2008 Kentucky Derby

Horse race Dirt 134th Kentucky DerbyPresented by Yum! Brands Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 3, 2008 Big Brown 2:01.82 5-2 Kent Desormeaux Richard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables / Paul Pompa Jr. Fast 157,770 2007 2009 Horse racing: Big Brown victorious in Kentucky Derby, runner-up Eight Belles breaks down thumb|2008 Kentucky Derby The 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008, with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history.Runner-up Eight Belles breaks front ankles, euthanized on track. Associated Press. May 3, 2008. Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. Big Brown won the race by nearly five lengths.May 3, 2008 Updated Odds for Kentucky Derby (as of 01:00 UTC) http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2008/news/2008/05/03/updated-odds-kentucky-derby-134 2008-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080506103402/http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2008/news/2008/05/03/updated-odds-kentucky-derby-134 6 May 2008 dead Eight Belles, the second-place finisher and the first filly to run the Derby in nine years, was euthanized following the end of the race after fracturing both front ankles while galloping out. It is believed to be the first fatality in Kentucky Derby history. Payout The 134th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule ProgramNumber Horse Name Win Place Show20 Big BrownUS$6.80 $5.00 $4.805 Eight Belles - $10.60 $6.4016 Denis of Cork - - $11.60 $2 Exacta (20-5) Paid $141.60 $2 Trifecta (20-5-16) Paid $3,445.60 $2 Superfecta (20-5-16-2) Paid $58,737.802008 Kentucky Derby Tables https://web.archive.org/web/20110723045744/http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/2008.pdf 2011-07-23 Field Big Brown was made the 2-1 favorite off the strength of his win in the Florida Derby.Big Brown profile http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=7453661&registry=T&rbt=TB Equibase 26 April 2020 Other leading contenders included Colonel John (Santa Anita Derby),Colonel John profile http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=7414334&registry=T&rbt=TB Equibase 26 April 2020 Pyro (Louisiana Derby),Pyro profile http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=7403549&registry=T&rbt=TB Equibase 26 April 2020 and the filly Eight Belles (Fantasy Stakes). Finished Time/Behind Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Odds 1 -2:01.82 20 Big Brown Kent Desormeaux Richard E. Dutrow Jr. IEAH Stables & Paul Pompa Jr. 0.42-1 2 04 3 4 5 Eight Belles Gabriel Saez Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms, Inc. 0.083313-1 3 08 1 4 16 Denis of Cork Calvin Borel David Carroll Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. 0.038527-1 4 11 2 Tale of Ekati Eibar Coa Barclay Tagg Charles E. Fipke 0.027037-1 5 11 3 4 18 Recapturetheglory E. T. Baird Louie J. Roussel III Louie J. Roussel III & Ronald Lamarque 0.021349-1 6 14 1 4 10 Colonel John Corey Nakatani Eoin G. Harty WinStar Farm LLC 0.22229-2 7 15 3 Anak Nakal Rafael Bejarano Nick Zito Four Roses Thoroughbreds LLC 0.016453-1 8 15 9 Pyro Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC 0.25-1 9 15 3 4 17 Cowboy Cal John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Stonerside Stable 0.026339-1 10 19 1 2 6 Z Fortune Robby Albarado Steve Asmussen Zayat Stables, LLC 0.055619-1 11 21 12 Smooth Air Manoel Cruz Bennie Stutts Jr. Mount Joy Stables, Inc. 0.02542-1 12 22 3 4 8 Visionaire Jose Lezcano Michael Matz Team Valor & Vision Racing LLC 0.041725-1 13 24 1 4 4 Court Vision Garrett Gomez William I. Mott IEAH Stables & WinStar Farm LLC 0.062517-1 14 24 1 2 11 Z Humor René Douglas William I. Mott Zayat Stables, LLC 0.015463-1 15 31 3 4 1 Cool Coal Man Julien Leparoux Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta 0.026344-1 16 32 13 Bob Black Jack Richard Migliore James Kasparoff Jeff Harmon & Tim Kasparoff 0.035729-1 17 36 3 4 19 Gayego Mike E. Smith Paulo Lobo Cubanacan Stables 0.055618-1 18 48 3 4 7 Big Truck Javier Castellano Barclay Tagg Eric Fein 0.0528-1 19 50 3 4 15 Adriano Edgar Prado Graham Motion Courtlandt Farms 0.037028-1 20 59 1 4 14 Monba Ramon Domínguez Todd Pletcher Starlight, Lucarelli & Saylor 0.033331-1 Subsequent Grade I wins Several horses recorded Grade I wins after the Derby. Big Brown – Preakness Stakes, Haskell Invitational Bob Black Jack – Malibu Stakes Colonel John – Travers Stakes Court Vision – Hollywood Derby, 2009 Turf Mile Stakes, 2010 Breeders' Cup Mile, Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Woodbine Mile Gayego – 2009 Ancient Title Stakes Pyro – 2009 Forego Stakes Tale of Ekati – Cigar Mile Visionaire – King's Bishop Stakes Subsequent breeding careers Leading progeny of participants in the 2008 Kentucky Derby Big Brown (1st) Dortmund – Los Alamitos Futurity, Santa Anita Derby. 3rd in 2015 Kentucky Derby Colonel John (6th) La Coronel – Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Stakes Court Vision (13th) Storm the Court – 2019 American champion 3yo, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Mr. Havercamp – 2018 Canadian champion older horse King and His Court – 2016 Canadian champion 2yo Tale of Ekati (4th) Girvin – Haskell Invitational Sources: American Classic Pedigrees, Equibase, Blood-Horse Stallion Register See also 2008 Preakness Stakes 2008 Belmont Stakes References External links http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2008/home 134th Kentucky Derby – Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20080208225335/http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2008/home 2008-02-08 2008 Kentucky Derby Derby Kentucky Derby Category:2008 in Louisville, Kentucky Kentucky Category:Long stubs with short prose