', Dawson responded, 'If we can wake him up.'. I wasn't nervous, I was excited. "[33], On October 1, Rich Strike returned to Churchill Downswhere he had won his only events, including the Kentucky Derbyto face older horses including Hot Rod Charlie, Art Collector and Happy Saver in the Grade II Lukas Classic Stakes. Everybody is still on the team and there is no plan to change them, Reed said. Sonny Leon rode. The short answer - a lot. The Derby pays out twice as much in its total purse as the Preakness Stakes and three times as much as the Belmont Stakes. He did earn 1 Kentucky Derby qualifying point when finishing fourth in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. 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Rich Strike became Keen Ice's first Grade I winner and Calumet Farm's record tenth Kentucky Derby winner. As the horses rounded the turn into the stretch run Rich Strike came four wide but he seemed to relax somewhat upon making the lead at the sixteenth pole. DAWSON: Mainly I was buying small shares with others, so I was a very minority owner. 20 far outside starting spot. Importantly, that performance earned Rich Strike 20 more qualifying points towards the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. A $2 exacta with Rich Strike and Epicenter paid $4,101.20. Frank Angst looks at three equine championships that figure to be tight this year. "[27], After the Derby, on May 12, owner Dawson announced the horse would not run the Preakness Stakes on May 21, noting that while running the race was "very tempting", the team would stick with its original plan of passing on the Preakness after racing the Derby and entering the Belmont Stakes, thus giving up the chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Justify in 2018. In fact, Reed told reporters after the race that he found out about "30 seconds" before Friday's deadline that Rich Strike would race. PEDULLA: It sounds as though you enjoy being involved even at the lower levels of the game. PEDULLA: When you claimed Rich Strike, what were your expectations? [7], Rich Strike, also known as Richie, is a chestnut colt with a white blaze and two white socks on his hind legs. Like I said in another article, Im not giving back the trophy. Theirs came on the first Saturday in May in a little horse race. Its picking a needle out of a haystack. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was bought for just $30,000 - but landed $1.8m when he beat 80-1 odds to win Kentucky Derby after trainer almost gave up five years ago when barn fire killed. The best seat in the house! Sonny Leon hustled Rich Strike from last to first with a swerving, impeccably timed stretch drive, winning the Kentucky Derby in May at Churchill Downs. As had become his pattern, he was well back in the early running then made a late run to finish third. He was trained by Eric Reed and has raced for Richard Dawson, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Calumet Farm. After the Belmont Stakes, Rich Strike trained up to the $1.25 million Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga for his next start on August 27. Epicenter (4-1) came in second, Zandon (6-1) finished third, and Simplification (35-1) finished fourth. DAWSON: Being a minority owner and not having a say so, I didnt feel like I was really learning much. College softball game stopped due to PARROT INVASION. [28], On 11 June, Rich Strike was entered to the Belmont Stakes and faced Todd Pletcher's pair Mo Donegal and the filly Nest and five other horses. We pulled a major upset. It worked out pretty good. [2] [3] Rich Strike is the second-biggest longshot to have won the Kentucky Derby after Donerail (91-1 odds) in 1913. It was too much after the way he ran in Kentucky, Reed said. He lost because he is Rich Strike and just does these things. second biggest longshot in the history of the Kentucky Derby, Keep an eye out for DraftKings free Preakness pool, Michael Jordan made me go to the wrong college, A look inside Japans obsession with bizarre mascots, Thats Weird: Hey uh it kinda seems like this Olympic swimmer got poisoned by her rivals, The best way to watch Marvel movies is in chronological order, 17776: What football will look like in the future. 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CNN In a stunning upset that sent the crowd roaring, Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images). "He didn't run terrible but he just wasn't himself. LOUISVILLE, Ky. . 'We are entering and hoping and praying,' Reed said prior to the race. 'People I hadn't seen, people I haven't talked to in years, my best friends were there in the morning to pick me up,' Reed recalled. He discussed the life-changing two minutes of the Derby and his extraordinary good fortune as part of a question-and-answer session with Americas Best Racing correspondent Tom Pedulla: PEDULLA: What has life been like since the Derby? I had to wait until the stretch and that's what I did. Rich Strike kept getting better as the race went on and won with an incredible sprint in the stretch run. He is by 2016 Travers S. (G1) winner Keen Ice out of Gold Strike, a Canadian Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2005 Queens Plate. Rich Strike suddenly goes on to the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday as a prime contender. Well see if Rich Strike can make a serious push for the Triple Crown when the Preakness Stakes are held on May 21. Rich Strike's rider, Sonny Leon, a 32-year-old from Venezuela, also has a working-class pedigree. He was second best. He started his move on the final turn while weaving through traffic, first shifting out four horses wide of the rail then back towards the rail. DAWSON: Very straightforward. Jockey Sonny Leon rode Rich Strike to his victory in the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, 2022. Data Privacy | The horses go from the stall to the five-furlong training track, work or gallop and come back. He is by 2016 Travers S. (G1) winner Keen Ice out of Gold Strike, a Canadian Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2005 Queen's . They skipped the Preakness in Baltimore but came to New York, where they finished sixth in the Belmont Stakes. The field included horses Flightline, Epicenter, Rich Strike, Hot Rod Charlie, Taiba, Life is Good, Olympiad and Happy Saver. During this time Summer is Tomorrow and Crown Pride battled up front starting the race off with an extremely fast pace. PEDULLA: And you have a Derby winner after six years. He has a training track right there at the farm and so I thought, Well, I will give this a shot again. Its been a great experience. Jockey Sonny Leon implored his mount to finish the race off with left-handed strikes in the closing sixteenth while simultaneously working to maintain his balance, as his saddle may have slipped to the left. PEDULLA: Was the decision to skip the Preakness Stakes an agonizing decision or very straightforward for you? Become a Licensee | I waited and then the rail opened up. Rich Strike ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.61. The colt is the only horse Dawson has in training. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Rich Strike earned $1.86 million for just his second career victory. About CDI | Rich Strike (21), with Sonny Leon aboard, wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Rich Strike: Owner Rick Dawson bet on Eric Reed, Rich Strike and won big at 2022 Kentucky Derby, "What planet is this?" 'When we drove up on that that night, I told my wife, I said, 'We've probably lost everything,'' Reed told the Louisville Courier Journal. As is his customary style, Rich Strike raced back off the pace and did come with a closing move in the stretch but was ultimately to be denied second placeby a neck and a nose and had to settle forfourth. 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[10][11], In September 2021, horse trainer Eric Reed, on behalf of Richard Dawson's RED-TR Racing, bought Rich Strike for $30,000 at a claiming race at Churchill Downs.[6]. Rich Strike received $1,860,000 of the Kentucky Derby's $3 million purse as the race winner. Rich Strike won the 148th Kentucky Derby in Mayas an 80-1 shot. Eric Reed's horse had 80-to-1 odds entering the prestigious event. Don't feel too bad for Rogers,. The colt seems to have been slowed by a faltering Epicenter, who suffered a track career-ending injury during the race. A simulation investigation, Every No. His has a stakes win at the 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1). Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Trainer Eric Reed (left) and Owner Rick Dawson (center) celebrate with the trophy after Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Leon, Dawson and Reed all won their first Kentucky Derbies, all three of them as massive underdogs alongside their horse. The Kentucky-bred colt is out of the Smart Strike mare Gold Strike, a champion filly in Canada during her racing days. The win came six years after a devastating fire caused by lightning killed 23 horses at his Mercury . Zandon received $300,000 for finishing third, and fourth-place finisher Simplification earned$150,000. He was sent off as the 10-1 sixth choice in the betting in a field of eight. Privacy Policy | Leon's rail ride was reminiscent of jockey Calvin Borel's stealth move aboard Mine That Bird in 2009. I think he should have gotten that Saturday. The comments below have not been moderated. The New York Times Sports department is revisiting the subjects of some compelling articles from the last year or so. The Kentucky Derby is a 1 1/4-mile race, so its important for horses not to peak too early. 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