| Order Horse | 1 Medina Spirit | 2 Mandaloun | 3 Hot Rod Charlie | 4 Essential Quality |
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Who were the top 3 winners of the Kentucky Derby?
| Year Winner Third | 2021 Medina Spirit Hot Rod Charlie | 2020 Authentic Mr. Big News | 2019 * Country House Tacitus | 2018 Justify † Audible |
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Who was the number 3 horse in the Kentucky Derby?
| # | 3 | Horse | Super Stock Dialed In— Super Girlie | # | 3 | Horse | Super Stock Dialed In—Super Girlie | Points | 109 |
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Who were the top three horses in the Kentucky Derby 2021?
| Post position Horse Odds | 1 Known Agenda 6-1 | 2 Like The King 50-1 | 3 Brooklyn Strong 50-1 | 4 Keepmeinmind 50-1 |
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Who is the best horse in the Kentucky Derby?
| Rank Horse Points | 1 Major General 10 | 2 Tough to Tame 4 | 3 Red Knobs 2 | 4 Bourbon Heist 1 |
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Who came in 2nd in Kentucky Derby 2021?
| Order Horse | 1 Medina Spirit | 2 Mandaloun | 3 Hot Rod Charlie | 4 Essential Quality |
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What horse won 2021 Derby?
The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, the nation's premier thoroughbred race, took place on May 1.
Medina Spirit
won an upset victory by a head over runner-up Mandaloun. It was Baffert's seventh victory in the Derby, the most of any trainer.
Who owns the horse essential quality?
He is bred and owned by
Godolphin
for HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai. Training is overseen by conditioner Brad Cox and jockey Luis Saez sits aboard. The talented three-year-old has won the 2021 Southwest Stakes after a win in the prestigious Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland in 2020.
Will there be a Kentucky Derby in 2021?
When and where is the 2021 Kentucky Derby? The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is set for
Saturday, May 1, 2021
with coverage beginning at 12 p.m. ET on NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app before moving from NBCSN to NBC at 2:30.
Are there any gray horses in the Kentucky Derby?
A
total of 25 horses classified
as gray/roan have run in the Derby since. None of them won the race.
What horse is favored to win the Kentucky Derby?
Cox's Essential Quality
is the 2-1 favorite in the latest 2021 Kentucky Derby odds, while Mandaloun and Baffert's Medina Spirit are both 15-1. Midnight Bourbon (20-1) and Super Stock (30-1) also are long shots to finish at the front of the 19-horse 2021 Kentucky Derby field.
What happened to the Kentucky Derby winner 2021?
The 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit,
failed a drug test after the race
, putting a new stain on a sport troubled by doping problems and placing thoroughbred horse racing's most recognizable personality, the Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, under uncomfortable scrutiny.
How many Triple Crown horses are there?
There have been
13 Triple Crown winners
in history, with the only two immortalized horses of the last four decades guided by Baffert in the last six years.
Who is the most famous race horse?
- Seattle Slew. No one expected the diminutive colt named Seattle Slew to become one of the biggest names in the history of horse racing. …
- Seabiscuit. …
- Man o' War. …
- Citation. …
- American Pharoah.
Has a white horse ever won the Kentucky Derby?
| Winning Colors | Earnings $1,526,837 | Major wins |
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Has a horse ever won the Kentucky Derby twice?
Nyquist
.
Nyquist
is the second Derby winner to win the race as an undefeated two-year-old season champion. The 2016 Kentucky Derby, which Nyquist won by 11⁄4 lengths, was the horse's last win. Nyquist is a 5th generation descendant of Secretariat.
