Kentucky Derby Race Calls: 2000-2010
“Down the stretch they come in the Derby! Wheelaway takes command by a head, More Than Ready on the inside! But here comes Fusaichi Pegasus, with huge strides gobbling up ground! Getting the lead! Fusaichi Pegasus, with Kent Desormeaux in front, Aptitude up for the place spot! Here’s the finish! Fusaichi Pegasus wins it by a length and a half!”
“They ran three quarters in 1:09:01! Record time here in the Derby! They’re at the top of the stretch! And it is Congaree who is full out, here comes Monarchos! Under a heavy drive on the far outside! Invisible Ink is there! Point Given not today! One furlong left! Here comes Monarchos! Who sweeps to the lead! Hes pulling away by two, he’s pulling away by three! Jorge Chavez and Monarchos, have won the Kentucky Derby, and the final; time is 1:59:4! He was as fast as Secretariat! “
“With a fighting chance, Perfect Trip is down on the inside! Came Home is putting in his run now, he’s about four lengths from the lead! Harlan’s Holiday is picking it up! Here comes Medaglia d’ Oro, they’re on the far outside! One furlong to go, War Emblem is still there! War Emblem, and he’s pulling away, he’s got another great! War Emblem, coming down to the final sixteenth! He’s gonna win by three! And now he’s gonna win it! War Emblem has won the Derby, in front running fashion!”
“Offlee Wild there on the outside! They’re coming down to the final furlong! And the gutsy gelding Funny Cide has a narrow lead! Bobby Frankel’s Derby Duo to his inside! Empire Maker is giving it all! Funny Cide trying to full off the upset here! Down to the line! And the gutsy Gelding Funny Cide has won the 129th Kentucky Derby!”
“And undefeated Smarty Jones comes wide off the turn! And these two hook up at the top of the stretch! Lion Heart is all heart! Smarty Jones is all out! And those two, deadlocked at the 8th pole! And Smarty Jones has rose to the lead by journeyman jockey Stuart Elliot, they have taken the lead away from Lion Heart! Farther back it’s Limehouse and Imperialism! And here is the first, undefeated Kentucky Derby winner since Seattle Slew in 1977!”
“Buzzard’s Bay coming down the center of the track! At the top of the stretch here in the Kentucky Derby, High Flying, Bellamy Road! Closing Argument! On the far outside, here comes Afleet Alex, charging through between horses! Giacomo! Don’t Get Mad late charge on the far outside! Coming down to the finish, Closing Argument-short lead! Giacomo! Afleet Alex! It’s a three horse photo finish! And on the wire, it’s Giacomo, who has won the 131st Kentucky Derby!”
“Bluegrass Cat is third! Brother Derek, putting in a late run on the far outside! Steppenwolfer is fifth, and Sweet Northern Saint sits toward the rail! They’re coming down to the finish and it is all Barbaro! In a sublime performance, he runs away from them all! And he has saved something left for the Preakness! Barbaro wins by seven!”
“And it’s Hard Spun to catch as they come off the turn! A mile in .37 flat! Street Sense draws alongside, as they move headlined into the final furlong! Street Sense, has run from 19th position, to first in the Derby! Hard Spun tries to hold on for second, and then farther back it’s Curlin and Any Given Saturday! Here is, Street Sense- a stretch running sensation!”
“As the field turns for home at the top of the stretch, and it is Big Brown who rolls open now to a three length lead! Eight Belles is second, Recapturetheglory is third, Tale of Ekati is fourth! In the final furlong of the Kentucky Derby, and it’s going to be Big Brown bounding home to a convincing win in the Run for the Roses! It is Big Brown, by five on the wire! The filly Eight Belles was second…..”
“It’s still Join in the Dance with a tenuous lead, Regal Ransom and Pioneerof the Nile! Strikes the front just outside the 8th pole! Musket Man is coming hard down the center of the track, and Papa Clem’s right there too! Down toward the inside, coming on through, that is-uh, Mine That Bird now has come on to take the lead as they come down to the finish! In a spectacular, spectacular upset! Mine That Bird has won the Kentucky Derby! An impossible result here!”
“Super Saver, Calvin Borel! One furlong from the Derby here! Noble’s Promise runs in second, Paddy O’Prado is now third! Make Music For Me, a big longshot now fourth on the outside! And they’re coming down to the finish! And it is, Super Saver, a late run from Ice Box! Oh, it’s Super Saver and Calvin Borel! The unfathomable Calvin Borel!”
