@GKJ -- I got the two Stakes races mixed up. I was partially right and wrong.
^There are likely other examples but I recall Nick Zito having five in a Kentucky Derby.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The jockeys on trainer Nick Zito's five horses in the Kentucky Derby went in with high hopes Saturday, but none finished better than seventh. Bellamy Road, the 5-2 favorite, was the biggest disappointment.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The jockeys on trainer Nick Zito’s five horses in the Kentucky Derby went in with high hopes Saturday, but none finished better than seventh.
Bellamy Road, the 5-2 favorite, was the biggest disappointment.
“He seemed to handle the track well, but he just didn’t have it,” Javier Castellano said of his colt’s seventh-place finish.
Andromeda’s Hero, the longest-price among the five at 57-1, ran the best race. He rallied from 16th to get eighth with Rafael Bejarano aboard.
High Fly, the Florida Derby winner, was 10th after taking a slim lead at the top of the stretch for Jerry Bailey.
“I inched my way between horses,” Bailey said. “They swamped me so bad I don’t know where I finished.”
Noble Causeway never settled for Gary Stevens and finished 14th. “He would not relax for me at all,” Stevens said.
Sun King was 15th for Edgar Prado. “He was running OK for a while, but he had no finish,” Prado said.