He was sired by Keen Ice out of the Smart Strike mare Gold Strike. The best seat in the house! The Kentucky Derby officially marks the start of Triple Crown season. [16], Rich Strike made his final start of the year on December 26 in the Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Frank Angst looks at three equine championships that figure to be tight this year. May 7, 2022, 9:08 PM. He was the 11th-ranked rider in the nation . Trainer Reed endured a tragedy five years ago when he lost nearly two dozen horses in a barn fire after lightning struck his training center in Lexington, Firefighters believe the fire was caused by storms that passed through Kentucky, Debris lies on the ground after a fire at the Mercury Equine Center in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, Training center workers were devastated upon coming into work and seeing the devastation, 'I never thought I would have a Derby horse,' Reed said. Those were tough races, but he always showed up and tried hard, Leon said. Rich Strike is resting now on a farm in the bluegrass, just being a horse. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Youre not down the road on a trailer. The Derby pays out twice as much in its total purse as the Preakness Stakes and three times as much as the Belmont Stakes. Rich Strike now ranks second all time, with a. An 80-1 shot who won this years Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike is preparing to race as a 4-year-old. Rich Strike won the 148th Kentucky Derby in Mayas an 80-1 shot. When I made the move to Eric and started buying horses 100 percent, it just worked out better. RED TR-Racing's son of Keen Ice arrived at Mercury Training Center in LexingtonJan. 10 and was expected to begin light training the next day in preparation for his 4-year-old campaign. Those odds lowered to 80-to-1 by race time. (Jenny Doyle/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM), An Eclipse Awards Coronation Expected for Flightline at The Breakers. The 2022 Kentucky Derby-winning horse Rich Strike is owned by Oklahoma native Rick Dawson. LOUISVILLE, Ky. . Saturday May last the Gods smiled on him. "You know we had a difficult post but I know the horse," said Leon. We shocked the world.. Final Odds for the Derby. '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. The Kentucky Derby is by far the most lucrative race of the Triple Crown. Hes Americas horse now. Triple Crown Winners from Sir Barton to Justify, Black History Month: Shining a Spotlight on Notable African American Jockeys, Preakness Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Preakness Horses, Get to Know All 13 U.S. The colt made it look so easy at the end that the biggest challenge for Leon and Reed was getting their minds around winning the sport's marquee event on their very first try. He made up ground on the inside late and finished third, beaten 5 3/4 lengths by the victorious Tiz the Bomb. Leon regularly rides on some of the country's smallest circuits, where the horse flesh is inexpensive and the purse money modest. The colt has begun training for the 2023 year. He was near the back of the field for most of the race but found an inside path in the stretch and closed well to finish third behind Tiz the Bomb. DAWSON: Its been great for Rich Strike, great for my trainer, the farm folks. He had won once in his seven previous races, competing mostly in the minor leagues at Turfway Park, a 90-minute drive northeast of Churchill Downs, in Florence, Ky., outside Cincinnati. Rich Strike (foaled April 25, 2019) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby, racing at 801 odds. Eric Reed's horse had 80-to-1 odds entering the prestigious event. Come January, however, Reed will bring him back to his training center near Lexington, Ky., and begin getting him ready for an ambitious campaign. In all, the seven days ending Feb. 26 produced 43 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more that were redeemed or sold across Maryland, and the Lottery paid nearly $34.3 million in prizes during that . Rich Strike ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.61. Horse faced 80-1 odds. The day before the race he was the favourite at 2-1 odds. He may jump up and run a big race on any given day and then for no apparent reason toss in a clunker. [36], Rich Strike ran in the Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs on Friday, November 22, 2022, on his reported favourite track for the 1 1/8 mile G1 race. This was never in my thoughts. * Rich Strike is inbred 3s 2d to the stallion Smart Strike, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and second generation on the dam side of his pedigree. Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities | Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing! The short answer - a lot. Whether they are running in an allowance race or whatever, I still have the same excitement when the bell goes off and your horse comes out. Rich Strike is also inbred 4s 4s to Deputy Minister, meaning he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of the pedigree. 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 horse did not do well, finished at the back of the pack. [4] He drew off down the stretch to win by .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}17+14 lengths. Rich Strike is the second biggest longshot in the history of the Kentucky Derby. Now he's a Kentucky Derby winner, 'I got a shot': Jockey Sonny Leon makes Kentucky Derby his first graded stakes win. Rich Strike won the 148th Kentucky Derby in May as an 80-1 shot. University of Louisville Equine Industry Program - Get a Career in Horse Racing! He said that the kindness of friends, high-profile trainers and people he'd met in the business over the years was the thing that kept him going. What mattered was what they did about it: They proved that they belonged. EXCLUSIVE - Revealed: Carol Kirkwood's secret toyboy fianc - 13 years her junior - is a divorced police 'Digital antidepressants' to be rolled out on the NHS as health bosses give eight apps and web-based therapy Shamima Begum and other British women who joined Islamic State and are being held in Syria will 'ultimately' 'This is the most ridiculous thing I've seen!' The horse is owned by RED TR-Racing and trained by Eric Reed. [29] Rich Strike was selected as the third pick in the field starting at odds of just over 4/1. "I feel like I have been propelled somewhere. Hes grown up.. Forget Cocaine Bear when theres FLORIDA PARROT. The horse was purchased by Rick Dawson, who races as RED TR-Racing LLC, for $30,000 last fall when the colt was entered in a low-level claiming race by former owner Calumet Farm, who bred the horse. But doing that, I realized I would rather be a 100 percent owner of a horse and maybe have fewer horses and more say so in what was done and how it was done. As had become his pattern, he was well back in the early running then made a late run to finish third. The final leg of the Triple Crown is the Belmont Stakes, which will be held in Elmont, New York on June 11. Im really enjoying myself and not just with Rich Strike in the Derby but the other horses I have. [29] Rich Strike broke in at the start bumping Nest solidly after that rival stumbled and pinched her back, raced briefly inside into the first turn before going two then three wide and then back to the two path briefly into the backstretch, tipped out and chased four wide with seven and a half furlongs to go, continued four wide through the far turn coaxed along from the half mile pole, swung four to five wide at the head of the stretch and tired finish sixth to winner Mo Donegal. "I didn't know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. 'We had a difficult post but I know the horse,' Leon said about Rich Strike's No. Rich Strike is the winner of the 148th Kentucky Derby at famed Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The winning jockey will receive a 10 percent cut of the prize money, while the second and third place jockeys receive a five percent cut. This is one of the biggest upsets in Kentucky Derby history. Rich Strike may not have garnered much attention when left the starting gate at 80-1 odds in the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, but his underdog story caught the eyes of BloodHorse . In between, Reed is pointing for three stakes races in Kentucky and New York. What they found was that Reed was a Kentucky hardboot who won races in bunches at the casino racetracks in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, and that Leon, a 32-year-old Venezuelan, was his go-to rider. 1 pick trade in NFL Draft history, and what its gotten back, Looking back at the 12 previous times the first-overall pick was traded in the NFL draft, NBA Scores: Knicks knock Celtics off the top of East standings. 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. 'And so anybody that's in this business, lightening can strike. As for Rich Strike, he took his entourage to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where he ran fourth in the Travers Stakes, and then back to Kentucky for a second-place finish at the Lukas Classic and then the Breeders Cup Classic for a fourth-place run. 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. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Tragedy as large barn fire in Kentucky kills thirty horses. Mo Donegal, who finished fifth, won $90,000. It turns out we won the Derby and, granted, it was very tempting because youve got a horse who can potentially win the Triple Crown. That connection between horse and rider was clear as Leon guided Rich Strike from 15th after a mile behind contender Messier on the rail in the stretch. Rich Strike has raced and won at Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Ellis Park, Fair Grounds, Keeneland, Saratoga, Turfway Park. Well fill in the rest of the finishers when its officially announced. Rich Strike becomes the second-biggest upset in the Derby's 148-year history and beat the longest odds for a Kentucky Derby winner since Donerail, who won from 91-1 odds in 1913. Reed's horse opened with 99-to-1 odds to win the Kentucky Derby. Leon's rail ride was reminiscent of jockey Calvin Borel's stealth move aboard Mine That Bird in 2009. Prior to the Derby, Reed trained horses on such a small scale that he didn't even have a Wikipedia page. Leon hustled Rich Strike from last to first with a swerving, impeccably timed stretch drive that had people in the grandstands looking through their programs and television viewers at home looking through Google to find out who these guys were with the 80-1 shot. [26] A shocked Reed collapsed in the paddock. If we get in the Derby and run well or bad, I just thought coming back in a couple of weeks probably wouldnt be the best for our horse. Sonny Leon rode. Rich Strike broke his maiden in impressive fashion at Churchill Downs on Sept. 17, 2021, his second career start. He was trained by Eric Reed and has raced for Richard Dawson, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Calumet Farm. 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 | Watch Rich Strike's trainer react to winning the 148th Kentucky Derby. Become a Licensee | Just like in the Kentucky Derby, he rated towards the back of the pack in the early stages. 'I can't believe it after Epicenter's effort,' said losing trainer Steve Asmussen, who fell to 0 for 24 in the Derby. But what a trip for me and my guys. Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, the twin spires design, and Churchill Downs Incorporated related trademarks are registered trademarks of Churchill Downs Incorporated. Accessibility | Rich Strikes Derby win was one of the top stories in horse racing during spring-summer 2022. DAWSON: Its almost embarrassing. Im a hands-on kind of guy. The Kentucky-bred colt is out of the Smart Strike mare Gold Strike, a champion filly in Canada during her racing days. The colt seems to have been slowed by a faltering Epicenter, who suffered a track career-ending injury during the race. [29] Trainer Eric Reed commented after the race, "The pace was slow, but he had him where he wanted to be. Hey, we won the Kentucky Derby., Rich Strike Is Resting, but Hes Not Done Racing, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/sports/rich-strike-kentucky-derby.html. And thats great, too. Can the 49ers really win with ANYONE at QB? And thats what we did. Don't feel too bad for Rogers,. Like I said in another article, Im not giving back the trophy. He found his way to the rail from the extreme outside post under jockey Sonny Leon and took advantage of a very fast pace and a wide-open rail to shoot through on the inside and win the race at 80.80-1. Originally on the also-eligible list with 21 total points, Rich Strike drew into the Kentucky Derby the day before the race when Ethereal Road was scratched. He was second best. Turf. 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. It was discovered post-race that he was quite ill. Rich Strike is being treated for what trainer Eric Reed called a guttural pouch infection, and after recovery he was rested until mid-January 2023. Reed had no argument with the bettors ignoring his colt, whose victory surely inspired little guys everywhere. Suddenly, the ding-ding-ding of slot machines at the casino tracks at Belterra in Ohio and Mountaineer Park in West Virginia gave way to the siren song of the New York and a Triple Crown race. At 8:45 a.m. on Friday morning, Reed was informed there were no scratches. PEDULLA: And you have a Derby winner after six years. So was Gabriel Lagunes, an accomplished jockey on the casino circuit who has been driving between West Virginia and Kentucky for years to exercise Reeds horses. [21], It was the first graded stakes win for jockey Sonny Leon, who was commended by Reed for an excellent ride. Back then, he could not secure an agent and was mainly an exercise rider. I dont really own him anymore. Rich Strike has won the 2022 Kentucky Derby race. (Eclipse Sportswire) Rich Strike caught the attention of trainer Eric Reed when he was entered for a $30,000 claiming price in a one-mile dirt race last Sept. 17 at Churchill Downs. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. This years race marked the start of Bob Bafferts ban from Churchill Downs until after the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Pat Forde. [39], Rich Strike has returned to the Mercury Training Centre. "[30], The Travers Stakes on August 27 attracted a very strong field, including the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby (Rich Strike, Epicenter and Zandon), Preakness winner Early Voting and Cyberknife, who had won the Haskell in his last start. One of the most improbable races in Kentucky Derby history happened just moments ago when Rich Strike crossed the finish line with a winning time of 2:02.61. 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Congratulations to Rich Strike, Eric Reed and the entire team on an improbable victory. Published: 07:05 GMT, 8 May 2022 | Updated: 09:03 GMT, 8 May 2022. In the stretch, he was checked briefly by a tiring horse but again found racing room and launched a sustained drive to the inside of Epicenter. He now rides in five or six races a day. Rich Strike caught the attention of trainer Eric Reed when he was entered for a $30,000 claiming price in a one-mile dirt race last Sept. 17 at Churchill Downs. Rich Strike is a 4 year old colt and has raced from 2021 to 2022. [23][24][25] Rich Strike was overlooked at odds of 80-1. 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) The effort was nearly enough in the colt's first race against older horses but, in the end, he fell short by mere inches to Hot Rod Charlie. 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