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Yes Not now. By — Beth Harris, Associated Press Beth Harris, Associated Press. Leave your feedback. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Simplification finished fourth and Mo Donegal was fifth. Email Address Subscribe.

But by the time the race began. Zandon's odds had risen as high as before finishing at , while Epicenter settled at That was enough to make Epicenter the favorite, even coming out of the third post, close to the rail.

Taiba saw odds jump from to by the start of the race. Prior to the Derby, Taiba had started just two races, but had won both of them. That, combined with the Baffert lineage, helped improve Taiba's perception as the week wore on.

Messier's odds settled at after starting at Mo Donegal, which drew the generally unlucky first post against the rail, went off at Rich Strike, which had perfunctory odds of before ending at , wasn't even on any radars. Saturday marked the first time since that the Kentucky Derby went off with a full house in attendance.

The race was delayed to September, and the edition had a sharply limited audience. The energy across Churchill Downs was palpable as the race began, and reached a crescendo unheard in three years as the horses came down the race's front stretch.

They saw a race unlike any other in more than a century. Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter at jaybusbee or contact him at jay.

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The biggest longshot in the Kentucky Derby delivered a memorable upset as Rich Strike came flying down the stretch late to win the Run Stacie Conard and her five children won $ when Rich Strike pulled off the upset with 80 to 1 odds, winning the th Kentucky Derby Long shot Rich Strike shocked the world by winning the Kentucky Derby. Here's a betting recap and look ahead to the Preakness

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