Yahagi had a winner last year when Japanese horses earned four victories on the Saudi Cup card. He was sired by Keen Ice out of the Smart Strike mare Gold Strike. A rallying finish for third in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) put Rich Strike on the brink of qualification for the 2022 Kentucky Derby. We had no idea what we had. That connection between horse and rider was clear as Leon guided Rich Strike from 15th after a mile behind contender Messier on the rail in the stretch. "I never thought I would have a Derby horse," Reed said Saturday. Here's a full listing of. Nobody knows my horse like I know my horse.'. Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike will be headed to the Middle East for the March 25 $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), according to trainer Eric Reed. DAWSON: Mainly I was buying small shares with others, so I was a very minority owner. But doing that, I realized I would rather be a 100 percent owner of a horse and maybe have fewer horses and more say so in what was done and how it was done. It's one of the biggest upsets in the. The effort was nearly enough in the colt's first race against older horses but, in the end, he fell short by mere inches to Hot Rod Charlie. ', A few days ago, Reed sent Dawson a photo of the colt sprawled in his straw-covered stall with his handlers laying on him, all of them napping. 2 on the list; he passed Majestic Frontier, who has career earnings of $83,840. "I didn't know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. Now, he rides in five or six races a day and has earned more than $1 million in purses at one of the most competitive racetracks in the nation. Hes grown up.. Rich Strike, at 80-1 the second-longest shot to win this 148-year-old race, left 150,000 people gasping at Churchill Downs. He has a training track right there at the farm and so I thought, Well, I will give this a shot again. Its been a great experience. ", Rich Strike: Trainer Eric Reed nearly 'lost everything' in a barn fire. | Trainer Magazine | North American Article Index", "Chart for August 15, 2021 at Ellis Park", "Chart for September 17, 2021 at Churchill Downs", "Chart for the 2022 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes", "Rich Strike, an 80-1 shot, wins the Kentucky Derby in a stunner", "Ranking the top 10 horses for the 2022 Kentucky Derby", "Keeler Johnson's Kentucky Derby 148 Selections", "Rich Strike to Bypass Preakness, Point for Belmont", "Mo Donegal Rolls Home in Belmont Stakes; The son of Uncle Mo turned back Nest to win the third leg of the Triple Crown", "Runhappy Travers Tops Super Saturday at the Spa", "Trainer Proud of Rich Strike's Travers Effort; Kentucky Derby winner ran fourth in Midsummer Derby. Eric Reed knew he wanted to follow his . 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Triple Crown Winners from Sir Barton to Justify, Black History Month: Shining a Spotlight on Notable African American Jockeys, Preakness Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Preakness Horses, Get to Know All 13 U.S. I liked it that he wasnt so big that a little guy like me was ignored. [29] Trainer Eric Reed commented after the race, "The pace was slow, but he had him where he wanted to be. Jockey Sonny Leon implored his mount to finish the race off with left-handed strikes in the closing sixteenth while simultaneously working to maintain his balance, as his saddle may have slipped to the left. Rishi Sunak looked like he had won the lottery. [22][21] Reed joked that the last-minute notification left him needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as he had just been about to enter Rich Strike in another race, the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park. I wasn't nervous, I was excited. Reed noted that the Keen Ice colt, bred and owned by well-regarded Calumet Farm, was beaten badly in his debut on turf and might benefit from a surface change. Rich Strike (foaled April 25, 2019) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2022 Kentucky Derby, racing at 801 odds. A $1 superfecta (the top four finishers with Zandon third and Simplification fourth) paid $321,500.09. [17], Rich Strike made his three-year-old debut on January 22, 2022, in the Leonatus Stakes over the all weather surface at Turfway Park in Kentucky. He brought owner Dawson of RED TR-Racing, Kentucky-based trainer Reed, and jockey Leon to the national spotlight after they competed mainly in the claiming and allowance levels at tracks such as Belterra Park and Mahoning Valley. The colt made it look so easy at the end that the biggest challenge for Leon and Reed was getting their minds around winning the sport's marquee event on their very first try. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Tragedy as large barn fire in Kentucky kills thirty horses. Pat Forde. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - MAY 07: Jockey Sonny Leon reacts as Rich Strike wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 07, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. I wasn't nervous, I was excited. The best seat in the house! He is by 2016 Travers S. (G1) winner Keen Ice out of Gold Strike, a Canadian Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2005 Queen's . Theirs came on the first Saturday in May in a little horse race. Reed stated that Rich Strikes 2022 team members will be in place for 2023, and there is no plan to change them the Dixons, Leon, Lagune. Data Privacy | About CDI | Rich Strike trainer Eric Reed talks after winning Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike trainer Eric Reed talks about their improbable journey into the field and the surprising win on the morning after the 148th Kentucky Derby, Sam Upshaw Jr., Louisville Courier Journal, the second-biggest longshot to win the Kentucky Derby, Watch replay video of Rich Strike's stunning win, Here are the payouts and final odds for Rich Strike's win, Owner Rick Dawson bet on Eric Reed, Rich Strike and won big at 2022 Kentucky Derby, Trainer Eric Reed nearly 'lost everything' in a barn fire. Owner Richard Dawson approved when Reed made his case for claiming Rich Strike. Sonny Leon was the winning jockey. He assured me this is real. He broke slowly and was never a factor, finishing last. More snow and ice could batter Britain next week: Met Office warns Arctic blast from Greenland could send Is YOUR lifestyle good for your heart? He is by 2016 Travers S. (G1) winner Keen Ice out of Gold Strike, a Canadian Grade 3 winner who was third in the 2005 Queens Plate. Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best San Felipe Stakes Winners, Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best Fountain of Youth Stakes Winners, California Chrome and Arrogate Headline Strong List of Hall of Fame Finalists, SLIDESHOW: U.S. May 7, 2022, 9:08 PM. PEDULLA: You said after the Derby that you almost left the business. [15], On October 9, Rich Strike was entered in an allowance optional claiming race at Keeneland. There have been modest offers from stallion stations in America as well as overseas to stand him for stud. That scratch turned out to be the break of a lifetimefor Rich Strike, as he went on to pull-off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby. Thats been our commitment all along: do whats best for Rich Strike. Rich Strike was a late admission into the race. I think he should have gotten that Saturday. AJ (@AmadoDesperado) May 8, 2022 I pray Rishi Sunak succeeds so as HENRY DEEDES: Wowee was he pumped! Trainer Eric Reed (left) and Owner Rick Dawson (center) celebrate with the trophy after Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Leon, Dawson and Reed all won their first Kentucky Derbies, all three of them as massive underdogs alongside their horse. Reed noted that the Keen Ice colt, bred and owned by well-regarded Calumet Farm, was beaten badly in his debut on turf and might benefit from a surface change. Importantly, that performance earned Rich Strike 20 more qualifying points towards the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. [12][13], Originally trained by Joe Sharp, Rich Strike made his first start on August 15, 2021, in a maiden special weight race at one mile over the turf at Ellis Park. Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby and then went all Bojack Horseman and started biting horses and getting punched in the head. Rich is a great human interest story, nothing more. In between, Reed is pointing for three stakes races in Kentucky and New York. The Pirates' Rich Hill is a competitor, an odds-beater, a teacher, a maniac, a dude, and now, after 21 seasons of professional baseball, the oldest active player in MLB. The Dixons will be along for the ride, as will Leon and Lagunes. Rich Strike comes-up a head short against Hot Rod Charlie in the Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs. What mattered was what they did about it: They proved that they belonged. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Frank Angst looks at three equine championships that figure to be tight this year. Dawson said after the race Saturday. I have two others racing and then Ive got a filly we bred to Keen Ice and I have a yearling out of Keen Ice. Rich Strike is the winner of the 148th Kentucky Derby at famed Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Rich Strike is resting now on a farm in the bluegrass, just being a horse. This is one of the biggest upsets in Kentucky Derby history. Im really enjoying myself and not just with Rich Strike in the Derby but the other horses I have. 'I got beat by the horse that just got in.'. The horse was purchased by Rick Dawson, who races as RED TR-Racing LLC, for $30,000 last fall when the colt was entered in a low-level claiming race by former owner Calumet Farm, who bred the horse. Longshot 2022 Derby Winner Rich Strike Ready to Resume Training for 4-Year-Old Season, Voting for 2022 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year Now Open. Heres the thrilling conclusion to the race: An absolutely stunning upset!Rich Strike WINS the @KentuckyDerby! With inflation, that would be worth $5,480.36 today, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rich Strike claimed the last starting spot the day before the race because of a rivals late defection. He seemed to be working well on dirt and we thought he might like the dirt. ', Dawson responded, 'If we can wake him up.'. I just wanted to buy my clients a horse that would keep them happy, have some fun and make a little money. But we also knew it wasnt best for our horse. PEDULLA: Was the decision to skip the Preakness Stakes an agonizing decision or very straightforward for you? (Jenny Doyle/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM), An Eclipse Awards Coronation Expected for Flightline at The Breakers. 'I didnt know if he could win but I had a good feeling with him. Meet theKentucky-winning horse Rich Strike who shocked the sports world when he beat 80-1 odds at his first Derby - and his trainer who almost abandoned his career when a fire killed dozens of his horses. The comments below have not been moderated. LOUISVILLE, Ky. . Rich Strike, a horse that Eric Reed and owner Rick Dawson claimed out of a cheap maiden race last September for $30,000 and got a place in the far outside starting gate Saturday mostly by. Japan earned . He started his move on the final turn while weaving through traffic, first shifting out four horses wide of the rail then back towards the rail. Hes Americas horse now. A $1 trifecta paid $14,870.70, and the $1 superfecta paid a cool $321,500.10. Baffert had two horses in this race Messier and Taiba that were trained by his assistant Tim Yakteen. I said OK.". Also there in New York were Jerry Dixon and his son Jerry Jr., the colts groom and the fourth generation of the family in the horse business. The horse entered the race with 80-1 odds to win. In the process, the Lexington-bred horse with 80-1 odds made his owner, trainer and jockey quite a bit of money. The horse did not do well, finished at the back of the pack. As is his customary style, Rich Strike raced back off the pace and did come with a closing move in the stretch but was ultimately to be denied second placeby a neck and a nose and had to settle forfourth. During this time Summer is Tomorrow and Crown Pride battled up front starting the race off with an extremely fast pace. The field included horses Flightline, Epicenter, Rich Strike, Hot Rod Charlie, Taiba, Life is Good, Olympiad and Happy Saver. "[6], He turned in a similar performance on March 5 in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, also at Turfway Park, this time finishing fourth. He MUST seize it, starting with the Budget, writes ANDREW NEIL. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Rich Strike from far back in the 20-horse field to beat 4-1 favorite Epicenter by three-quarters of a length. Rich Strike made his graded stakes debut in the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway on Apr. He was well back for most of the race but started to close ground in the final furlong to finish third, beaten by 3+12 lengths. The horse entered the race with 80-1 odds to win. The colt is the only horse Dawson has in training. The victory, worth $10 million, increased Panthalassa's career earnings to $14,418,903. * Rich Strike is inbred 3s 2d to the stallion Smart Strike, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and second generation on the dam side of his pedigree. The short answer - a lot. It was discovered post-race that he was quite ill. Rich Strike is being treated for what trainer Eric Reed called a guttural pouch infection, and after recovery he was rested until mid-January 2023. [21] However, the last-minute scratch of another horse, Ethereal Road, allowed him to draw into the Derby, and minutes later, Reed took another phone call from chief steward Barbara Borden, asking him if he wanted to run Rich Strike in the Derby. He was sent off as the 10-1 sixth choice in the betting in a field of eight. Rich Strike is the winner of the 148th Kentucky Derby at famed Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Dawson, the owner, wants to run him as a 4-year-old. Rich Strike's rider, Sonny Leon, a 32-year-old from Venezuela, also has a working-class pedigree. PEDULLA: And you have a Derby winner after six years. In all, the seven days ending Feb. 26 produced 43 winning tickets worth $10,000 or more that were redeemed or sold across Maryland, and the Lottery paid nearly $34.3 million in prizes during that . But it really means a lot to the guys who deal with horses every day, the guy cleaning out the stall to the exercise riders, etc., and Im so happy for all of those guys and girls, by the way. Epicenter is the favorite at 4-1. pic.twitter.com/RrvXHGPrHR. Sonny Leon rode. A $2 exacta with Rich Strike and Epicenter paid $4,101.20. Leon regularly rides on some of the country's smallest circuits, where the horse flesh is inexpensive and the purse money modest. Both were first-timers to the sports grand spectacle, and no one gave their colt, Rich Strike, much of a shot to run away with the roses. Rich Strike made history Saturday as the second-biggest longshot to win the Kentucky Derby in 148 years of the race. "He didn't run terrible but he just wasn't himself. Im kind of a Keen Ice family guy. [9] His dam, Gold Strike by Smart Strike, was the Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2005; he was sired by Keen Ice, best known for defeating American Pharoah in the Travers Stakes. Eric is on a tractor working the track himself because he doesnt really trust anybody else to do it. In fact, Reed told reporters after the race that he found out about "30 seconds" before Friday's deadline that Rich Strike would race. [32] After returning to his home base in Lexington, Kentucky, trainer Reed was pleased, commenting, "He ran great. However, unlike in the Derby, he had no closing punch off a moderate early pace and ended up sixth, beaten 13 1/4 lengths. Rich Strike was only admitted to race after Ethereal Road was scratched on Friday evening. PEDULLA: When you claimed Rich Strike, what were your expectations? The 2022 Kentucky Derby-winning horse Rich Strike is owned by Oklahoma native Rick Dawson. He was trained by Eric Reed and has raced for Richard Dawson, and was bred in Kentucky, United States by Calumet Farm. [39], Rich Strike has returned to the Mercury Training Centre. Not bad for a horse that entered the Derby field the day before whenEthereal Road scratched and was claimed byownerRick Dawson ofRED TR-Racing after a $30,000 maiden-claiming race at Churchill Downs. 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