I waited, and then the rail opened up. We had no idea what we had. 'I didnt know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. Jockey Sonny Leon rode Rich Strike to a strong fourth place finish behind winner Flightline, Olympiad and Taiba. 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) 2, 2022. It worked out pretty good. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. This years race marked the start of Bob Bafferts ban from Churchill Downs until after the 2023 Kentucky Derby. DAWSON: I liked his family, everybody at the farm. It was just something I wanted to do and I wanted to enjoy it. Odds & lines subject to change. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from far back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of a length. Even though he was defeated, the effort stamped Rich Strike as something better than a one-hit Kentucky Derby wonder. College softball game stopped due to PARROT INVASION. "I didn't know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. Dawson said after the race Saturday. Starting as the 5/1 fourth choice, Rich Strike settled behind the leaders Art Collector and Hot Rod Charlie. We showed everybody that anyone can do this, not just the elite, said Reed, still giddy more than eight months after the Derby. The horse is owned by RED TR-Racing and trained by Eric Reed. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. And thats what we did. Advertisement The horse began the week as an alternate with only one win on its resume. He broke slowly and was never a factor, finishing last. The day before the race he was the favourite at 2-1 odds. Watch Rich Strike's trainer react to winning the 148th Kentucky Derby. Reed stated that Rich Strikes 2022 team members will be in place for 2023, and there is no plan to change them the Dixons, Leon, Lagune. [7], Rich Strike, also known as Richie, is a chestnut colt with a white blaze and two white socks on his hind legs. Rich Strike (foaled April 25, 2019) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby, racing at 801 odds. Longshot 2022 Derby Winner Rich Strike Ready to Resume Training for 4-Year-Old Season, Voting for 2022 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year Now Open. Rich Strike: Owner Rick Dawson bet on Eric Reed, Rich Strike and won big at 2022 Kentucky Derby, "What planet is this?" He left a handful of his backers roaring and weeping with joy as they . In between, Reed is pointing for three stakes races in Kentucky and New York. Dirt I asked my trainer up on the stage, I said, 'Are you sure this is not a dream? Saturday May last the Gods smiled on him. Reed puts up one finger to signify how his horse performed at Churchill Downs, Trainer Eric Reed (L), Jockey Sonny Leon (C), and Owner Rick Dawson (R) celebrate with the trophy after Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. (Eclipse Sportswire), Rich Strike at Belmont Park. Gold Strike was. Hes grown up.. "I feel like I have been propelled somewhere. "[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. Rich Strike now ranks second all time, with a. 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. 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. Each horse listed is linked to additional information including pedigree, sale history, race chart (with video and recap . Call 1-800-GAMBLER. The colts past performances for the year tell the story of an honest racehorse that competed against the best of his generation and never embarrassed himself: nine starts, one victory and three in-the-money finishes for more than $2.4 million in earnings. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Tragedy as large barn fire in Kentucky kills thirty horses. It was his first 3 week turnaround. [17], Rich Strike made his three-year-old debut on January 22, 2022, in the Leonatus Stakes over the all weather surface at Turfway Park in Kentucky. He brought owner Dawson of RED TR-Racing, Kentucky-based trainer Reed, and jockey Leon to the national spotlight after they competed mainly in the claiming and allowance levels at tracks such as Belterra Park and Mahoning Valley. Rich Strike made history Saturday as the second-biggest longshot to win the Kentucky Derby in 148 years of the race. As had become his pattern, he was well back in the early running then made a late run to finish third. Its picking a needle out of a haystack. Dawson, the owner, wants to run him as a 4-year-old. I had actually played that scenario out in my head. He trailed the field through the first three-quarters of a mile before making a mild rally to finish fifth behind Epicenter. Now he's a Kentucky Derby winner, Jockey Sonny Leon makes Kentucky Derby his first graded stakes win, Rich Strike wins the 2022 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike heads possible field for May 21 Preakness at Pimlico, Kentucky Derby winner bit Churchill Downs' lead pony and got punched for it, Steve Asmussen in shock after Epicenter loses in Kentucky Derby, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - MAY 07: Jockey Sonny Leon reacts as Rich Strike wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 07, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. We shocked the world.. But we also knew it wasnt best for our horse. The Chosen Vron earned the highest speed figures a History (1875-2022 Derby Results & Videos), Breeders' Cup Super Screener - Expert Picks. Rich Strike earned $1.86 million for just his second career victory. Pat Forde. This is unbelievable. Show Transcript. Final Odds for the Derby. (Eclipse Sportswire), Rich Strikes Owner Richard Dawson on an Incredible Kentucky Derby and a Belmont Bid, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, A 'Confident' New Contender Cracks the Latest Kentucky Derby Poll. Rich Strike will try to win the second leg of the Triple Crown when the Preakness Stakes takes place in Baltimore on May 21. Rich Strike received $1,860,000 of the Kentucky Derby's $3 million purse as the race winner. Youre not down the road on a trailer. [37][38], Trainer Eric Reed worked on a race plan for next year, as Rich Strike rested at a bluegrass farm at the end of 2022, and enjoyed just being a horse. It's one of the biggest upsets in the. Rich Strike became Keen Ice's first Grade I winner and Calumet Farm's record tenth Kentucky Derby winner. Hes Americas horse now. In his next four starts during late 2021 and early 2022, he finished no better than third and was decisively defeated in each race. Also there in New York were Jerry Dixon and his son Jerry Jr., the colts groom and the fourth generation of the family in the horse business. Zandon received $300,000 for finishing third, and fourth-place finisher Simplification earned$150,000. Mine That Bird sprang what was then the Derby's third-biggest upset, paying $103.20 to win. The best seat in the house! For me, just getting into racing has been a fun activity for me. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. [26] A shocked Reed collapsed in the paddock. May 12, 2022. '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 colt seems to have been slowed by a faltering Epicenter, who suffered a track career-ending injury during the race. Win or lose, Rich Strike has done enough for us. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from far back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of a length. The horse was purchased by 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. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. DAWSON: Being a minority owner and not having a say so, I didnt feel like I was really learning much. I just wanted to buy my clients a horse that would keep them happy, have some fun and make a little money. Jerry Dixon Jr., who had been groom to the horse almost since his arrival at Eric Reeds training centre, was Rich Strikes groom at the Kentucky Derby. [9] His dam, Gold Strike by Smart Strike, was the Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2005; he was sired by Keen Ice, best known for defeating American Pharoah in the Travers Stakes. The Keen Ice colt won a $30,000 maiden claiming race by 17 1/4 lengths, covering a mile in 1:36.84. 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. This was never in my thoughts.'. The BBC will suspend the 159-a-year licence fee for two days so people can watch EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could Nicola Sturgeon return the Stone of Scone for King Charles's coronation as one of Do not sell or share my personal information. . I was learning the business and it was a great way to go about it. "In the paddock he was a monster and he's never like that," Reed said. He was trained by Eric Reed and has raced for Richard Dawson, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Calumet Farm. Rich Strike put me in the top tier, Leon said. He lost ground at the quarter pole and he came back. Meet theKentucky-winning horse Rich Strike who shocked the sports world when he beat 80-1 odds at his first Derby - and his trainer who almost abandoned his career when a fire killed dozens of his horses. Gambling problem? "[6], He turned in a similar performance on March 5 in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, also at Turfway Park, this time finishing fourth. During this time Summer is Tomorrow and Crown Pride battled up front starting the race off with an extremely fast pace. Well see if Rich Strike can make a serious push for the Triple Crown when the Preakness Stakes are held on May 21. 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. Eric Reed knew he wanted to follow his . This was never in my thoughts. The colt has begun training for the 2023 year. Forget Cocaine Bear when theres FLORIDA PARROT. Theirs came on the first Saturday in May in a little horse race called the Kentucky Derby. After taking a bite out of his much costlier competition, he playfully chomped on the pony guiding him to the winner's circle. Japan earned . 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 | Rich Strike is resting now on a farm in the bluegrass, just being a horse. It was never going to be a life or death kind of thing. Rich Strike seems to be a completely different horse at Churchill Downs than when he races anywhere else, and his prowess under the Twin Spires was on display again when he made his next start in the Grade 2 $500,000 Lukas Classic on Oct. 1 against a loaded field that included older horses such as Art Collector, Happy Saver, and Hot Rod Charlie. Sonny Leon was the winning jockey. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. You get that personal touch and he had time for me. He was claimed for $30,000. A $1 superfecta (the top four finishers with Zandon third and Simplification fourth) paid $321,500.09. He broke well from the outside post position and settled into the back of the pack where he was in eighteenth place after the first half-mile, 17 lengths behind the leaders. Baffert received the ban after his horse Medina Spirit won the 2021 Derby and was later disqualified for failing a drug test. Anyone can read what you share. Rich Strike will skip Dubai, race '5 or 6 times' in U.S. Federal agency formally clears Hot Rod Charlie in Shoegate, Works report: Rich Strike fires bullet; Caravel returns to training, Rich Strike owner is not going away, wants Shoegate reversal, Kentucky Derby prep: San Felipe Stakes odds and analysis, Ky. Derby prep trends: Winning styles are clear for 4 races, How Proxy could benefit from Big 'Cap pace scenario, Horses to Watch: See rising stars on dirt and turf, These are last week's fastest stakes winners, HRN Speed figures powered by Colts Neck data. I said OK.". The horse had just entered the race on Friday. 'I feel like the luckiest man alive,' Dawson said, grinning. SIRE of KY Derby Winner RICH STRIKE 2022 LEADING SIRE of 3 YEAR-OLDS . 'By the grace of God, the wind was blowing in a direction that kept it from getting to the other two barns. [21] However, the last-minute scratch of another horse, Ethereal Road, allowed him to draw into the Derby, and minutes later, Reed took another phone call from chief steward Barbara Borden, asking him if he wanted to run Rich Strike in the Derby. "You know we had a difficult post but I know the horse," said Leon. The horses go from the stall to the five-furlong training track, work or gallop and come back. Can the 49ers really win with ANYONE at QB? DAWSON: I was introduced to Eric and I went out and visited Eric (at Mercury Equine Center in Lexington, Ky.). His efforts to date and his pedigree suggest he should stay 1 1/4 miles, but whether he has the class at the very top level is questionable. PEDULLA: And you have a Derby winner after six years. Published: 07:05 GMT, 8 May 2022 | Updated: 09:03 GMT, 8 May 2022. Rich Strike is also inbred 4s 4s to Deputy Minister, meaning he appears fourth generation twice on the sire side of the pedigree. Rich Strike's trainer Ed Reed and his crew were jubilant at Churchill Downs after the horse won the 148th Kentucky Derby. Both were first-timers to the sports grand spectacle, and no one gave their colt, Rich Strike, much of a shot to run away with the roses. 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 . "[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. Jockey Sonny Leon rode Rich Strike to his victory in the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, 2022. 2 on the list; he passed Majestic Frontier, who has career earnings of $83,840. Those odds lowered to 80-to-1 by race time. 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. In fact, Reed told reporters after the race that he found out about "30 seconds" before Friday's deadline that Rich Strike would race. 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 was well back for most of the race but started to close ground in the final furlong to finish third, beaten by 3+12 lengths. 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. 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. An 80-1 shot who won this years Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike is preparing to race as a 4-year-old. Leon's rail ride was reminiscent of jockey Calvin Borel's stealth move aboard Mine That Bird in 2009. Rich Strike is a 4 year old colt and has raced from 2021 to 2022. He was just two lengths off the early leaders after a half-mile. I have two others racing and then Ive got a filly we bred to Keen Ice and I have a yearling out of Keen Ice. The 2022 Kentucky Derby-winning horse Rich Strike is owned by Oklahoma native Rick Dawson. In the process, the Lexington-bred horse with 80-1 odds made his owner,. He did earn 1 Kentucky Derby qualifying point when finishing fourth in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park. "[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. He was the 11th-ranked rider in the nation . Rich Strike broke his maiden in impressive fashion at Churchill Downs on Sept. 17, 2021, his second career start. Then we won the Derby and all of our lives have changed. Rich Strike is the winner of the 148th Kentucky Derby at famed Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Now, he rides in five or six races a day and has earned more than $1 million in purses at one of the most competitive racetracks in the nation. PEDULLA: It sounds as though you enjoy being involved even at the lower levels of the game. Rich Strike took his customary spot off the pace in the Lukas Classic and came with a big closing move down the center of the track in the stretch. He seemed to be working well on dirt and we thought he might like the dirt. Neither man ever imagined that the colt would go on to score one of the great upsets in Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve history, a triumph that underscores racings wonderful improbability and the incredible thrills that can come with Thoroughbred ownership. And I liked the fact that the training track was on the farm. 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. Derby Experiences, Betting Smarter: Ashley Andersons five tips for your first, Betting Smarter: Four Tips for Betting the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. 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