Here are a few Kentucky Derby 130 facts and figures you may have missed:
•Winner: Smarty Jones
•Birthplace: Pennsylvania
•Color: chestnut
•Winner’s odds: 2.5-to-1 (first favorite to win since Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000; 50th overall)
•$2 win wager paid: $10.20
•Winning time: 2:04.06
•Margin: 2 3/4 lengths
•Smarty’s record: 7 for 7 (first undefeated victor since Seattle Slew in 1977)
•Winner’s Derby earnings: $854,800
•Career earnings: $6,733,155
•Earnings rank: 6th
•Track: sloppy
•Temperature: 68 degrees
•Jockey: Stewart Elliott
•Trainer: John Servis
•Owners: Roy and Patricia Chapman of Someday Farm in Pennsylvania
•Experience: Elliott’s and Servis’ first trip to Kentucky Derby
•Smarty’s post position: 15
•Track attendance: 140,054
•Attendance rank: 11th
•On-track wagering for Derby race: almost $9.5 million
•On-track wagering for Derby Day: about $19.25 million
LouLife
Posted On: 14 Oct 2004 - 11:12am

