"I always try hard to do the right thing. "I never give up," said the 45-year-old Castellano, a four-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding jockey who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017. Mage joined Justify (2018), Big Brown (2008) and Regret (2015) as Derby winners with just three previous starts.Ĭastellano and trainer Gustavo Delgado are from Venezuela. Two Phil's and 4-1 favorite Angel of Empire followed Mage to the finish line in front of a crowd of 150,335 on a warm and partly cloudy day at Churchill Downs. Mage, who didn't race as a 2-year-old, had only one win in three previous races, giving little indication that he could triumph against 17 rivals in a race that is not kind to the inexperienced. Still, he made a gutsy stretch run, overtaking Two Phil's to his inside and winning by a length. The colt earned $1,860,000 for the biggest win of his brief career. Mage covered the 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.57 under Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, who snapped an 0-for-15 skid in the Derby. Mage, a 15-1 shot, crossed the finish line to win the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, overtaking Two Phil's down the stretch to win the first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. Mage overtakes Two Phil's down stretch, wins Kentucky Derby You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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