2006 Kentucky Derby Day Results

By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com Guide

Jockey Edgar Prado, owner Gretchen Jackson, trainer Michael Matz, and owner Roy Jackson hold up the Kentucky Derby Trophy. Co-owner and breeder Gretchen Jackson said, "I thought it was the best race I've ever seen." Trainer Michael Matz, winning his first Derby, said, "It's a great, great, great feeling." Asked about the 5-week layoff, he said, "Really no one made a big deal out of it except the media. No horseman I talked to did. He trained well since he came from Florida. We've never missed anything in his training. We never wavered from our plan. I told Edgar in the paddock, 'Let's win our first Kentucky Derby.' "