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The 2011 Kentucky Derby is in the books and now we can look ahead to the Preakness in two weeks at Pimlico. The second of the Triple Crown is the point at which we find out if one horse has a chance to strike it big. Some think Animal Kingdom, this year's Derby winner, has a good chance given his racing style and the profile at Preakness.
Before we look ahead, however, here's the full finishing order from the 2011 Kentucky Derby and some additional thoughts.
We start with Archarcharch who stumbled early and gave us a scary moment when he was taken off on an ambulance after the race. No one wants to see a horse put down. Fortunately, his diagnosis of a lateral condylar fracture is not life threatening.
The race itself was extremely slow as explained by Matt Gardner:
KENTUCKY DERBY 2011: How Slow Was The Derby Pace? - And Down The Stretch They Come
In this light, it's pretty amazing Animal Kingdom was able to make up the ground he was in the final furlongs. On the other side of the coin, front-running Shackleford had everything handed to him on a silver platter to win the Derby - an uncontested and easy lead. While his 4th place finish was nice, a top quality frontrunner would have won yesterday's Derby gate-to-wire.
Below is the full finishing order and payout results for the 2011 Kentucky Derby, courtesy of SB Nation. You can watch the race again thanks to this video of the Kentucky Derby here.
- Animal Kingdom
- Nehro
- Mucho Macho Man
- Shackleford
- Master of Hounds
- Santiva
- Brilliant Speed
- Dialed In
- Pants on Fire
- Twice the Appeal
- Soldat
- Stay Thirsty
- Derby Kitten
- Decisive Moment
- Archarcharch
- Midnight Interlude
- Twinspired
- Watch Me Go
- Comma to the TopPayouts:
2011 Kentucky Derby Payouts:
16-Animal Kingdom: $43,80, $19.60, $13.00
19-Nehro: $8.80, $6.40
13-Mucho Macho Man: $7.00
$2.00 Exacta: $329.80
$0.50 Trifecta: $988.10
$1.00 Super: $24,063.95
$1.00 Double: $196.50
$0.50 Pick 3: $1,184.55
$0.50 Pick 4: $6,146.10
$0.50 Pick 5: $213,895.34
$2.00 Pick 6 (5-of-6): $12,251.80
Pick 6 Carryover: $513,582.84
Fractions:
1/4: 23.74
1/2: 48.63
3/4: 1:13.40
Mile: 1:37.49
Finish: 2:02.04
Internal Splits:
1/4: 23.74
1/2: 24.89
3/4: 24.77
Mile: 24.09
Finish: 24.55