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Trainer Bob Baffert
has made history thanks to Medina Spirit s upset win at the 2021 Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Starting from the eighth post with 12-1 odds (bet $100 to win $1,200), Medina Spirit held off a late charge from Mandaloun, Hot Rod Charlie and odds-on-favorite Essential Quality.
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The win for Medina Spirit is a record Kentucky Derby victory for a horse trained by Baffert.
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Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps
Guide to Saturday s two 2021 Kentucky Derby preps Photo:
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Moments after
Greatest Honour drew off Jan. 30 to win the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), trainer Shug McGaughey remarked that “the pressure begins now.”
That pressure continues Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where Greatest Honour leads a field of 10 into the $300,000
Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2). Post time for the 1 1/16-mile event is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EST. He ran awfully well, he’s trained well since then, so this is just another step, McGaughey told Carolyn Greer this week in
The Fountain of Youth pays its winner 50 Kentucky Derby points, enough to essentially clinch a spot in the starting gates for the First Saturday in May. McGaughey is no stranger to using the race as a springboard to Churchill Downs.