Medina Spirit, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, wins the 147th Kentucky Derby.
WASHINGTON: Medina Spirit won the 147th Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs, giving trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh victory in the US flat racing classic.
Puerto Rican jockey John Velazquez piloted Medina Spirit to the front early and held on to win the first jewel of US racing’s Triple Crown for the fourth time as overwhelming pre-race favorite Essential Quality finished fourth.
“I cannot believe he won this race,” Baffert said of 12-1 shot Medina Spirit, who was second in his previous start in the Santa Anita Derby on April 3.
“He won this race. That little horse, it was all guts,” Baffert said after Medina Spirit won by half a length over Mandaloun.
It was a second straight Derby victory for Baffert and…
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