Louisiana Derby and Florida Derby - Horse Racing

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The Louisiana Derby and The Florida Derby

Dateline: 03/12/00

Mighty
winning the Louisiana Derby
The Louisiana Derby

More Than Ready set the pace but Mighty rolled in the stretch to win by 2 lengths going away. It was his trainer Frank Brothers' first win in the Louisiana Derby even though he got his start training at the Fair Grounds 25 years ago. The favorites in the race were Captain Steve and Exchange Rate who finished third and fourth. The final time for the 1 1/16 miles was 1:43 2-5.


Pgm  Horse              Jockey            Win   Place  Show
 3   Mighty             Sellers           14.00  6.00  3.80
 4   More Than Ready    Velazquez                7.00  4.60
 1   Captain Steve      Albarado                       3.20

Winning Time:  1:43.29

Also ran: 5 - Exchange Rate, 6 - Peninsula, 10 - Mortal Cinch,
          9 - Ifitstobeitsuptome, 2 - Oro Negra, 
          7 - Country Only, 8 - Tribunal

$2 Exacta 4-1              103.80
$2 Trifecta 4-1-10         384.60

Mighty coming into the infield to be saddled.

Captain Steve in the post parade. He went off the favorite at 2-1 and finished third beaten 2 1/2 lengths.

Mighty in the post parade. His final odds were 6-1.

More Than Ready in the post parade. He led most of the way until Mighty caught him in the stretch.

Exchange Rate in the post parade. He was the 3.2-1 second favorite and ran an evenly fourth, finishing a head behind Captain Steve.

Going by for the first time in the Louisiana Derby with Peninsula and More Than Ready on the lead.

Mighty winning with More Than Ready and Captain Steve barely in view.

Mighty coming back after his victory getting a pat from rider Shane Sellers.

The happy connections in the winner's circle.

The Florida Derby


Pgm  Horse           Jockey            Win   Place  Show
 4   Hal's Hope      Roger I. Velez   15.80   5.20  3.60
 1   High Yield      Pat Day                  3.00  2.40
 10  Tahkodha Hills  Eibar Coa                      8.60

Winning Time:  1:51.49

Also ran: 8 - Settlement, 3 - Postponed, 2 - Scottish Halo, 
          9 - Deputy Warlock, 5 - Elite Mercedes, 
          6 - Bare Outline, 7 - Hades

$2 Exacta 4-1               34.20
$2 Trifecta 4-1-10         593.60 
$2 Superfecta 4-1-10-8  10,262.20

Hal's Hope gave his 88 year old breeder, owner, and trainer Harold Rose a thrilling victory in the Florida Derby. He was always on or near the lead and was challenged twice by heavy favorite High Yield, once from the inside and again from the outside, but held his ground to win by a neck. Both of them were well clear of the rest of the field.

Bonus: Fair Grounds Oaks

Saturday was the $350,000 Fair Grounds Oaks which was supposd to be the redemption of Chilukki after losing in her debut this year, however it was not to be. She was in third for the early going but showed no interest in running and faded to finish 8th. Picking up the pieces was Overbrook Farm's Shawnee Country who rallied from 7th to win by 2 lengths at odds of 6.9 to 1.


Pgm  Horse              Jockey            Win   Place  Show
 5   Shawnee Country    Meche, D.        15.80   6.40  5.20
 4   Eden Lodge         Perret                  11.20  8.40
 1   Zoftig             St. Julien                    16.00

Winning Time:  1:44.81

Also ran: 7 - Gold for My Gal, 3 - Humble Clerk, 6 - Frankly My Dear, 
          8 - Jostle, 9 - Chilukki, 2 - November Slew

$2 Exacta 5-4               80.40
$2 Trifecta 5-4-1        3,073.80