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`Big' finish

Favorite Big Brown victorious

Eight Belles euthanized

Kentucky Derby

May 04, 2008|By Sandra McKee , Sun reporter

UP NEXT: THE PREAKNESS

Derby winner Big Brown looks to capture the second jewel in racing's Triple Crown on May 17 in the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. The gates open at 8 a.m., and the post time for the first race is 10:30 a.m. The Preakness post time is 6:05 p.m.

The race at a glance

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Results

10th race

Kentucky Derby, At Churchill Downs, 3YOs, 1 1/4 miles, dirt. Value of race: $2,211,800; 1st $1,451.800; 2nd $400,000; 3rd $200,00; 4th $100,000; 5th $60,000.

Horse Wgt PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 1M Str Fin Jockey Odds

Big Brown 126 20 4- 1/2 6-1 1/2 6- 1/2 1-hd 1-2 1/2 1-4 3/4 Desormeaux 2.40

Eight Belles 121 5 5-hd 5- 1/2 5-2 4- 1/2 2-2 2-3 1/2 Saez 13.10

Denis of Cork 126 16 20 20 20 13-hd 6-1 3-2 3/4 Borel 27.20

Tale of Ekati 126 2 9- 1/2 7-hd 7-1 5-1 4- 1/2 4- 3/4 Coa 37.40

Recapturetheglory 126 18 3- 1/2 3-hd 3-hd 2-hd 3-2 5-2 1/2 Baird 49.00

Colonel John 126 10 17- 1/2 16-hd 10- 1/2 6- 1/2 7- 1/2 6- 3/4 Nakatani 4.70

Anak Nakal 126 3 16- 1/2 15-1 1/2 17-1 12-hd 11-2 7-no Bejarano 53.90

Pyro 126 9 18-1 1/2 17-hd 18-1 1/2 15-2 9- 1/2 8- 3/4 Bridgmohan 5.70

Cowboy Cal 126 17 2- 1/2 2- 1/2 2-1 3- 1/2 5- 1/2 9-3 3/4 Velazquez 39.20

Z Fortune 126 6 7-hd 8- 1/2 8-1 8-2 8-2 1/2 10-1 1/2 Albarado 19.20

Smooth Air 126 12 15- 1/2 18-4 11-hd 10- 1/2 10-hd 11-1 3/4 Cruz 42.00

Visionaire 126 8 19-4 19-3 19-hd 18-2 1/2 16-3 12-1 1/2 Lezcano 25.30

Court Vision 126 4 13- 1/2 12- 1/2 15-1 1/2 14-1 1/2 12-hd 13-nk Gomez 17.70

Z Humor 126 11 14-1 13-1 1/2 16- 1/2 16-2 15- 1/2 14-7 1/4 Douglas 63.60

Cool Coal Man 126 1 6- 1/2 4- 1/2 4-hd 9-4 14-1 15-nk Leparoux 44.10

Bob Black Jack 126 13 1- 1/2 1-1 1- 1/2 7-hd 13-2 16-4 3/4 Migliore 29.40

Gayego 126 19 8-1 9-2 9-1 1/2 11- 1/2 17-4 17-12 Smith 18.90

Big Truck 126 7 10-hd 10- 1/2 12- 1/2 17- 1/2 18-3 18-2 Castellano 28.60

Adriano 126 15 11-hd 14- 1/2 14- 1/2 19-4 19-4 19-8 3/4 Prado 28.90

Monba 126 14 12-1 1/2 11-1 13- 1/2 20 20 20 Dominguez 31.60

Time 23.30 47.04 1:11.14 1:36.56 2:01.82

Weather: Clear; Track: Fast. Off: 6:15; Start: Good for all, except 8, 12

(20) Big Brown 6.80 5.00 4.80

(5) Eight Belles 10.60 6.40

(16) Denis of Cork 11.60

Recap

BIG BROWN: Raced wide in the early stages before taking charge turning for home and steadily pulling away in the stretch. "This horse has a lot talent and he has the brains," jockey Kent Desormeaux said. "I had a beautiful, uneventful trip."

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