The preparations are ready for the day of this Saturday at the Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, with the 151 edition of the Kentucky Derby, with the participation of 20 specimens that will be duel at 6:57 pm when the bell sounds for the two most exciting minutes of the horsepower races worldwide.
For this edition of the 13 active riders that have won at least once the Rosas Derby, only four will be present in the race to be played at the end of the afternoon. Joel Rosario, Flavien Prat, Florent Geroux and Javier Castellano.
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The stellar Jhon Velázquez (Grande) and Mike Smith (Rodríguez), their mounts were removed. If this had not happened, we were in the presence of an unprecedented record, with the participation of both jockeys members of the Hall of Fame.
Velázquez, 53, winner of 6,695 races for life in the United States, which includes 1,072 selective, of which 668 have been of degrees. Jonny, with the victory, would have become the most winning active rider of the event with 4 wins and the second of all time, matched in the box with Bill Shoemaker, and one of the Eddie Careo and Bill Hartack colleges, who have five Kentucky trophies.
While Mike Smith, 59, with 5,779 triumphs and 567 selective that includes 385 degrees, is one of the active riders with more participations in the derby with 28. Smith, in that case that he had achieved victory, became the oldest rider to conquer the Rosas Derby.
Velázquez’s victories have been with Animal Kingdom (2011), Always Dreaming (2017) and Authentic (2020). Mike Smith’s victories were with Justify (2018) and Giacomo (2005).
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