LOUISVILLE, Ky. - I'll Have Another caught Bodemeister down the stretch and pulled away in the final furlong on Saturday to win the Kentucky Derby.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez, riding in his first Derby, guided the 3-year-old colt ahead of Bob Baffert's Bodemeister and a late closing Dullahan to win on a fast track.
It was trainer Doug O'Neill's first Derby victory. He had never finished better than 13th in the Derby with two other horses.
I'll Have Another, the Santa Anita Derby winner, went off at 15-1 in one the deepest and evenly balanced fields in recent years to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
The chestnut colt, owned by J. Paul Reddam, finished the 11/4-mile race in 2:01.83 in front of a Derby-record crowd of 165,307.
The 20-horse field was expected to see a fast pace set by Trinniberg. Instead, Bodemeister rocketed right to the front through impossibly fast fractions. That pace proved his undoing.
Turning for home, Bodemeister, sent off at 6-1, held a clear lead - as much as five lengths - but the closers were starting to find their best ride as he began to weaken. The 9-2 race favorite, Union Rags, was squeezed between horses at the break, later ran into more traffic problems and was not a factor.
I'll Have Another paid $32.60, $13.80 and $9. Bodemeister returned $6.20 and $5.60 and Dullahan paid $7.20.
Kentucky Derby Winners
2012 - I'll Have Another
2011 - Animal Kingdom
2010 - Super Saver
2009 - Mine That Bird
2008 - Big Brown
2007 - Street Sense
2006 - Barbaro
2005 - Giacomo
2004 - Smarty Jones
2003 - Funny Cide
2002 - War Emblem
2001 - Monarchos
2000 - Fusaichi Pegasus
1999 - Charismatic
1998 - Real Quiet
1997 - Silver Charm
1996 - Grindstone
1995 - Thunder Gulch
1994 - Go for Gin
1993 - Sea Hero
1992 - Lil E. Tee
1991 - Strike the Gold
1990 - Unbridled
1989 - Sunday Silence
1988 - Winning Colors
1987 - Alysheba
1986 - Ferdinand
1985 - Spend A Buck
1984 - Swale
1983 - Sunny's Halo
1982 - Gato Del Sol
1981 - Pleasant Colony
1980 - Genuine Risk
1979 - Spectacular Bid
1978 - Affirmed
1977 - Seattle Slew
1976 - Bold Forbes
1975 - Foolish Pleasure
1974 - Cannonade
1973 - Secretariat
1972 - Riva Ridge
1971 - Canonero II
1970 - Dust Commander
1969 - Majestic Prince
1968 - Forward Pass
1967 - Proud Clarion
1966 - Kauai King
1965 - Lucky Debonair
1964 - Northern Dancer
1963 - Chateaugay
1962 - Decidedly
1961 - Carry Back
1960 - Venetian Way
1959 - Tomy Lee
1958 - Tim Tam
1957 - Iron Liege
1956 - Needles
1955 - Swaps
1954 - Determine
1953 - Dark Star
1952 - Hill Gail
1951 - Count Turf
1950 - Middleground
1949 - Ponder
1948 - Citation
1947 - Jet Pilot
1946 - Assault
1945 - Hoop, Jr.
1944 - Pensive
1943 - Count Fleet
1942 - Shut Out
1941 - Whirlaway
1940 - Gallahadion
1939 - Johnstown
1938 - Lawrin
1937 - War Admiral
1936 - Bold Venture
1935 - Omaha
1934 - Cavalcade
1933 - Brokers Tip
1932 - Burgoo King
1931 - Twenty Grand
1930 - Gallant Fox
1929 - Clyde Van Dusen
1928 - Reigh Count
1927 - Whiskery
1926 - Bubbling Over
1925 - Flying Ebony
1924 - Black Gold
1923 - Zev
1922 - Morvich
1921 - Behave Yourself
1920 - Paul Jones
1919 - Sir Barton
1918 - Exterminator
1917 - Omar Khayyam
1916 - George Smith
1915 - Regret
1914 - Old Rosebud
1913 - Donerail
1912 - Worth
1911 - Meridan
1910 - Donau
1909 - Wintergreen
1908 - Stone Street
1907 - Pink Star
1906 - Sir Huon
1905 - Agile
1904 - Elwood
1903 - Judge Himes
1902 - Alan-a-Dale
1901 - His Eminence
1900 - Lieut. Gibson
1899 - Manuel
1898 - Plaudit
1897 - Typhoon II
1896 - Ben Brush
1895 - Halma
1894 - Chant
1893 - Lookout
1892 - Azra
1891 - Kingman
1890 - Riley
1889 - Spokane
1888 - MacBeth II
1887 - Montrose
1886 - Ben Ali
1885 - Joe Cotton
1884 - Buchanan
1883 - Leonatus
1882 - Apollo
1881 - Hindoo
1880 - Fonso
1879 - Lord Murphy
1878 - Day Star
1877 - Baden Baden
1876 - Vagrant
1875 - Aristides