Ryder had his four-bout winning streak stopped and is 32-6. Álvarez bloodied the British challenger’s nose and knocked him down, cruising to the victory by scores of 120-107 on one card and 118-109 on the other two to improve to 59-2-2. Mage was making only his fourth-lifetime start and joined Justify as the only horse in a century to win the Derby without racing as a 2-year-old.Ĭanelo Álvarez returned home and remained the undisputed super middleweight champion, beating John Ryder by unanimous decision before more than 50.000 fans in his first fight in Mexico since 2011. I always tried to be positive and tried to find the right horse to participate in one of the biggest races in the world.” “Sometimes you feel embarrassed a little bit when you been trying so many times, and you don’t see the results,” Castellano said. It was also a career accomplishment for jockey Javier Castellano, who picked up his first Kentucky Derby win in his 16th try. There was plenty of celebration as the massive Churchill Downs crowd of 150,335 watched as Mage and Two Phil’s battled down the stretch only to have the runner-up in the Florida Derby win by one length for trainer Gustavo Delgado in his third Derby try. Become a subscriber.įrom John Cherwa: A week that horse racing would like to forget ended Saturday when Mage won the Kentucky Derby on a day in which two horses died and the favorite was scratched over fear for his health.
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