
In Massive Upset, Minnesota-Owned Horse Favored To Win Kentucky Derby Comes In 3rd
A Minnesota-owned horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday ended the race in third.
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A Minnesota-owned horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday ended the race in third.
When the "Fastest Two Minutes in Sports" storms out the gate this weekend, just know Minnesota has a horse in that race. Two of them to be precise, and one is the favorite.
Essential Quality entered the week as the favorite to win but drew the 14th position Tuesday. The last time a horse won from that spot was Carry Back in 1961.
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Angela Hermann has called races before, but never a full thoroughbred card. No woman in North America ever has, until Saturday. "I've loved horse racing since I was 11," Hermann said. "I've loved it since I was a little girl. When I watched the Kentucky Derby in 1998, I picked the winner, Real Quiet, that year, and I was hooked. I was completely hooked."
Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb. The win gave Todd Pletcher his second Belmont win in six years, and vindicated the trainer's support of a 3-year-old who came into the final leg of the Triple Crown with only one victory. Palace Malice, who finished 12th in the Derby and skipped the Preakness, covered the 1½ miles in a slow 2:30.70 on a fast track following a 24-hour downpour.
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