2011 Kentucky Derby

137th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Official logo for the 2011 Kentucky Derby
Location	Churchill Downs
Date	May 7, 2011
Winning horse	Animal Kingdom
Jockey	John R. Velazquez
Conditions	Fast
Surface	Dirt
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The 2011 Kentucky Derby was the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, on May 7. The race was won by Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, trained by H. Graham Motion and owned by Team Valor.^[1]

The race took place on Saturday, May 7, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.^[2]

A record crowd of 164,858 was on hand at the track for the race.^[3]

Payout

The 137th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule

Program Number	Horse Name	Win	Place	Show
16	Animal Kingdom	$43.80	$19.60	$13.00
19	Nehro	-	$8.80	$6.40
13	Mucho Macho Man	-	-	$7.00

$2 Exacta: (16–19) paid $329.80^[4]
$2 Trifecta: (16–19-13) paid $3,952.40^[4]
$2 Superfecta: (16–19-13-14) paid $48,126.00^[4]

Details

The winning horse, Animal Kingdom (#16), came up on the outside, passing 3 horses in the last stretch, to win by 2 ³⁄₄ lengths.^[1] (see photos in External links, below). The second place went to Corey Nakatani on Nehro (#19), and third place went to Rajiv Maragh on Mucho Macho Man (#13). The horses with post positions on each side of the winner (#17 and #15) placed eleventh and sixteenth, respectively, at the finish. It is also the first time in history the 19 horse has ever been in the money in the Kentucky Derby. In 2012, I'll Have Another became the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby from the 19 post.

The winning jockey, John R. Velazquez, had recently switched to riding Animal Kingdom, after his prior horse, Uncle Mo (former 2nd choice, 9-2), had been scratched earlier within the week.^[5]

Field

Finish	Post	Horse name	Trainer	Jockey	Opening odds (to 1)	Final odds^[4]	Stakes
1	16	Animal Kingdom	H. Graham Motion	John R. Velazquez	30	20.9	$1,411,800
2	19	Nehro	Steve Asmussen	Corey Nakatani	6	8.5	$400,000
3	13	Mucho Macho Man	Katherine Ritvo	Rajiv Maragh	12	9.3	$200,000
4	14	Shackleford	Dale L. Romans	Jesus Castanon	12	23	$100,000
5	11	Master of Hounds	Aidan O'Brien	Garrett K. Gomez	30	16	$60,000
6	12	Santiva	Eddie Kenneally	Shaun Bridgmohan	30	34
7	2	Brilliant Speed	Thomas Albertrani	Joel Rosario	30	27
8	8	Dialed In	Nick Zito	Julien Leparoux	4	5
9	7	Pants On Fire	Kelly Breen	Rosie Napravnik	20	8
10	3	Twice the Appeal	Jeff Bonde	Calvin Borel	20	11
11	17	Soldat	Kiaran McLaughlin	Alan Garcia	12	11
12	4	Stay Thirsty	Todd Pletcher	Ramon A. Dominguez	20	17
13	9	Derby Kitten	Michael J. Maker	Javier Castellano	30	36
14	5	Decisive Moment	Juan Arias	Kerwin Clark	30	39
15	1	Archarcharch	William H. Fires	Jon Court	10	12
16	15	Midnight Interlude	Bob Baffert	Victor Espinoza	10	9
17	10	Twinspired	Michael J. Maker	Mike E. Smith	30	32
18	20	Watch Me Go	Kathleen O'Connell	Rafael Bejarano	50	33
19	6	Comma To The Top	Peter Miller	Pat Valenzuela	30	35
(scratched)^[6]	18	Uncle Mo	Todd Pletcher	~~John R. Velazquez~~ (rode Animal Kingdom)	4.5

Margins – 2 ³⁄₄ lengths, neck
Time – 2:02:04
Track – Fast

Notable achievements

Animal Kingdom became the first Kentucky Derby winner to have never previously raced on a dirt track.^[3]
Animal Kingdom became the first horse since Exterminator in 1918 to win the Derby with only four previous starts.^[3]
Animal Kingdom became the first horse since Needles in 1956 to win the race off a six-week layoff.^[3]

References

1 2 "ESPN Animal Kingdom wins 137th Derby" ESPN.go.com, May 7, 2011, webpage: ESPN65.
↑ Bossert, Jerry (May 4, 2011). "137th Kentucky Derby: Complete field including post, horse, jockey, trainer, odds at Churchill Downs". NY Daily News. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
1 2 3 4 Bailey, Steve (May 7, 2011). "Velazquez roars to Derby triumph aboard Animal Kingdom". Thoroughbred Times. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
1 2 3 4 "11th Race, Churchill Downs, May 7, 2011" (PDF). drf.com. Daily Racing Form. 2011-05-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
↑ Network, Sports. "Uncle Mo scratched from the Kentucky Derby - Horse Racing". MiamiHerald.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
↑ Van Valkenburg, Kevin (May 6, 2011). "Kentucky Derby 2011: Uncle Mo is scratched, leaving race wide open and lacking star power". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 7, 2011.

External links

Photo of winning horse, Animal Kingdom - from Bleacherreport.net
Photo of Animal Kingdom racing, gaining on the outside - from Star-Telegram.com
Photo in Winner's Circle, with the roses - from TimesUnion.com

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