Horse Racing: $320 million bet, highest TV ratings since 1989 as records are smashed in Kentucky Derby thriller

[SJSharksfan39]

Mystic Dan won by just looking up. Goes to show yeah you should look up every once in a while and enjoy life. You never know what will happen.

 

[BMOK33]

Hasn’t there been several long shots winning here the last few years

 

[John Price]

Hasn’t there been several long shots winning here the last few years

yes but 18-1 isn't that long of a shot

a 40+ to 1 won a few years ago

 

[GKJ]

No excuses for Fierceness.

 

[BMOK33]

yes but 18-1 isn't that long of a shot

a 40+ to 1 won a few years ago

I was at Belmont one of the triple crown years I think it was year I turned 21 or 22 so had to be maybe 01-02 and a 80 or 90:1 shot one

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I know nothing about these horses, but this was worthy of an anniversary race. Kentucky Derby did great today.

 

[GKJ]

3-2-11 is official.

 

[John Price]

3 2 11 4 10

replay



wow first nose finish in 28 years

 

[John Price]

 

[GKJ]

Half mile 46.6 was a fair pace. Hernandez gets the jump and the ground saving, winning move early and squeezes by the 12 on the lead.

 

[End of Line]

Amazing f***ing race. The photo finish was reminiscent of a NASCAR race.

 

[GKJ]

Yeesh, Larry Collmus missed the inside move. Tough race to call though.

 

[HisIceness]

Love photo finishes!

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

i wonder how many people are pissed at johnny v. i like him a lot in the next race.

 

[GKJ]

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

$299 million bet so far, two races to go.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Saturday, May 5, 2024

Churchill Downs (Kentucky):

• Race 12: The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby was won by Mystik Dan (Brian Hernandez, Jr./Kenny McPeek) in a 3-way photo finish which was the first such result in the race since 1947. This was the first Derby decided by a nose since 1996. Approximately 156,000 attended. The winning jockey-trainer duo also won the Kentucky Oaks, a first such pairing in history. Mystik Dan improved to 7 3-1-1. He won on a muddy track at Oaklawn in the Southwest but then finished third in the Arkansas Derby on a fast track.
• Among the records smashed:
  • $446 million bet in 4-day Derby week
  • $320 million bet on Derby card.
  • $210 million bet on the Derby.
  • Highest TV ratings since 1989.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

5/4 photos from Cumberland Raceway;

First Tracks Cumberland – Maine Harness Racing

www.firsttrackscumberland.com

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

discussions ongoing as to whether Mystik Dan will run @ Pimlico; also Thorpedo Anna's future after the Oaks win....

 

[GKJ]

discussions ongoing as to whether Mystik Dan will run @ Pimlico; also Thorpedo Anna's future after the Oaks win....

Sounds like he’s gonna go if he’s healthy. Thorpedo Anna won’t run against him considering the same connections.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Sierra Leone headed toward Belmont Stakes; essentially off the TC track by forgoing Preakness

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Sounds like he’s gonna go if he’s healthy. Thorpedo Anna won’t run against him considering the same connections.

hearing now either Saratoga or Belmont for Thorpedo Anna

 

[GKJ]

hearing now either Saratoga or Belmont for Thorpedo Anna

The Belmont is at Saratoga, so if mystik dan loses, why not both?

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

The Belmont is at Saratoga, so if mystik dan loses, why not both?

likely because we haven't got there yet

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Laurel (Maryland):

• End of the Meet
• Leading Jockey: JG Torrealba, a bug, with 22 wins. Torrealba, perhaps a finalist for an Eclipse Award (Apprentice), rode in the US for the first time last year.
• Leading Trainer: Kieron Magee with 11 wins. Magee won the 2023 Spring title at Laurel as well.
• Next Up Pimlico: From 5/9/2024-5/27/2024.
• Laurel Returns: 5/31/2024-8/18/2024.

Tampa Bay Downs (Florida):

• End of the Meet (Saturday): Tampa Bay will be dark until the annual race dates on June 30 and July 1. Racing then is dormant until late November.
• Leading Jockey: Samy Camacho with 78 wins.
• Leading Trainer: Kathleen O'Connell with 54 wins.

Oaklawn (Arkansas):

• End of the Meet
• Leading Jockey: Cristian Torres with 82 wins.
• Leading trainer: Steve Asmussen with 71 wins.
• Perfection: Skelly and Valentine's Candy both were 4-for-4. Two other horses won four times as well.