2022 Kentucky Derby betting fallout: How 80-1 longshot winner Rich Strike was missed

Rich Strike won the 2022 Kentucky Derby. Maximum Security was disqualified from the 2019 Derby because of interference with War of Will. Country House was declared the winner. The entry into the 20-horse field was determined by earnings in graded stakes races. The 2013 winner Palace Malice refused to be rated and faded to 12th. Mine That Bird won in 2009. Dancer’s Image was the first horse disqualified since 1968. It was a Derby of old when entry was based on earnings. Now it's based only on points. There's a chance a sprinter or rabbit could win the Derby, but it usually goes to a closer.

Rich Strike was scratched from the Derby on Friday morning. He was in post 20. The horse has only one win in his seven lifetime races. His sire, Keen Ice, beat American Pharoah and his mother, Gold Strike, was a champion filly at age 2 and 3 in Canada. Lukas won the Oaks with Secret Oak on Thursday. The race will take place in a half mile in 45.36. Summer is Tomorrow will go to the front. It was assumed that Summer will be at the forefront. However, the speed of the race might affect the other horses. There is no guarantee that the horse will win.

Epicenter came second in the Kentucky Derby. Zandon, Simplification, Mo Donegal, Zozos, Taiba, Crown Pride, White Abarrio, Cyberknife, Happy Jack, Charge It, Pioneer of Medina, Summer is Tomorrow, Rich Strike, Barber Road, Tawny Port, Smile Happy, Classic Causeway, and Tiz the Bomb won the race. The chart is based on the betting fallout from the Derby, which was won by Rich strike. The rest of the chart shows how the horses fared. It's not as good as it could have been.