2012 Kentucky Derby - I'll Have Another Wins, Bodemeister and Dullahan Show And Place

The 2012 Kentucky Derby concluded in Louisville on Saturday evening, with 14-1 contender I'll Have Another surprising viewers with an inspiring performance. Bodemeister held the lead for much of the race, posting strong splits and outrunning Trinniberg, a horse with much stronger sprinting speed. But it wasn't enough to hold of I'll Have Another, who closed what was at one point a five length lead and overtook Bodemeister in the final yards.

9/2 favorite Union Rags had a disappointing race, struggling with the traffic that resulted from the number four post position. Union Rags was still stuck in traffic coming around the final turn, and was not a threat coming down the stretch. I'll Have Another's draw of post 19 proved to be an advantage, and the horse that took the Santa Anita Derby adds the 2012 Kentucy Derby to its credentials.

138th Running of the Kentucky Derby

Racetrack: Churchill Downs

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Date: May 5, 2012

The 2012 Kentucky Derby is fast approaching. This historic race will be run at Churchill Downs on May 5, 2012. Bet on all the Triple Crown prep races live at Bookmaker.

Triple Crown Betting Online: The Kentucky Derby is known the world around as a horse race. It is, in fact, the biggest horse race for three-year-old thoroughbreds in North America. Every year, on the first Saturday in May, casual fans and hardcore horse betting handicappers will tune in to watch what amounts to animals running in a circle for two minutes!

For many others, the Kentucky Derby is not simply a horse race, but it is a horse betting event. Tickets to the big event are very hard, if not impossible to come by, unless one is willing to pay the massive markup from scalpers or ticket brokers. Those not inclined to pay such a price take the general horse betting admission or infield route, filling every nook and cranny of the facility. It seems everyone wants to be part of the party, and last year a record crowd of 164,858 filed past the horse betting turnstiles.

Race day at Churchill Downs is an opportunity for everyone to get dressed up in their Sunday best. The women, especially, come out in style, with festive dresses and amazing Derby hats. Some actually begin planning next year's horse betting attire as soon as this year's event is over.

Those watching the Derby from the infield may not be adorned in the same attire as the horse betting patrons seated in the grandstand, clubhouse, luxury suites, or Millionaires Row. In fact, on some occasions it seems that there is a "clothing optional" rule in place, although security tends to be quick on the scene to restore order. More than 75,000 people will fill the infield on Derby Day, and many will never actually see a horse – and many don't really care. They're there for the horse betting party.

While such huge crowds sometimes present logistical horse betting problems, such as long lines for concessions and bathrooms, they are great for business as far as Churchill Downs is concerned. Last year alone the on-track crowd pushed more than $23 million through the horse betting windows, with $11.5 of that being bet on the Kentucky Derby alone. Throw in wagering from every simulcast outlet offering the race and total "handle" was more than $165 million.

In some circles the Kentucky Derby is an event "you have to experience at least once." While millions will tune into the broadcast coverage on television, they will miss the Derby experience. If you are in attendance on race day, you must partake in at least one Mint Julep, the official horse betting drink of the Kentucky Derby. But be warned, if you're adverse to the taste of bourbon whiskey this probably isn't the drink for you. The Mint Julep contains sugar, water, crushed ice, fresh mint, and Early Times Kentucky Whiskey. Each year nearly 120,000 of these drinks are served over the two-day period covering the Kentucky Oaks on Friday and Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Of course the "horse betting moment" for nearly everyone in attendance comes when the horses leave the paddock and appear on the track for the post parade. As they do, the University of Louisville marching band begins to play "My Old Kentucky Home," the official state horse betting song of Kentucky and the traditional ballad for the Kentucky Derby. There are few dry eyes when the music ends.

The Kentucky Derby as an "event" has become very popular among horse betting celebrities, and each year a long list of movie stars, professional athletes, politicians, fashion moguls and many more put the Derby on their social horse betting calendar. It has become such a spectacle that in 2007 Churchill Downs began the "Red Carpet" treatment for its VIP guests, and much of it is even televised live – much like you'd see at the Grammys or Oscars.

For the people of Louisville, the Kentucky Derby is much more than a one-day horse betting affair. It is a month-long array of events which includes Thunder Over Louisville, a day-long air show and fireworks spectacular that will draw nearly 500,000 people to downtown and the banks of the Ohio River. There is the Mini-Marathon, the Great Balloon Race, the Pegasus Parade, and the Great Steamboat Race. And of course, there are too many horse betting dinners and parties to mention in the days leading up to the big race.

Whether you prefer the party atmosphere of the horse betting infield, the elegance of the good seats, or you just want to spend a day people watching, the Kentucky Derby is for you. Like we said, you have to enjoy it at least once, but go easy on the Mint Juleps – they make for a nasty hangover Sunday horse betting morning!

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2012 Kentucky Derby Post Positions

1 - Daddy Long Legs

SIRE – Scat Daddy, Johannesburg

TRAINER - Aiden O'Brien

Daddy Long Legs is a son of multiple Grade I winner Scat Daddy. Scat Daddy won the Champagne Stakes-G1 as a 2YO and the Florida Derby-G1 as a 3YO. His final horse betting race was an 18th-place finish in the 2007 Kentucky Derby-G1. Scat Daddy is also the sire of 2012 Kentucky Derby starter Daddy Nose Best.

Dreamy Maiden won 5-of-13 career races, including a pair of listed stakes. Six has produced six winners, including multiple stakes horse betting winner Tres Dream.

2 - Optimizer

SIRE – English Channel, Smart Strike

TRAINER - D. Wayne Lukas

Optimizer is a son of Champion Turf Male English Channel, who retired with horse betting earnings of $5.3 million Optimizer is from his first crop, which includes three other stakes-placed runners. Indy Pick, a half-sister to Grade I winner Finder's Fee, won 2-of-6 races. She finished 8th in her only try against stakes company. She has produced two horse betting winners from three foals to race.

3 - Take Charge Indy

SIRE – A. P. Indy, Seattle Slew

TRAINER - Pat Byrne

Take Charge Indy is an impeccably-bred son of A. P. Indy, a multiple Grade I winner and Horse of the Year. His grandsire is the legendary Seattle Slew, winner of the 1977 Triple Crown. Take Charge Lady earned over $2.4 million while finishing first or second in 14 graded stakes. She was a two-time horse betting winner of the Overbrook Spinster Stakes-G1 at Keeneland, and she finished second in the 2002 Kentucky Oaks-G1. Take Charge Lady is a half-sister to a pair of Grade III winners, and she has produced three horse betting winners from four foals.

4 - Union Rags

SIRE – Dixie Union, Dixieland Band

TRAINER – Michael Matz

Union Rags is a son of Dixie Union, winner in 7-of-12 career races for more than $1.2 million. Dixie Union won five graded stakes, including the Haskell Invitational-G1 and Malibu Stakes-G1 in 2000. Dixie Union died unexpectedly in 2010, but prior to his death was responsible for nearly 20 graded stakes horse betting winners.

5 - Dullahan

SIRE – Even the Score, Unbridled's Song

TRAINER - Dale Romans

Dullahan is a son of multiple Grade II winner Even the Score, who won 9-of-29 career races and earned more than $750,000. In addition to Dullahan, Even the Score has produced multiple Grade I winner Take the Points, multiple graded stakes horse betting winner Four Gifts, and several graded stakes-placed runners.

6 - Bodemeister

SIRE – Empire Maker, Unbridled

TRAINER - Bob Baffert

Bodemeister is certainly bred in the mold of Classic horse betting winner. His sire Empire Maker won the Florida Derby-G1, Wood Memorial-G1 and Belmont Stakes-G1, and he finished second as the betting favorite in the Kentucky Derby-G1. His grandsire Unbridled won the Florida Derby-G1, Kentucky Derby-G1 and Breeders' Cup Classic-G1.

Untouched Talent was never worse than second in four career races, three of them at the graded stakes horse betting level. She won the Sorrento Stakes-G3 at Del Mar and earned more than $240,000. Bodemeister is her first foal to race.

7 - Rousing Sermon

SIRE – Lucky Pulpit, Pulpit

TRAINER - Jerry Hollendorfer

Rousing Sermon is a son of Lucky Pulpit, who won just 3-of-22 career races. His biggest horse betting win came in the listed Smile Stakes at Arlington Park. Lucky Pulpit has produced just two stakes winners, with Rousing Sermon easily the most accomplished.

Rousing Again won 6-of-19 races, earning $136,000. Five of her six victories came at Philadelphia Park. She finished fourth in her only stakes appearance. Her only other foal to race earned just $15,000.

8 - Creative Cause

SIRE – Giant’s Causeway, Storm Cat

TRAINER – Mike Harrington

Creative Cause is a son of world-class sire Giant’s Causeway, winner of six Group I races in Europe and near winner of the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 at Churchill Downs. Giant’s Causeway has produced nearly twenty Grade I or Group I horse betting winners worldwide. He is also the sire of Kentucky Derby hopeful Battle Hardened.

9 - Trinniberg

SIRE – Teuflesberg, Johannesburg

TRAINER - Bisnath Parboo

The horse expected to be a long shot certainly has looked relaxed in training sessions this week, and his early break may cause other speedsters like Juvenile champion Hansen and the Bob Baffert-trained Bodemeister to chase, too, and could cause a favorite or two to fatigue too soon. Without knowing the starting order, Parbhoo hasn't thought about what strategy he might give Martinez. He does know he has no plans to sell Trinniberg.

10 - Daddy Nose Best

SIRE - Scat Daddy, Johannesburg

TRAINER - Steve Asmussen

Daddy Nose Best is a son of Scat Daddy, winner in 5-of-9 career races and earner of more than $1.3 million. A two-time Grade I winner, Scat Daddy’s racing horse betting career came to an end following an 18th-place finish in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. Scat Daddy’s first crop of racers are now three-year-olds and it includes three other stakes winners in addition to Daddy Nose Best.

11 - Alpha

TRAINER – Kiaran McLaughlin

SIRE – Bernardini, A. P. Indy

Alpha is from the second crop of Bernardini, champion three-year-old of 2006. He won the Preakness Stakes-G1, Travers-G1 and Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1. He has produced major stakes horse betting winners Gamilati, Algorithms, Stay Thirsty and To Honor and Serve.  Bernardini’s world-class sire, A. P. Indy, won the Belmont Stakes-G1 and Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, and his “grandsire” was the great Seattle Slew, Triple Crown winner in 1977.

12 - Prospective

SIRE - Malibu Moon, A. P. Indy

TRAINER - Mark Casse

Prospective is a son of Malibu Moon, who raced only twice. Despite a brief racing career, Malibu Moon has made a name for himself in the breeding shed, producing such runners as Life At Ten, Devil May Care, Declan’s Moon, Mlibu Mint, Ask the Moon, Moon Catcher. He produced 13 stakes winners in 2011 alone.

13 - Went the Day Well

SIRE - Proud Citizen, Gone West

TRAINER - Graham Motion

Went the Day Well is by Proud Citizen. Although Proud Citizen never won above the Grade II level, he did finish second in the Kentucky Derby-G1 and third in the Preakness Stakes-G1. He has produced multiple graded stakes winners, including $2-million earner and Eclipse Champion Proud Spell. This year, he has another Kentucky Derby horse betting contender in Mark Valeski, plus Kentucky Oaks contender Believe You Can.

14 - Hansen

SIRE – Tapit, Pulpit

TRAINER – Mike Maker

Hansen is a gray son of Tapit, winner of the 2004 Wood Memorial Stakes-G1. Tapit would go on to finish ninth in the Kentucky Derby that year. In the breeding shed Tapit has produced such graded stakes horse betting winners as Joyful Victory, Tapizar, Tapitsfly, Careless Jewel, Zazu and Stardom Bound.

15 - Gemologist

SIRE – Tiznow, Cee’s Tizzy

TRAINER – Todd Pletcher

Gemologist is a son of two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 winner Tiznow. A rousing horse betting success in the breeding shed, Tiznow is responsible for such major winners as Well Armed, Colonel John, Folklore, Tizway, Bear Now, Ellafitz, and Tiz Miz Sue. Crystal Shard, a full-sister to a multiple Grade II winner, was unraced. She has produced eight winners from eight foals to race, including a stakes-winning half-sister to Gemologist.

16 - El Padrino

SIRE – Pulpit, A. P. Indy

TRAINER – Todd Pletcher

El Padrino is a son of Pulpit, a talented colt who saw his horse betting career cut short by injury. Pulpit won 4-of-6 career races, including the Fountain of Youth Stakes-G2 and the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes-G2. He finished fourth in the 1997 Kentucky Derby. In the breeding shed Pulpit has produced more than sixty stakes winners, including nearly 35 graded stakes winners.

17 - Done Talking

SIRE – Broken Vow, Unbridled

TRAINER - Hamilton Smith

Done Talking is a son of multiple graded stakes winner Broken Vow. Remarkably consistent, Broken Vow missed the horse betting board just once in 14 career races while earning $725,000. Done Talking's grandsire Unbridled won the Florida Derby-G1, Kentucky Derby-G1 and Breeders' Cup Classic-G1. As a sire, Broken Vow has produced more than 40 stakes winners, including $1.9-million earner Unbridled Belle.

18 - Sabercat

SIRE – Bluegrass Cat, Storm Cat

TRAINER – Steve Asmussen

Sabercat is a son of Haskell Invitational-G1 winner and 2006 Kentucky Derby-G1 runner up Bluegrass Cat. In the breeding horse betting shed Bluegrass Cat has produced more than 80 winners with more than $5.3 million in earnings. He has produced multiple graded stakes winners Kathmanblu and Blue Laser.

19 - I’ll Have Another

SIRE – Flower Alley, Distorted Humor

TRAINER – Doug O’Neill

I’ll Have Another is from the third horse betting crop by Flower Alley, winner of more than $2.5 million. Flower Alley won or placed in seven graded events, winning the Travers Stakes-G1 and finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, both in 2005. Flower Alley produced 2011 Central Bank Ashland Stakes-G1 winner Lilacs and Lace.

20 - Liaison

SIRE - Indian Charlie, In Excess

TRAINER - Bob Baffert

Liaison is a son of Indian Charlie, a winner in 4-of-5 races. His only horse betting loss came in the 1998 Kentucky Derby, when he finished third as the horse betting favorite. In the breeding shed Indian Charlie has produced such top runners as Indian Blessing, Uncle Mo, Fleet Indian, My Pal Charlie and Mr. Nightliner.

2012 Kentucky Derby Contenders

Battle Hardened

SIRE – Giant’s Causeway, Storm Cat

TRAINER – Eddie Kenneally

Battle Hardened is a son of world-class sire Giant’s Causeway, winner of six Group I races in Europe and near winner of the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 at Churchill Downs. Giant’s Causeway has produced nearly twenty Grade I or Group I winners worldwide. He is also the sire of top Kentucky Derby horse betting contender Creative Cause.

Fed Biz

SIRE – Giant’s Causeway, Storm Cat

TRAINER – Bob Baffert

Fed Biz is a son of world-class sire Giant’s Causeway, winner of six Group I races in Europe and near horse betting winner of the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 at Churchill Downs. Giant’s Causeway has produced nearly twenty Grade I or Group I winners worldwide. He is also the sire of Kentucky Derby hopefuls Creative Cause and Battle Hardened.

Castaway

SIRE – Street Sense, Street Cry

TRAINER – Bob Baffert

Castaway is a son of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1 and Kentucky Derby-G1 winner Street Sense, who has sired Iroquois Stakes-G3 winner Motor City and Grade I-placed Miss Netta from two crops. Priceless Storm won 1-of-11 races during her horse betting career. Castaway is her only offspring of note.

Secret Circle

SIRE - Eddington, Unbridled

TRAINER - Bob Baffert

Secret Circle is a son Eddington, a $1.2-million earner who never finished worse than fourth in 17 career races. That included 12 horse betting starts against graded stakes company. Eddington ended his career win a win in the 2005 Pimlico Special-G1. Eddington stands for minor $5,000 stud fee, and Secret Circle is by far his best horse betting offspring.

On Fire Baby

SIRE - Smoke Glacken, Two Punch

TRAINER - Gary Hartlage

On Fire Baby is a daughter of horse betting champion sprinter Smoke Glacken. A winner in 10-or-14 career races, Smoke Glacken missed the board only once in his career. Offspring of Smoke Glacken have earned more than $40 million on the racetrack, and he has produced more than 15 graded stakes winners - more than 50 stakes winners overall. His only previous Kentucky Derby starter, Read the Footnotes, finished 7th in 2004.

Dixie Talking won 3-of-4 career races, including the Cicada Stakes-G3 at Aqueduct. Her dam, Gin Talking, was named Horse of the Year in Maryland in 2000. Dixie Talking has also produced minor stakes horse betting winner Table Talking.

Reveron

SIRE – Songandaprayer, Unbridled's Song

TRAINER - Agustin Bezara

Reveron's male lineage is full of Kentucky Derby pedigree. Songandaprayer finished 13th in the 2001 Kentucky Derby-G1 after setting a blazing horse betting pace. Grandsire Unbridled's Song also ran in the Kentucky Derby, finishing fifth as the betting favorite in 1996. His great-grandsire Unbridled won the 1990 Kentucky Derby-G1. While Songandaprayer has been a solid sire, his offspring have shown distance horse betting limitations.

Carolina Sunrise won just 1-of-13 career races, that being a maiden race at Beulah Park in Ohio in her 12th career start. She has produced four winners from four foals to race, including multiple stakes-placed Carolina Mist.

Mark Valeski

SIRE – Proud Citizen, Gone West

TRAINER - Larry Jones

Mark Valeski is a son of Grade II winner Proud Citizen. The sire ran in all three legs of the 2022 Triple Crown, finishing second in the Kentucky Derby-G1, third in the Preakness-G1 and fifth in the Belmont Stakes-G1. Proud Citizen has produced Champion Proud Spell, two South American Champions and 2012 Kentucky Derby hopeful Went the Day Well.

Poncho's Dream Girl was a multiple stakes horse betting winner and multiple graded stakes placed. She has produced five foals to race, all winners, with Mark Valeski the most accomplished.