2008 Kentucky Derby

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Horse racing: Big Brown victorious in Kentucky Derby, runner-up Eight Belles breaks down

The 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008 with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history.^[1] Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.

Big Brown won the race by nearly 5 lengths.^[2] Eight Belles, the second place finisher and the first filly to run the Derby in nine years, was euthanized following the end of the race after fracturing both front ankles while galloping out. It is believed to be the first fatality in Kentucky Derby history.^[1]

1 Payout
2 Post positions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Payout

Post	Horse	Win	Place	Show
20	Big Brown	$ 6.80	5.00	4.80
5	Eight Belles		10.60	6.40
16	Denis of Cork			11.60

$2 Exacta (20-5) Paid $141.60
$2 Trifecta (20-5-16) Paid $3,445.60
$2 Superfecta (20-5-16-2) Paid $58,737.80

[edit] Post positions

Finished	Time/ Behind	Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds	Previous Race
15	31 ³⁄₄	1	Cool Coal Man	Julien Leparoux	Nick Zito	Robert V. LaPenta	38-1	9th - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
4	11	2	Tale Of Ekati	Eibar Coa	Barclay Tagg	Charles Fipke	37-1	1st - 04/05/2008 Wood Memorial (GI) - Aqueduct
7	15	3	Anak Nakal	Rafael Bejarano	Nick Zito	Four Roses Thoroughbreds LLC	61-1	5th - 04/05/2008 Wood Memorial (GI) - Aqueduct
13	24 ¹⁄₄	4	Court Vision	Garrett Gomez	Bill Mott	IEAH Stables & WinStar Farm LLC	16-1	3rd - 04/05/2008 Wood Memorial (GI) - Aqueduct
2	04 ³⁄₄	5	Eight Belles	Gabriel Saez	Larry Jones	Fox Hill Farms, Inc.	12-1	1st - 04/06/2008 Fantasy (GII) - Oaklawn Park
10	19 ¹⁄₂	6	Z Fortune	Robby Albarado	Steve Asmussen	Zayat Stables, LLC	18-1	2nd - 04/12/2008 Arkansas Derby (GII) - Oaklawn Park
18	48 ³⁄₄	7	Big Truck	Javier Castellano	Barclay Tagg	Eric Fein	20-1	11th - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
12	22 ³⁄₄	8	Visionaire	Jose Lezcano	Michael Matz	Team Valor & Vision Racing LLC	24-1	5th - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
8	15	9	Pyro	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC	5-1	10th - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
6	14 ¹⁄₄	10	Colonel John	Corey Nakatani	Eoin Harty	WinStar Farm LLC	9-2	1st - 04/05/2008 Santa Anita Derby (GI) - Santa Anita
14	24 ¹⁄₂	11	Z Humor	Rene Douglas	Bill Mott	Zayat Stables, LLC	65-1	3rd - 04/05/2008 Illinois Derby (GII) - Hawthorne
11	21	12	Smooth Air	Manoel Cruz	Bennie Stutts Jr.	Mount Joy Stables, Inc.	40-1	2nd - 03/29/2008 Florida Derby (GI) - Gulfstream Park
16	32	13	Bob Black Jack	Richard Migliore	James Kasparoff	Jeff Harmon & Tim Kasparoff	28-1	2nd - 04/05/2008 Santa Anita Derby (GI) - Santa Anita
20	59 ¹⁄₄	14	Monba	Ramon Dominguez	Todd Pletcher	Starlight, Lucarelli & Saylor	30-1	1st - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
19	50 ³⁄₄	15	Adriano	Edgar Prado	Graham Motion	Courtlandt Farms	27-1	9th - 02/24/2008 Fountain of Youth (GII) - Gulfstream Park
3	08 ¹⁄₄	16	Denis of Cork	Calvin Borel	David Carroll	Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.	26-1	5th - 04/05/2008 Illinois Derby (GII) - Hawthorne
9	15 ³⁄₄	17	Cowboy Cal	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Stonerside Stable	38-1	2nd - 04/12/2008 Toyota Blue Grass (GI) - Keeneland
5	11 ³⁄₄	18	Recapturetheglory	E. T. Baird	Louie J. Roussel III	Louie J. Roussel III & Ronald Lamarque	47-1	1st - 04/05/2008 Illinois Derby (GII) - Hawthorne
17	36 ³⁄₄	19	Gayego	Mike Smith	Paulo Lobo	Cubanacan Stables	18-1	1st - 04/12/2008 Arkansas Derby (GII) - Oaklawn Park
1	-2:01.82	20	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables & Paul Pompa Jr.	5-2	1st - 03/29/2008 Florida Derby (GI) - Gulfstream Park