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Orb Wins!

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Trainer

Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III

Claude "Shug" McGaughey trained 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb. He grew up in Lexington Kentucky and attended the races at Keeneland with his parents. He began training in 1979 after serving as an assistant to David and Frank Whitely. Shug was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004, has won the Eclipse Award for Top Trainer and trained multiple Eclipse Champions including the undefeated Personal Ensign. Other top horses include Lure, Easy Goer, My Flag, Coronado's Quest, Vanlandingham, My Flag, Point of Entry and Seeking the Gold. // Full Bio...

Jockey

Joel Rosario

Joel Rosario enrolled in jockey school for six months in his native Dominican Republic and by the age of fourteen had his jockey’s license. He won his first Breeders’ Cup race in 2009 with Dancing in Silks. In 2013 he won The Kentucky Derby aboard Orb, won the Dubai World Cup aboard Animal Kingdom and set a Keeneland spring-meeting record with 38 winning rides. He made his first Kentucky Derby appearance in 2010 aboard Make Music for Me, finishing fourth. // Full Bio...

Owner

Stuart Janney III & Phipps Stable (Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps)

Stuart Janney and Dinny Phipps are first cousins whose families both have a long and distinguished history in horse racing. In 2013 they won The Kentucky Derby with Orb. Stuart was introduced to racing by his parents who raced the famed Ruffian. He is the Chairman of Bessemer Trust, Trustee of Johns Hopkins University, Vice Chairman of The Jockey Club and on the Board of Trustees of NYRA. Dinny Phipps is a retired American Financier and Chairman of The Jockey Club. He won the Eclipse Award of Merit for all of his many contributions to horse racing. // Full Bio...

This Year

Team Valor International’s Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, ran past Nehro in mid-stretch and pulled away to a 2 ¾-length victory to win the 137th running of the $2,171,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) before a record crowd of 164,858 on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs.

The previous attendance record for a Kentucky Derby was established in 1974 when 163,628 were on hand for Cannonade’s victory in the 100th Run for the Roses.

#	Contender	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
	Will Take Charge	Jon Court	D. Wayne Lukas	Willis D. Horton
	Black Onyx	Joe Bravo	Kelly Breen	Sterling Racing
1	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III	Stuart Janney III & Phipps Stable (Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps)
2	Golden Soul	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart	Charles E. Fipke
3	Revolutionary	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC.
4	Normandy Invasion	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown	Fox Hill Farms (Rick Porter)
5	Mylute	Rosie Napravnik	Tom Amoss	GoldMark Farm, LLC. and Whisper Hills Farm
6	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Calumet Farm
7	Lines of Battle	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Joseph Allen, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
9	Charming Kitten	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher	Ken and Sarah Ramsey
10	Giant Finish	Jose Espinoza	Tony Dutrow	Sunrise Stables (Andy Cohen), Gary Tolchin, Aubrey Flanagan & Bob Smith
11	Overanalyze	Rafael Bejarano	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable
12	Palace Malice	Mike Smith	Todd Pletcher	Dogwood Stable (Cot Campbell)
13	Java's War	Julien Leparoux	Kenny McPeek	Charles E. Fipke
14	Verrazano	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Let’s Go Stable (Kevin Scatuorchio & Bryan Sullivan), Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
15	Itsmyluckyday	Elvis Trujillo	Eddie Plesa Jr.	Trilogy Stable & Laurie Plesa
16	Frac Daddy	Victor Lebron	Kenny McPeek	Magic City Thoroughbred Partners
17	Goldencents	Kevin Krigger	Doug O'Neill	W.C. Racing, Dave Kenney & RAP Racing
18	Vyjack	Garrett Gomez	Rudy Rodriguez	Pick Six Racing (David Wilkenfeld)
19	Falling Sky	Luis Saez	John Terranova II	Newtown Anner Stud, James Covello & Joseph Bulger