Every horse in 2025 Kentucky Derby is a descendent of legendary Secretariat: report

All 21 horses racing successful this year's Kentucky Derby are reportedly descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat, according to The Courier-Journal successful Louisville, Kentucky. 

This twelvemonth marks 52 years since Secretariat won the Triple Crown successful grounds times that inactive basal today. Now, the horse's bequest volition beryllium honored, nary substance which equine wins. 

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Secretariat sired much than 660 registered foals during the horse's life.

The racehorse famously had an unusually ample heart, according to The Associated Press. He went connected to triumph the Derby, Preakness and Belmont successful grounds times, and ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought successful 1973. It marked 1 of the astir monumental moments successful equine racing history.

Secretariat won the Derby with a clip of 1:59.40, a grounds that's yet to beryllium beaten.

Two weeks later, astatine the Preakness Stakes, helium won again with a clip of 1:53, different grounds that inactive stands today.

During the Belmont Stakes, the equine swept the contention and won by an exceptional 31 lengths. Secretariat became the archetypal Triple Crown victor since 1948, erstwhile Citation won the title.

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The 21 horses competing connected Saturday each person a portion of that communicative successful them:

1. Citizen Bull, with jockey Martin Garcia (17-1 odds)

2. Neoequos, with jockey Flavien Prat (54-1 odds)

3. Final Gambit, with jockey Luan Machado (18-1 odds)

4. Rodriguez, with jockey Mike Smith (9-1 odds)

5. American Promise, with jockey Nik Juarez (13-1 odds)

6. Admire Daytona, with jockey Christophe Lemaire (40-1 odds)

7. Luxor Cafe, with jockey Joao Moreira (14-1 odds)

8. Journalism, with jockey Umberto Rispoli (4-1 odds)

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9. Burnham Square, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. (20-1 odds)

10. Grande, with jockey John Velazquez (18-1 odds)

11. Flying Mohawk, with jockey Joe Ramos (34-1 odds)

12. East Avenue, with jockey Manny Franco (34-1 odds)

13. Publisher, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., (30-1 odds)

14. Tiztastic, with jockey Joel Rosario (19-1 odds)

15. Render Judgement, with jockey Julien Leparoux (12-1 odds)

16. Coal Battle, with jockey Juan Vargas (30-1 odds)

17. Sandman, with jockey Jose Ortiz (5-1 odds)

18. Sovereignty, with jockey Junior Alvarado (11-1 odds)

19. Chuck of Gold, with jockey Jareth Loveberry (35-1 odds)

20. Owen Almighty, with jockey Javier Castellano (43-1 odds)

21. Baeza, with jockey Flavien Prat (54-1 odds)

How to watch?

• Where: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky
• When: May 3, 2024
• Projected Post Time: 7:02 p.m. EST
• TV: NBC
• Purse: $5 million

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