reed said. "I about passed out.""What a crazy Derby," said trainer Kenny McPeek, whose horses finished eighth and ninth.
"We found out about 30 seconds before the deadline on Friday," owner Rick Dawson said. "It put us in the race and really we always felt if we just got in we've got a shot." Jockey Sonny Leon and Rich Strike had just two horses beat in the early going. Leon eventually guided his mount between horses and to the inside rail. Rich Strike made a deft move around Messier in the stretch and went right back to the rail intent on picking off Epicenter and Zandon.Both Leon, from Venezuela, and Reed were in their first Derby. Reed endured a tragedy five years ago when he lost nearly two dozen horses in a barn fire at his training center in Lexington.
Reed had no argument with the bettors ignoring his colt, whose victory surely inspired little guys everywhere. Calumet Farm head Brad Kelley might be ruing that decision now. Calumet Farm has won a record eight Kentucky Derbies, but none since 1968, when Forward Pass was placed first via disqualification.
In 2020, an eerie silence enveloped the track when no fans were allowed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the race was pushed to September.
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