Good morning EN! Biggest news of today is I’ll Have Another’s surprise win last evening at Churchill Downs. With odds of 15-1, the horse that sold for $11,000 as a yearling was the long shot of the race with a rookie jockey making his Derby debut and a post position from which no horse had ever won. He was up against 5-1 pick Union Rags, who had a disappointing finish in seventh, and overcame the 4-1 favorite Bodemeister, who came in second. Dullahan finished third by a neck. I’ll Have Another was ridden by Mario Gutierrez, who started his career as a jockey at age fourteen riding quarter horses in Veracruz, Mexico. From Gutierrez: “He’s an amazing horse. I kept telling everybody, from the first time I met him, I knew he was the one. I knew he was good…I said in an interview, even if they allowed me to pick from the whole rest of the field, I would have stayed with him, 100 percent, no doubt about it.” [ESPN]
Your weekend score report:
Greenwood CIC**/** [Scores] [Website]
Southern 8ths Heart of the Carolinas [Scores] [Website]
Poplar Place [Scores] [Website]
Catalpa Corner Spring Charity HT [Scores] [Website]
Difficult Run PC HT [Times] [Website]
Will O’Wind HT (Sunday) [Scores]
University of New Hampshire Spring HT [Scores] [Website]
Ridge Meadow CT [Scores]
Onto your links:
Claire Lomas has raised ￡75,000 pounds and counting
Parklane Hawk is an off-the-track thoroughbred and earned $1,875 during his career on the track.
Barbury Castle is stepping up to the plate
Countdown to the Derby from the veterinary perspective
HN today: Northern Dancer’s Derby win
HBO’s now cancelled “Luck” faces new equine welfare complaints
Twilight’s Kristen Stewart doesn’t really like riding
Best of Blogs: Team CEO’s Young Event Horse Challenge, Contestant #3
Rolex recap: Cross Country video of Boyd and Erin Sylvester, courtesy of Theault America
Have a great Sunday! Go Eventing.
