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I'll Have Another Wins Kentucky Derby

15-1 horse wins in the final stretch

By the Associated Press

Posted May 5, 2012 5:56 PM CDT

(AP) – I'll Have Another caught Bodemeister down the stretch and pulled away in the final furlong today to win the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Mario Gutierrez, riding in his first Derby, guided the 3-year-old colt ahead of Bob Baffert's Bodemeister and a late closing Dullahan to win on a fast track.

It was trainer Doug O'Neill's first Derby victory. He had never finished better than 13th in the Kentucky Derby with two other horses. I'll Have Another, the Santa Anita Derby winner, went off at 15-1 in one of the deepest and evenly balanced fields in recent years.

Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory in the 138th Kentucky Derby.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez rides I'll Have Another to victory.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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myflap.blow
May 5, 2012 10:41 PM CDT
"I'll have another" right now for you! Congrats! [*swig of wormed Mezcal*] Animals are so cool. Today we celebrate all our kitties birthday too. Rotisserie chicken for all! Ans im gettin totally plowd! hAppy stinko dee mayo!
hatchling1
May 5, 2012 6:35 PM CDT
Gotta love an underdog winner.... 
Jojo
May 5, 2012 6:12 PM CDT
The horse I picked is still running... as usual.

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