Kentucky Derby 2022: The 10 biggest underdogs to win the Run for the Roses as a long shot

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Rich Strike won the 2022 Kentucky Derby against 80-1 odds. It was the second biggest longshot to win the race in the 148-year history of the event.

Donerail won the 39th Run for the Roses by a half-length. That upset paid $184.90 for a $2 wager. Jockey Roscoe Goose was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1963.

Rick Strike won this year's race by 3/4 of a length ahead of two favorites, Epicenter and Zandon. Rich Strike wasn't supposed to be competing, but a spot was open after Ethereal Road scratched a day before.

Maximum Security finished the race ahead by 1 3/4 lengths, but was disqualified after Country House jockey Flavien Prat filed an objection.

Mine That Bird beat Pioneerof the Nile by 6 3/4 lengths in 2009. The horse's father was Birdstone, the 2004 Belmont winner. Mine That Birds was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2015.

Giacomo was a 50-1 long shot in 2005. He finished second to Closing Argument. A $2 exacta bet paid $9,814.80 and a $1 superfecta had a payout of $864,253.50.

Gallahadion (1940) won the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths. Bimelech (1970) went on to win both Preakness and Belmont.

Apollo won the 1882 Kentucky Derby by a half-lengths. Apollo was 32-1 long shot.

Charismatic was 31-1 long shot to win the 1999 Kentucky Derby. Charismatics almost won the Triple Crown but he suffered a career-ending fracture in Belmont.

Proud Clarion was 30-1 long shot to win the Kentucky Derby in 1967. He won the 93rd Derby by a length. Proud Clarions registered the third-fastest time at 2:00.60.

Exterminator (1918) was 29-1 to win the Kentucky Derby. He beat Escoba by a length. Exterminators owner had bought him to help train Sun Briar, a U.S. Champion.


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