Mage has won the 149th Kentucky Derby. He had only three starts coming into the race. Jockey Javier Castellano won his first Derby. Jockey Castellano and trainer Gustavo Delgado are from Venezuela. Shades of Canonero II in 1971. He was 15-1.
Two Phil's was second, and co-favorite Angel of Empire finished third. The time was 2:01.57, far off Secretariat's 1973 record.
Commonwealth Syndicate owns the horse. There are 382 shareholders in Mage. Mage is sired by Good Magic, sired by Curlin, (dam Glinda the Good), while his dam Puca is sired by Big Brown out of Boat's Ghost.
The race, thanks to NBC Sports:
Blast from the past is NBC Sports rebroadcasting the original CBS Sports footage of Secretariat's 1973 Kentucky Derby win in its original condition, not the cheap-assed faded, bootleg kinescopes found on YouTube:
Earlier: The current odds for this year's field, which had five scratches are here.
Forte was perhaps the best of the lot, but he was scratched.
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