Rich Strike wins 148th Kentucky Derby in stunning 80-1 upset Certainly in the past 40 years no question this is the best we’ve ever seen,” said New York Racing Association (NYRA) and Fox Sports horse racing analyst Andy Serling before the Run for the Roses. “We may have the greatest jockey colony ever assembled. Rich Strike, a 80-1 long-shot who wasn’t even scheduled to run at Churchill Downs until Friday, captured the Derby crown in shocking fashion, just ahead of Epicenter, Zandon, Simplification and Mo Donegal – the next four horses jockeyed by Long Island riders Joel Rosario, Flavien Prat, a recent transplant from California, Jose Ortiz and brother Irad Ortiz Jr., respectively.Įpicenter entered the race the favored horse at 4 to 1 odds, but was edged out by Rich Strike’s shocking burst down the stretch. The winning thoroughbred was jockeyed by Sonny Leon who races out of Mahoning Valley, Ohio.Ī superfecta performance by New York riders, each based at Belmont Park, might have gone down as one of the crowning achievements in the history of horse racing - if not for the upset that shocked the sports world. My Old Kentucky Home felt a lot like New York, New York on Saturday – before an upset of monumental scope rewrote the tune at the 148th Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Derby winner not morning line favorite in Belmont This Day in New York Sports: Secretariat wins Triple Crown at Belmont Rich Strike highlights horse racing’s lack of diversity Belmont Stakes: Picks and predictions from New York Post’s experts

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