Long-shot Rich Strike wins the 148th Kentucky Derby
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In a stunning upset that sent the crowd roaring, Rich Strike won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday.
The horse entered the race at 80-1 odds -- the biggest long-shot in the 20-horse field. And Rich Strike began the derby week as an alternate and wasn't added to the field until Friday, when another horse pulled out of the race.
"Out of nowhere, Rich Strike got his roses," the derby said in a tweet accompanying an image of the horse with the roses around his neck.
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