Kentucky Derby: 8 one-hit wonders since 2000

The Kentucky Derby is the most important race in horse racing. It's the time of the year when the preps are over and the future bets are down. There are eight Derby champions since 2000.

Always Dreaming, Nyquist, Orb, Super Saver, Mine That Bird and Monarchos were a combined 0-for-27 after winning the Kentucky Derby. Barbaro and Country House never raced again. Country house won the Derby, but he died of a disease shortly after. Always Dreamings was a flop as the 6-5 Preakness favorite. Nyquiz was 8-0-1. He was the eighth undefeated Derby hero since Big Brown in 2008. He won't be retired until 2018. The 2020 Derby will be held in September.

Orb won the 2013 Kentucky Derby. It was a breakthrough for the Phipps clan, the first family of American racing. Orb didn't break his maiden until his fourth start. Super Saver was the inspiration for a movie. He paid $18 and finished eighth in the Preakness. He produced divisional champions Letruska and Runhappy. Pletcher's Always Dreaming won. Calvin Borel got his third Derby win in four years. The winner will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021. His trainer, Todd Pletch, didn’t take anything for granted.

Monarchos won the 2001 Kentucky Derby. He finished third in the Preakness and sixth in Belmont. The only faster winner was Secretariat in 1973. John Ward, third-generation trainer, got the prize that eluded his father, uncle and grandfather.