Authentic on Saturday won the 146th Kentucky Derby, denying Tiz the Law a shot at the Triple Crown. Tiz the Law came into the race as the favorite at 4/5 odds. The Run for the Roses, usually the first leg of the Triple Crown, was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Authentic carried jockey John Velazquez to a Kentucky Derby title in September and his connections to an Eclipse Award as 2020 Horse of the Year. (Image: Gregory Shamus/Getty) The Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic champion garnered 224 out of a possible 238 first-place votes (...
Jockey John Velazquez riding Authentic, right, crosses the finish line ahead of Jockey Manny Franco riding Tiz the Law to win the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) By GARY B. GRAVES, AP...
After a surprising 2020, it was no surprise that pandemic-altered Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic claimed dual crowns as Champion Three-Year-Old Male and Horse of the Year during the 50th Anniversary Eclipse Award ceremony broadcast virtually Thursday evening from the ...
The Kentucky Derby victor will attempt to defeat 10 rivals to win two of this year’s COVID-19-jumbled Triple Crown races. John Velazquez will pilot the favorite after posting a win with their first trip together in the Derby. “I learned a lot just by being on him a first time,” ...
"The Kentucky Derby's a race of a lifetime for a horse trainer, but at the end of the day, the ultimate responsibility that we have is to put our horse first," Drury said. "It just wouldn't have been fair to him to leave him over there, especially at that level of competition,...
Authentic outlasts Tiz the Law in Kentucky Derby 09/05/20 Details Authentic holds off heavy favorite Tiz the Law in a thrilling finish to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. Highlights Más Kentucky Derby Clips 3:34 Horse Racing Analyzing Gaffalione touching Forev...
The colt is currently ninth on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 60 points. Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby is worth 100 points to the winner. “Authentic was a beautiful yearling, an unfurnished May foal at the time but with a wonderful presence and way about him,” said Tom Ry...
Authentic has won the2020 Kentucky Derbyas demonstrators protesting on behalf of justice forBreonna Taylorstood outside. Authentic and Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez claimed the victory on Saturday, beating out 14 other competitors at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, to earn...
— Derby News (@KentuckyDerbyCJ)September 5, 2020 “I’ve never been this loaded (with good horses) at the start of the year,” said Baffert. Nadal was at one time considered a pre-Derby favorite, as was Charlatan, a swift son of Speightstown. Both were lost to minor injuries and ...