A Kentucky Derby Fairytale! | Rich Strike Wins The 2022 Kentucky Derby | Exclusive Footage
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2022
- This is the story of the 2022 Kentucky Derby as you haven't seen it before - and the story of RICH STRIKE, the horse who shocked the world.
Added to the field just hours before the 148th running of the iconic race, he was guided to victory by jockey Sonny Leon in his first Kentucky Derby ride - with the pair defeating the likes of Epicenter, Zandon and Crown Pride.
Bought for just $30,000 towards the end of 2021 and trained by a man who had almost lost everything in a tragic fire at his barn in 2016, Rich Strike's day of destiny at Churchill Downs was a sporting fairytale for the ages...
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I’m betting the story of Rich Strike’s incredible win will be a movie within 5 years.
Brendan Fraser as Eric Reed and Denis Quaid as Rick the owner.
It could be made into a great movie as long as Disney is not involved.
We have to wait till the Preakness and the Belmont stakes.
Right now he's like California Chrome.
If he wins the Preakness and Belmont? Yeah the movie will be out soon
I hope so
@@markrobinson1135 Rich Strike isn't racing Preakness, though.
Sure the horse is wonderful but as far as I'm concerned Sonny Leon deserves plenty of credit.He started dead last in a field of 21 and came through a wall of horses weaving in and out.It's the best ride I've ever seen!
I would agree except for the final 150 yards. RS got around that horse. Sonny didn't move him, he looked and went, then he is looking at the leaders with a faceful of mud. Then ran by them. Sonny was keeping him him moving with the whip. Rich strike won that race on heart in the last 200'.
@@thereissomecoolstuff Are you blind? Watch sonny bravely steered Rich Strike behind fading horse at the rail then chased the leading horses and won!😅😅😅
@@gabbargado6242 look at sonny's left hand. If you call that steering more power to you. The horse looked and went on the opening. Do you push a horse or steer with the reins. I'm saying the horse went for it. Went to the races today. Saw a great finish. Same move only way tighter at the finish line. He steered the horse. Btw was Kevin Radke at Emerald Downs. 4 races 4 wins. The dude is a horse driver.
Absolutely one of the best rides in history. Sonny was Brillant!!
@@thereissomecoolstuff You 'steer ' a horse with your whole body.
He is a beautiful horse, and quite dominant if you watch him tracking down other horses, he stares RIGHT AT THEM until he passes them. Super competitive.
He BULLIED that spot, but GOD DAMN, what perfect pivot.. zoom zoom
He was virtually telling other horses "I am gonna beat you"!
I noticed that. He was the Only one looking at the other horses 🐎 KNOWING he was gonna catch them. WOWWW
Ok, I know nothing about racing but I knew that he was looking at the others and just pushing to win, he is so cute!
Ban horse racing!!!! Leon (among many other in the business) is an animal abuser. This is his 5th time being suspended, most recent was literally due to physical harm of a horse. Check out THINK LIKE A HORSE on YT, he’ll breakdown the amount of pain Rich was in. This business is both a-moral and unethical.
rich strike is really smart. twice down the stretch you can see him look at the horse he had to catch and he did. i love stories like this. what a beautiful animal
usted habla del caballo pero sin ese jinete no gana por que Sony conocía el caballo por eso lo llamaron para que lo condujeru en el Derby
A brilliant team..a beautiful ride!
this would be like a high school baseball team beating a major league baseball team in a one game tournament. never in my life of 67 years did i ever think this could happen.
I'm overjoyed that Rich Strike & his "family" won.
That is the best race I've ever seen in my life.
It was incredible!
Me too. I have watched it at least 50 times. I didn't know anything about it. Watched and saw RS looking around. Loved it.
When he was breezing Sonny was holding him back. Rich Strike's head was to the right. During the race it was the same several times. Sonny was saving him. He asked him to go and away he went to the win. No other horse was moving like him. Great rider great horse!
I noticed Rich Strike looking at the horse he was about to pass for the win! What a horse!!!
@@KayInMaine You made me watch it again and wow I saw what you saw. I bet he was thinking look at me I got ya! beat.
@@xlr8tedzoom Such a great moment!!!
I saw that!!! What do you mean by saving him?? Don't know much about horses but I Noticed right away he was looking at the other Horses while knowing he was gonna pass them
@@bluv4579 generally that means saving the horse early in the race (not going after the hot pace) and then making a move late in the race to come on strong at the end.
I could watch this a million times and get excited each time.
So could we! What a race. Will live on in the history books forever!
It gives me goosebumps!!
So far I've watched it 18 times.😃 It just gives you such a good feeling watching that drone view. Goose bumps galore every time I watch it. What a horse. And that jockey made sure he had no beefs while weaving in and out of horses . He did it so easily and also had the horse pick up speed while weaving. GREAT jockey/horse duo I've ever seen since Chrome and Victor. Sonny and Richie got it done and thrilled us while they did it. LOVE that whole team. The grooms, I mean you can tell they love Richie. The whole team deserved that win. 👍 I wonder if anybody bet on him?
Thank you so much for not rushing Rich Strike into another race too soon. Thank you for thinking of the horse first and giving him time. We love you for it. His win was such a wonderful moment for all of us.
Is he going to the Preakness? Wow. What a bargain for 30 grand.
Rightly said Molly cox
Ban horse racing!!!! Leon (among many other in the business) is an animal abuser. This is his 5th time being suspended, most recent was literally due to physical harm of a horse. Check out THINK LIKE A HORSE on YT, he’ll breakdown the amount of pain Rich was in. This business is both a-moral and unethical.
Awesome race ❤So good to have the derbies back!!💫
I agree! So many horses are wrecked by too much too soon philosophy.
This stable is a notch above. 👌
Sonny in our country Venezuela we are so proud of you cause you did it great representing what a Venezuelan citizen like you can be able to do... Thanks for this joyness you've given us. God bless you bro... We have the same Venezuelan 🇻🇪 blood.... Thanks again bro...👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
That Derby trip will go down in history as the 7th wonder of the world as will this entire story and Rich Strike.
Why do you say infamy?
Do you think they cheated?
@@robmckrobmck5567 No, I don't think they cheated. I don't feel Medina Spirit won the Derby as a result of being drugged either. He was robbed. My comment was just a poor choice of words. I edited it.
Ban horse racing!!!! Leon (among many other in the business) is an animal abuser. This is his 5th time being suspended, most recent was literally due to physical harm of a horse. Check out THINK LIKE A HORSE on YT, he’ll breakdown the amount of pain Rich was in. This business is both a-moral and unethical.
@@jen7662 If they ban the sport low-level horses will be sent to slaughter. Blue blood horses will continue to be bred and sold to countries like China and Korea, where they will be abused, raced, bred, and eventually slaughtered. Horses are expensive and rescues are full and underfunded. Be careful what you wish for. You don't understand the consequences. More oversight is needed for the sport and thoroughbred slaughter needs to be banned, all horse slaughter should be banned actually. Abusers in racing need to get lifetime bans as well. It's sad to hear about Leon. If true, he doesn't deserve to have any mounts.
I love how Rich's groom, on the way to the winners circle, looks up and says Oh My God. ... Gotta love a praying man! To God alone belongs the glory. Amen.
Rich Strike seem to be touched by God! He was meant to win to send a message!
@@angela776 Amen GOD is in control!
He laid his hands on the horse and prayed over him before the race according to an interview with him. He's a 4th generation groom in his family.
@@bungalowdweller I believe GOD answers His faithful servants.
@@christinepeniaranda8484 AMEN🙏🏻🙏🏻
Rich Strike is so relaxed with his groomer. What a great story.
His groom is very comfortable with Rich Strike and vice versa. That's the way it's supposed to be.
He’s still a baby at 3 years of age and he’ll bond with who takes care of him. He seems to have that type of temperament ….like a big pet. Some race horses are just plain mean. I saw a man savaged by a race horse just walking past his stall. The horse lunged his head out of the stall and sunk his teeth into the man’s jacket…pulling him halfway into the stall. I’ll never forget his screams for help. I ran over as did a few others to help him. He was okay because his down jacket took the bite but he banged up his arm on the stall door. After that, the barn manager put up netting over that horses stall door. He was a former race horse and he had a bad temperament. John Henry was nasty…didn’t like people.. some are lovable and some are not.
@@penelopelopez8296 believe me, Rich Strike is not a pet. He has a mean temperament and will bite anybody. That's why they keep the stud chain through his mouth attached to his halter. He bit the pony girl before the race and bit her pony twice. An outrider had to take over from her and lead him the rest of the way to the gate. After the race he bit that pony at least a couple of times, grabbed its right rein and wouldn't let go, and then bit the outrider badly on the leg and twice on the arm.
He is inbred close up in his 2nd and 3rd generations to Smart Strike, who was a very aggressive stallion like the one you described. They had to put cones in front of his stall at Lane's End farm because he tried to bite everybody who walked by. They also had to muzzle him and sometimes needed two grooms to handle him. So, Rich Strike comes by his bad temperament naturally.
Ban horse racing!!!! Leon (among many other in the business) is an animal abuser. This is his 5th time being suspended, most recent was literally due to physical harm of a horse. Check out THINK LIKE A HORSE on YT, he’ll breakdown the amount of pain Rich was in. This business is both a-moral and unethical.
@@jen7662 Rick Gore has some good things to say about horsemanship, but in horseracing he misses the mark. Horseracing is not perfect, but for the most part they are trying to do the right thing for the horse. Rich Strike was not in pain. He put the pain on two people that day and on two horses with multiple bad bites. Rick over generalizes things in horseracing without looking at the real facts and statistics and says all people are crooks and animal abusers and only in it for the money, which is not true. The things he said in his video about Rich Strike's trainer, owner and jockey, without any real knowledge or proof, is nothing short of slander. I was appalled at what he said about them. His anger towards them was very troubling in my opinion.
He missed the most important thing about that video, which was that Rich Strike was biting the pony and he had ahold of its right rein for much of the time which caused the pony to spin around and rear up because he couldn't get away from being yanked by Rich Strike. Even when people pointed out to Rick that he missed this in his review, he never acknowledged that or addressed it. If he really wanted to get to the bottom of what was going on with Rich Strike, he might have done some research to find out that he savaged two other horses, bit the pony girl before the race, and seriously injured the other outrider with three bad bites, plus the fact that this horse is mean and tries to bite everybody. If Rick was in that situation and had other horses, riders and many many other people's safety to worry about as the outrider did, he may well have been forced to hit a horse on his nose to get him to release the rein and to keep him from biting him and possibly others nearby on the track too.
When Rich Strike went across the wire first I was angry and crying fixed because I had the 2nd n 3rd. Then I watch the video 20x's and come to love the whole team of KY derby winners. Leon had the ride of a lifetime.
Love that horse so much no words could ever express. All the red roses what a day for everyone, kisses tears and cheers, love love and never ending love oh beauty you won with wings that carried you to glory
Like u i watched it over n over...u just gotta love that horse and got take hats off to Sonny, where he put that horse was a piece of traffic jam that looked impassable...it was just crazt
Ban horse racing!!!! Leon (among many other in the business) is an animal abuser. This is his 5th time being suspended, most recent was literally due to physical harm of a horse. Check out THINK LIKE A HORSE on YT, he’ll breakdown the amount of pain Rich was in. This business is both a-moral and unethical.
@@jen7662 where the heck did that come from
@@jen7662 Yes Jen there are abusers in the horse racing business. That's why Leon probably runs on only small tracks. I remember watching A.P Indy run and all you had to do was show him the whip then he would turn his head down and run like you never scene a horse run. I don't like the way they breed horses now either. If I remember right I read that every horse that ran on derby day had Northern Dancer blood in them.
This one the greatest horse race I ever wach it was amazing🙌🏼
That "Is"the best thing that ever happened to horse racing
What an Amazing story! 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷This is what horse racing is all about!!!!!
🙌🙌🙌
I really like Eric Reed! So happy for him.
Congratulations to team Rich Strike! Can't wait for the movie!!
Rich Strike Certainly Struck it Rich 🤑
Thank you Rick Strike for an exciting 2 minutes proving that an underdog can win!! ❤🐎
What a team! Sonny rode a brilliant race. 'Everymans' horse he is.🐎
I love Jerry Dixon Jr. The man has a special heart!!
Emotional moment .. just unbelievable win by Rich Strike and team
Very emotional!
The most unbelievable race ever!!! Excellent Jockey, very good horse. Congratulations! 💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amazing as he up to his name Rich Strike
Thank you trainer Eric for being among the few to acknowledge Sonny Leon brilliant jockey, Gabriel Lagunes exercise rider, and grooms Jerry Dixon Sr. and Jerry Dixon Jr. and others I didn't catch names of, and hats off to all the everyday working men and women behind the scenes of this great champ, RICH STRIKE!
This Sonny Leon can really horseback. It’s great to see a jock that rides the smaller circuits win the derby. Congrats to him and the connections. Would love to see him win the Belmont. He just gave this sport a much needed shot in the arm.
Amazing!!
Rich Strike was passing horses like they were standing still!!
Congratulations Sonny Leon and Rich Strike and the whole Rich Strike Team!!
"A legend is born" that is what they say right!!
Out the 20hole! What a horse
Absolutely unbelievable
This is why I clove horse racing.
I clove it too… 😀
Look at his eyes . He’s a fighter . Bright future 👍👏👏
Rich Strike said "Hold my beer I'll be back in under 3 minutes "
The sport of kings. And the horses are the kings. Absolutely incredible. Thank you, Richy…for giving us something positive for a change.🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I haven't watched a horse race in years, but damn, that horse has stamina like no other. I bet he could have lined up and ran that race again. Big things often come in small packages.
I love how Richie has his derp going on with his tongue hanging out.
Ty for this follow-up.
It was a magical day for many.
beautiful story
So exciting! Such humble people. God loves a humble heart!
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MOVIE WHEN IT COMES OUT!
It's about time that the under dogs prove they are great horses too. This horses story if one for they history books. CONGRATS
When the Lord said watch the name of the horse Rich Strike through the prophet Amanda Grace I had to watch the race and to hear the story behind it…it’s amazing congratulations
When California Chrome lost the Belmont I was bummed, because he too.was."everyhorse". He also was the common guys champion.
This was a win for regular folks.
And the big win,.the part that I love, was the owners decision not to run the Preakness, because "it wouldn't be in Richie's best interest." God bless him for putting the horse first.
I grew up in central Kentucky around real horse men. This is what used to be called a "tip" - where someone who knew what a fit, sound horse who was ready to run better than previous form would suggest at good odds in a given race. And you could hit a lick as they used to say.
This is the reason why we must believe ourself no matter what
imagine how many horses like Rich Strike that never had the chance to run but could have won
He's bred from Curlin, he's got genes!
Looks like he cool with those roses!!
Please honor that horse...forever.
WOW!!!!! Spectacular!!! LOVE IT! Not an underdog no more
WHAT A RACE!
Rick Strike and his rider won my Heart. This was amazing race.
Come join Rich Strike ~ He's America's horse. You'll be glad you did.
And the owners are cowards, too afraid to race him in the Preakness.
@@GermanShepherd1983 actually they're thinking of the horse's well-being rather than money.
@@GermanShepherd1983 Wrong! They care about their horse more than money.
@@fasbc Well if the horse is such a broken down old nag maybe they shouldn't have entered him in the Derby.
@@GermanShepherd1983 you have shown everyone what type of person you are! You need to call a therapist and start to work on yourself.
I'll be waiting for the movie!
The Belmont will be a big show-down between the Preakness winner and Rich Strike
Preakness winner isn't running in the Belmont.
Beautiful edit! Thanks.
So inspirational
The kick from Rich Strike when he made that inside-outside-inside move looked like he had just shifted to high gear. That was one of the fastest late kicks I have ever seen.
What an appropriate name for this horse! He Struck it Rich for sure!😂
Too bad Rich Strike isn't running in the Preakness. However, I'll look forward to see him race in the Belmont.
Imagine if he Won the Belmont !! WITCH HE won't ! But what IF 😂
Thank you, love the story and your video.
Thank for sharing this great video I agree that the out come it is great for all the horse racing fans around the world ,God always shares virtually to all of us ,This is the proof ; I love horse racing since I was very young ,I wish I could see the race live .
He runs like Secretariat. A come from behind powerhorse.
Yes! When my husband told me about this I thought the same thing...and he sure is a beautiful chestnut as well.
The will be the most watched Belmont Since 1973 even without the Triple Crown on the line !!! 🎯
For good reason: Secretariat's sire was Bold Ruler. Rich Strike's dame comes from Bold Ruler...but several generations further. The horses are distant cousins.
@@joannathesinger770 dam
Rich Strike - Red Sea - opened!!
WHAT A STORY TO TELL....
Best Race this TripleCrown Season! Congrats to Belmont Stakes Winner~ RICH STRIKE I still LOVE YOU BEST! Kentucky Derby stole the Show this Season. Rich Strike Legendary!! In the History Books 📚🐎❤️🐎🏆🎉🎉🎉🎉
Whst a fantastic horse and all around him.💖👏🐎🐴
Very exciting!! Cheering for Rick Strike at Belmont
documentaries like this make me so happy!
I knew he was gonna win this whole time
The horse is strong, but without that specific jockey, Rich Strike would be Dry Hole. The horse is rowdy and aggressive, Leon made him focus.
Congrats! What a race.
Jerry🐴👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍May Holy Spirit be with you always beautiful horse
I'm really delighted for Rich Strike's win, and congratulations to him and everyone involved in this spectacular event. It was beautiful to see.
But I'm distressed in hearing "we trained him the old-fashioned way," see his tongue lolling out of a mouth with a thick chain in it, and then, I see he was whipped pretty damned hard during the race...
I'm no horse person, and I'll watch again to see how other horses were treated, but please, look up Monty Roberts or someone like him and see if you can't get him to stop biting. (I'm guessing that's the reason for the chain; I saw the post-race footage of him nipping another horse; I imagine he does it to people, too.)
Again, congratulations on an incredible win, a heartfelt win. I don't mean to throw rain on any parade, but am questioning the idea of "the old-fashioned way." I know you love the horse. Would love feedback on my queries.
The biting and aggression is in inherited thing from his grand daddy, Smart Smike. He was a notoriously hard to handle horse and often passed his toughness and biting to his offspring. His tongue rolling out of his mouth is in a playful mode. He is not in distress. And he's got a chain on because he's a stallion and very aggressive without it. It's not a habit anyone will break him of, that's the sire line. As for the whips, they're soft tipped on the end and do not leave marks. They've been redesigned over the years to be kinder to the horse.
I have seen Monty Robert work a few horses in a clinic, but I really like Welsh trainer Steve Young (watch his work on YT for some darn simple looking techniques, but you know it took years to get that finesse) much better for a quite amazing guy who learned a lot from Buck Braniman (sp). The movie Buck (documentary) is quite telling about horse training. Buck was the double for Robert Redford in the movie The Horse Whisperer. Also was the inspiration for the movie and provided the horses.
Horse racing is one thing, but to look for real pain and suffering look into the gaited horses. That really chills me.
It is very tricky, I imagine, to want your horse as high as a kite so it will run like a cheetah. So they probably try not to discipline too strenuously. Bloodlines do have quite the influence.
It is amazing to watch this horse run past everyone as if they were standing still. That was just mind-blowing. Must have been a crazy, fun (in retrospect) ride. Great weaving that jockey accomplished.
AMAZING
Epic ! Sony Leon is Louis Hamilton of Horse Races ! , Viva Venezuela 🇻🇪 NJddd!!!!
It is the best race I've ever seen a horse run
Orgullo Venezolano 🇻🇪🇻🇪👍🏻
I can watch this everyday and always love it
Wow!🙏❤️
I hope it's a movie rich strike is precious horse .strong and I can't say enough good things about this horse.love him.
Another great True Story Movie in the future.
The pundits say that every professional jockey has one magnificent moment, if just given the chance on a big stage. Sonny Leon was given the horse and the chance and rode what may be the greatest single Derby race in history. Stunning!
What a movie this would make!!!! just saying!
Why don't you film it in ur backyard on ur smart 🤓 🤓🤓 phone
Exceptionally well done video! Thank-you.
The jockey should get huge credit; he guided that horse thru the traffic, then pushes hard the horse neck at the last few meters as though adding power to the stride… I’m starting to love horse racing…
This is very inspiring and very moving. An incredible story of perseverance. Congratulations to all.
To me this is one of the greatest sporting events to ever happen!
Good for them! Hooray for Rich Strike!
THAT horse RAN His race... He is looking back for space.. what horse ever LOOKS
BACK!??
My horse looked back at me as he ran away while I sat on the ground. They see behind when they tip their head to the side.
wouldn’t mind a film about this
Yes these horses need lots of love I would treat my horse so good 😊 so amazing
Why I Love the Sport!
I hate it when I am talking to people who are not familiar with horse racing, and I show them this video and they can not appreciate just what this horse, and jockey, did. I need someone to talk to.... Go Rich Strike...
I hope that you win the Belmont.
What an exciting brings tears watching this
Love the video
Beautiful
Great stuff
Mahusay na kabayo maganda laban Rich Strike 💪💪
it's wonderful...
I don't care what anyone says....from just before he went around the horse on the rail to right before the wire he was looking at those lead horses....especially the one in the lead. He was looking at them intently like he knew he was going to blow them away....which he did. Just before he over took them he looked forward and gave it hell. I have always thought they know what's going on and this was the greatest example ever. He was toying with them....then just blasted on by! One of the greatest sports moments of ALL time for me. Brings tears to my eyes. Way to go Richie!