A $2 exacta with Rich Strike and Epicenter, which went off as the betting favorite, paid $4,101.20. 5. Gold Strike ran only twice in 2006, returning with a second in the Hendrie (G3). Rich Strike galloped 1 1/2 miles Friday morning under Gabriel Lagunes. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. This productivity isnt surprising since Smart Strike boasts a phenomenal record as a broodmare sire, with his daughters foaling such accomplished runners as 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, 2010 Preakness S. (G1) runner-up First Dude, and 2012 Kentucky Derby third-place finish Dullahan. Both 3-year-olds were none the worse for wear and would live to fight another day., My family [his wife, Millie Ball, and his two teenage sons] will be on a plane and headed back to California today, Yakteen said. Fourth in that Travers was Upstart, sire of Zandon, the third-placer behind Rich Strike in the 2022 Derby. Then, I don't really remember what happened except my back gave out on me. A $1 superfecta (the top four finishers) paid $321,500.09. He also placed third in the 2015 Belmont Stakes. The Manitoba-bred Gold Strike began her career at Assiniboia Downs, winning two stakes as a juvenile including the one-mile Buffalo S. by 15 3/4 lengths. Strike beat all the odds (80-1) to take the top spot, and was ridden by jockey Sonny Leon. We'll just try and move forward. Gold Strike was out of Brassy Gold. ", WATCH: Eric Reed on Making the Derby Field with Rich Strike. Keen Ice stands for $7,500 at Calumet. WebRich Strike was the improbable winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby, which he won as an 80-1 longshot for trainer Eric Reed with journeyman rider Sonny Leon aboard. More: Watch Rich Strike's stunning highlight win at 2022 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby 2022: Everything you need to know about this year's race, An absolutely stunning upset!Rich Strike WINS the @KentuckyDerby! What a feat. The dam side of Rich Strikes pedigree is even more promising. While theres a chance he could follow Keen Ices example and reach his peak sometime after the spring classics, racing 1 1/4 miles on dirt should generally be right up Rich Strikes alley. Meet Rich Strike's up-and-coming jockey. Equibase Company is the Official Supplier of Racing Information and Statistics to America's Best Racing, Breeders' Cup, Daily Racing Form, NTRA, The Jockey Club, TRA, TVG and XpressBet. WebGeldings that act like stallions will mount mares, attack foals, fight with other males, or self-mutilate. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. Rich Strike traces to the same familyas the 1945 Kentucky Derby winner, pedigree fun facts for the 2022 Derby field. Keen Ice sports a duplication of Deputy Minister, 6. UPDATE: Rich Strike is the 2022 Kentucky Derby winner. The only thing you could see was the flames.. Rich Strikes third dam is by a full brother to Mr. Prospector, 11. Get the days top sports headlines and breaking news delivered to your inbox by subscribing here. Likewise, a mare is acting 'mareish' if she gets nervous, spooked and hard to handle. Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon aboard, surged at the finish to win the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby. Epicenter was second, followed by Zandon. Mark Mahan Who was his jockey? Sonny Leon rode Rich Strike. Like the Thoroughbreds trainer, it was his first Derby. Leon began his racing career in 2015. Gold Strikes dam is by a Fountain of Youth winner. Gold Strike is also the dam of Grade 2 winner Llanarmon, 9. As the longest shot on the board in a field of 20 horses at 80-1, Rich Strike took advantage of a crafty ride from Sonny Leon to charge past Epicenter (Not This Time) and Zandon (Upstart) in deep stretch to pull off the second biggest upset in Derby history with Donerail at 91-1 in 1913 serving as the biggest longshot winner. Before Rich Strike, hed never had a horse in the race. Gold Strike romped in the Selene (G3), her stepping stone to the 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks, which she also dominated as the 11-10 favorite. Rich Strike finished third in the Jeff Ruby Steaks Stakes on April 2, his last start before the Kentucky Derby. Before Rich Strike came along, Gold Strike was a graded producer thanks to her daughter Llanarmon. He's so happy right now. Im so happy, Reed said to theCourier Journal shortly after. Klik op Instellingen beheren voor meer informatie en om uw keuzes te beheren. 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Rich Strikes fourth dam is by the same sire as the 1970 Kentucky Derby winner, 12. His best results were thirds in the Remsen (G2) and Risen Star (G2) and a fourth in the Louisiana Derby (G2). About CDI | Lukas, who won Friday's Kentucky Oaks with Secret Oath, said he felt Ethereal Road had not shown the same energy over the last couple of days. WebRich Strike's owner in complete shock after winning Kentucky Derby ESPN 8.91M subscribers Subscribe 4.6K Share 466K views 9 months ago #KentuckyDerby var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'none';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = '';var pfBtVersion='1';(function(){var js, pf;pf = document.createElement('script');pf.type = 'text/javascript';if ('https:' === document.location.protocol){js='https://pf-cdn.printfriendly.com/ssl/main.js'}else{js='http://cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js'}pf.src=js;document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})();Print Friendly, Send us your feedback | May 7, 2022 The 148th Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Rich Strike, will not be making an overseas trip to Dubai this year, his owner RED TR-Racing's Rick Dawson, confirmed in a Facebook Post Feb. 27. Indeed, you might say that Rich Strike has a striking pedigree: hes closely inbred to Smart Strike, a Canadian Hall of Famer and outstanding sire. Here are the pedigree fun facts for Rich Strike, a record 10th Derby winner bred by historic Calumet Farm: 1. Keen Ice was 20th on the final Kentucky Derby leaderboard in 2015. Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness Stakes after his major upset to win the Kentucky Derby, keeping horse racing from having a Triple Crown winner for a fourth consecutive year. According to Americas Best Racing, he has been the leading rider at Mahoning Valley Race Course in Youngstown, Ohio, for the past three years. Keen Ice sports a duplication of Deputy Minister. Here are some other facts to know about the underdog champion of this years race. MORE: Horses to win at both Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Other Smart Strike daughters are responsible for 2010 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) heroine Shared Account; Queens Plate champs Eye of the Leopard (2009) and Inglorious (2011); and millionaire First Dude, placed in the 2010 Preakness, Belmont, and Travers. Arrogate and Songbirds dams were in turn out of mares by Deputy Minister. Keen Ice skipped the Preakness (G1) and tried again in the Belmont (G1), performing better to take third. Kentucky Derby 2022:Live updates on favorites, odds, races and more at Churchill Downs. We are entering and hoping and praying, Reed said a week before the competition. Only Donerail in 1913 had a higher payout of $184.90. He walked away with $1,860,000 after his win, taking more than half of the total purse of the Run for the Roses, Rich Strike is a gelding (a horse of either sex that has been castrated) who was born in 2004, while Smart Strike is a Thoroughbred stallion (an entire male horse) born in 1999. She characterized the outburst she saw from What they're saying: We are entering and hoping and praying, Reed said. Sonny Leon rode Rich Strike. "He came out of the race so good, and then we had to decide to travel or stay at home, and I thought it was best not to put all the miles on him and try to get the points at home since he handled the track at Turfway so good, and that's how we got here.". Sonny Leon will have the mount on the colt,who was claimed by Reed for $30,000 after winning a maiden race at Churchillgoing a mile in September by 17 1/4lengths. The action, however, didn't stop there. Rich Strike ( foaled April 25, 2019) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby, racing at 801 odds. [2] [3] Rich Strike is the second-biggest longshot to have won the Kentucky Derby after Donerail (911 odds) in 1913. [4] Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1 odds and won trainer Eric Reed his first Derby in his first appearance. All Rights Reserved. Her Co-Hosts Revealed the Real Reason Shes Been Missing, How Black Creators Can Expand Their Network with LinkedIn, The Young and the Restless Spoilers February 27 March 3. Awesome Again is a son of another Canadian Hall of Famer. The horse won a $51,500 maiden claiming race last in Sept. 2021, which he took by 17 lengths at 10-1 odds. Feb. 27Rich Strike was the colt that shocked the world when he won the Kentucky Derby last May with 80-1 odds after earning a spot when another trainer pulled their horse out. Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @KentuckyDerbyCJ. Rich Strike was purchased last fall for $30,000. 60 Broad St. A six-length hero of the Hutcheson (G3), he justified 6-5 favoritism in the Fountain of Youth (G2). He came even closer to Pharoah next time in the Haskell (G1), where he was a hard-charging runner-up, just 2 1/4 lengths adrift. Notes: Rich Strikes lone victory came in his only start at Churchill a $51,500 maiden claiming race last September in which he won by 17 lengths at 10-1 odds. Unlike Rich Strike, Keen Ice couldnt gain enough ground late to factor in his Derby, but he did improve position down the stretch. Tami Bobo's Simplification (Not This Time) came out of his fourth-place effort very well according to trainer Antonio Sano. Spokane (1889) is from the 9-a tribe, Forward Pass (1968) from 9-c, Bold Forbes (1976) andCountry House (2019)from 9-f, Sir Barton (1919) from 9-g, and *Omar Khayyam from 9-h. Rich Strike is a direct matrilineal descendant of. Keen Ice competed in more Road to the Kentucky Derby scoring events than Rich Strike did, but he only scored 22 points one point more than Rich Strike. Smart Strike is worthy of such a doubling-up in light of his ability on the racetrack and the genetic heritage hes expressed at stud. We ran into the barn, the smoke was so black we couldnt even see. Hed made seven starts, with one win and three shows. Smart Strike is now the broodmare sire of two Derby winners, both longshots. WebNo, Rich Strike and Smart Strike are not related. Coming into the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike had career earnings of $111,289. I'm not sure, but maybe we have to consider distance limitations with him., In the case of Taiba, who was making only the third start of his career, Yakteen felt the horse was hindered by all the kickback he encountered, causing him to climb some and be very uncomfortable., Also, he noted, His lack of experience certainly could have played a role in the situation.. The defection of Ethereal Road seconds before scratch time Friday morning put Rich Strike in the starting gate. Coming into the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike had career earnings of $111,289. 9. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is a son of Keen Ice, a sire who won multiplegraded stakes races in his career, and Gold Strike,his damby Smart Strike. Where a long rest proved perfect for Proxy, a 20-day turnaround for Rich Strike (2-1) from a fourth-place finish in the Breeders Cup Classic was not. Responsible Gaming | English Channel sired V. E. Day, the 2014 Travers hero, out of a Deputy Minister mare. At the time of the sale he had been entered in a low-level claiming race by his former owner, Calumet Farm, which has won a record eight Derbys. In the paddock he was a monster and he's never like that. I just kept seeing him in my head come up the rail.. Maybe Mark Wahlberg, Reed said with a laugh. Start With Your Sensual Energy, Why Is Hoda Kotb Not on the Today Show This Week? ET Sunday to head back to his main base at trainer Eric Reed's Mercury Equine Center in Lexington as a GI Kentucky Derby winner. She was sidelined for the rest of the season, but had done enough to win the Sovereign Award. We went to New Orleans to try one of the first preps (the Gun Runner Stakes), ran into the monster Epicenter. Why did Rich Strike try to bite the pony and its outrider? Raadpleeg ons privacybeleid en cookiebeleid voor meer informatie over hoe we uw gegevens gebruiken. A $0.50 trifecta with those two and Zandon, the Toyota Bluegrass Stakes winner and another betting favorite, paid $7,435.35 (So, if you bet a $3 trifecta box with two of the betting favorites and one of the longest of long shots, it worked out nicely for you.). Breeder: Calumet Farm. Another Bold Commander mare is the granddam of the aforementioned Black Tie Affair, the Breeders Cup Classic-winning Horse of the Year in 1991. Sonny Leon will have the mount on the colt, who was claimed by Reed for $30,000 after He rallied for seventh, 8 3/4 lengths behind American Pharoah. Said a week before the competition winner Llanarmon, 9: @ KentuckyDerbyCJ @ courier-journal.com ; Twitter: KentuckyDerbyCJ! The racetrack and the genetic heritage hes expressed at stud ) paid $ 321,500.09 the Today this... 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