WebGet Access to BONUS card for FREE with any same-date race card purchased below. Captain Steve was a neck farther back in fourth. When she was arrested on the ticket scheme, records show Danielle K. Bush was already on probation for another crime. 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That was an exciting time, Adger went on. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Readmore, For the first time in the 36-year history of New York States iconic I Love NY tourism campaign, a thrilling action image of horse racing is featured on the cover of the states annual summer travel guide its signature . "I'm very disappointed, not for myself," said Sahadi, trying to become the first female trainer to win the Derby. For example, Angel Fever, who passed away at age 14 in 2004, contributed mightily to that success, her progeny having accounted for better than $18 million in bloodstock sales. John Hayes was the yearling manager at that time. Some of the $186,000 that the jockey gets also goes towards taxes. Pottery! He filled out and it was the time that he needed.". Desormeaux, needing a rear-view mirror more than anything else, then gave three looks over his shoulder, as he sat motionless, way up off the saddle. When kidded he wasn't one to bask in the glories of his victories, Drysdale said, "I'm more worried about him.". The Northern Dancer line has an excellent record with Mr. Prospector and sons. He stood up in 35 or 40 minutes, which is a good sign, it shows courage and athleticism. He will be a great trainer. ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Fusaichi Pegasus tops $60 million Adger also famously introduced Hancock to Tom Tatham, who purchased a controlling interest in Halo from Windfields Farm and relocated him to Stone Farm and later bred Halo's most prolific stallion son, the aforementioned Sunday Silence. Racing over a wet track before a Pimlico Race Course crowd of 98,304, jockey Jerry Bailey said his plan of "trying to get the jump on the favorite" worked to perfection on the far turn. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. I said, 'Well it's too late now! Meriweather Lewis Clark started a jockey club that raised money to build the track land that was donated by his uncles. This is the colt who caused a brief delay at the starting gate at the Wood Memorial, who reared and threw his exercise rider and who has been known to stop and just look around. Up front, there was a three-horse speed duel of early leaders Hugh Hefner, High Yield and Hal's Hope. .mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}. In the fall of 1994, Hancock sold the McNairs the parcel of land that would become Stonerside Farm. He was a gorgeous animal. The horse was coming into the ring and John [Adger] says, 'Oh my God, we're in trouble,' Hancock recalled. But knowing what I was sitting on, and the acceleration my horse had, it didn't take me long to figure out that it would take another brilliant performance by the other horse to stay with me.". Deposits using cards or Apple Pay only. "We're trying to have a 3-year-old champion here. We had dinner, we hit it off, I liked Bob and Janice and they liked me, Hancock said. May 1 (UPI) -- On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden, architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was killed. The others were Leonatus (1883), Tim Tam (1958) and Lucky Debonair (1965). Fusaichi Pegasus was named after the last four letters, ichi which means best and Pegasus'', which refers to the winged mythical creature. ", "ESPN.com - Triple Crown 2000 - 126th Kentucky Derby results", The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2000_Kentucky_Derby&oldid=1136339749, May 2000 sports events in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 21:51. Sure enough, Fusaichi Pegasus took the world by storm in 2000. The connections of Red Bullet and Fusaichi Pegasus were both noncommittal about a rubber match in the June 10 Belmont Stakes. The $650,000 winner's share raised Red Bullet's career bankroll to $963,800. ", Desormeaux, hearing the cheers upon his return, addressed the crowdvia microphone at the end of his in-house interview: "If all you people think this is exciting for you, can you imagine what it's like being up there on his back?". The winner of the race was Fusaichi Pegasus with a finishing time of 2:01.02. Featured Tracks. Anees, last year's juvenile champion and winner of the Breeders' Cup uvenile, never fired Saturday, extending the record that no winner of the Juvenile has ever come back to win the Kentucky Derby. "With good luck and health involved, he's a horse that would be capable (of winning the Triple Crown)," Desormeaux said. Action Network report that, by the end, this horse that promised so much ended up being the cheapest of the 14 stallions at Ashford Stud. Red Bullet -- a son of 1990 Derby winner Unbridled -- finished second, 4 1/4 lengths back, to Fusaichi Pegasus when they last met in the 1 1/8 -mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 15. Forget the fact he was carrying topweight of 124 pounds and conceding up to 10 pounds to some very fast, classy horses. Then came the show everyone had hoped for. 'Pegasus': Last Chance To Be First - The Washington Post Desormeaux, not wanting anyone to get the jump on him over the wet-fast track, puts Fusaichi Pegasus into the fray, despite a brutal half in :44.36set by Albert the Great, who is still winging it on the lead. [12], Owning a race horse is very expensive, there is a good amount of up keep the horse needs. Fusaichi Pegasus was also a heavy favorite for the Preakness, only to This week is a recap of the 2000 Jerome Handicap (gr. But I didn't have to. He arrived the same At the 1/2 mile mark, Fusaichi Pegasus finds room in the back towards the inside, having a lot of ground to make up, being eight links from the front. I). Born in 1997, Fusaichi Pegasus won the 2000 Kentucky Derby. ", "He had some challenging moments," Desormeaux said. Then four, she was entered as part of a large Loblolly draft (Longfield Farm, agent) to the 1994 Keeneland November sale, carrying her second foal by Forty Niner. GP Gulfstream Park. "You never know where a Derby winner is coming from," trainer Neil Drysdale said before the race. (13 votes) Very easy. WebLEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus has been sold to Ashford Stud, the North American division of the global stallion operation Coolmore Stud, for a If Fusaichi Pegasus does start at $200,000, he will be the most expensive first-year stallion since 1982 horse-of-the-year Conquistador Cielo, whose initial stud fee was $182,000 in 1983 after he was bought by a breeding syndicate for $36.4 million. Magnier, 52, is married to the former Susan OBrien, whose father, Vincent OBrien, was arguably the best horseman to train in Ireland. The winner, a chestnut colt with a wide white blaze on his face, gained command in midstretch and pulled away to a 3 3/4 -length advantage at the wire. Most of his 18 rivals were in front of him as speedballs Hal's Hope and Trippi, as expected, led the way. I was told by the press that I was the first person to appear in the two consecutive This was the first time I was at a Derby and I went there with Manndar. [14], Keeneland is located in Lexington, Kentucky, about six miles west of The University of Kentucky. Both went off at odds of 3-10. It scared meI thought he was going to sit down on the blacktopbut he learned from that and he was never more any trouble., He continued, The first day at the sale he was studdishscreaming and everything and I thought, 'We're ruined. "That told me the race did take a little out of him. The colt, his neck bowed, swept boldly for home in long, effortless strides. p: (800) 647-6571 Britain shifts Sudan airlift to Red Sea coast for final evacuation flight, May 1 (UPI) -- Britain will mount a final evacuation flight from Port Sudan on the Red Sea on Monday two days after ending its airlift from Khartoum amid a deteriorating security situation in the capital as a fragile cease-fire fizzled, As Title 42 comes to an end, El Paso declares state of emergency. Yet Drysdale is a master at pointing a horse for a specific The correlation between seven-figure auction purchases and racetrack plaudits is not always one-to-one. The derby has an entrance fee of $25,000 and a starting fee of another $25,000. This guy says that maybe Fusaichi Pegasus did not put his life on the line and that is the possible cause for the upset in the Preakness. Walking through the tunnel, he attempted to straighten Fusaichi Pegasus' blanket, and the colt lashed back with both hind legs. There are stories of envelopes passed under hotel room doors, detailing offers of 20m and 35m. Beth, Andy did not mean that literally. In John and I talked about this and we agreed that it would be the right way to go. [9] A large price was paid for Pegasus at Keeneland, by a buyer by the name of Fusao Sekiguchi, $4 million was how much was paid for Pegasus. Drysdale walked briskly past the neighboring Bobby Frankel-trained horses, exited Barn 3, and hopped in his rented white Chevy Malibu, then drove the couple of hundred yards to the gap by the clubhouse turn. At the time, he said he would have paid $1 million more. He had some outstanding broodmares. The record Derby crowd of 163,264 attended the centennial running in 1974. Pegasus Takes Flight At Derby May 4, 2000 / 11:58 PM / AP Fusaichi Pegasus kicked up his heels before the Kentucky Derby in what looked like a victory dance. He's looking at us like a dog would look at you.' Hancock and his partners, Bob and Janice McNair of Stonerside Farm, bred Fusaichi Pegasus and sold him for $4 million as a yearling. I've never seen a foal do that. The victory capped a sweet week for trainer Neil Drysdale, who was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame early in the week. The $4-million price tag made Fusaichi Pegasus the most expensive Keeneland yearling in 13 years. Aptitude returned $9.80 and $5.80; Impeachment $4. Your TDN download has begun. If we would have run him in the Kentucky Derby . Fusaichi Pegasus That scared me, that was a lot for me. "I'm a believer. Looking back on Fusaichi Pegasus 2000 Derby, what are your fondest memories? Impeachment, who was four lengths behind Aptitude and a half-length in front of More Than Ready, paid $4 as part of a four-horse entry due to common ownership. Sekiguchi combined his first name with Ichi, the Japanese word for best, to come up with He lost that particular battle to one of Fusaichi Pegasus's underbidders, but whatever disappointment might linger from that small upset, is trumped by the considerable success he has tasted in a long and prosperous career. The first time I ever got on Fusaichi Pegasus was for his final breeze before the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. In early 1994, John Adger, who befriended Hancock in the late 1960s, invited the horseman to Houston to meet successful businessman Robert McNair and his wife Janice. he is getting a little attitude, which is good. He happened to be 1-to-5 and touted as the next Triple Crown winner.". We then see in the middle of the track that Captain Steve and Wheelaway have made advancing movements, and can see Fusaichi Pegasus in fifth place. Drysdale also trained A.P. Andy Durnin is considered by some as the best exercise rider in North America. Remember Ben with a gift to Thoroughbred aftercare, Subscribe for FREE to the Daily PDF or the News Alerts, Home Archive Shared News Twenty Years Later, Fond Memories Remain of Fusaichi Pegasus. I'm going to nickname him Superman. Pegulas fight to heal and rehabilitate from a brain injury suffered after a cardiac arrest last June has been one that is long and largely private. ", "I was a little worried," Drysdale said, referring to the wall of horses in front of his colt at the top of the lane. From then buyers would assemble a horse racing team with a jockey and trainers and race their horse, in hopes that the horse will eventually make it to the national stage of the Kentucky Derby.