1998 Kentucky Derby
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The 1998 Kentucky Derby was the 124th running of the Kentucky Derby
. The race took place on May 2, 1998.
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
. The race took place on May 2, 1998.
Payout
The 124th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule Program Number |
Horse Name |
Win |
Place |
Show |
2 | Real Quiet Real Quiet Real Quiet was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was nicknamed "The Fish" by his trainer, due to his narrow frame.... |
$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 18.80 |
$8.80 | $5.80 |
12 | Victory Gallop Victory Gallop Victory Gallop was an American-based Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old he won the Belmont Stakes denying Real Quiet the Triple Crown... |
- | $13.00 | $7.60 |
7 | Indian Charlie Indian Charlie Indian Charlie is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, equaling the stakes record time, but is best known as an important sire of Champions.... |
- | - | $4.20 |
- $2 ExactaParimutuel bettingParimutuel betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vig" is removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets...
: (2-12) Paid $291.80 - $2 TrifectaTrifectaIn horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, "perfecta". A trifecta is known as a tiercé in France and Hong Kong and as a tris in Italy.It...
: (2-12-7) Paid $1,221.00 - $1 SuperfectaSuperfectaThe superfecta is a type of wager in parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence...
: (2-12-7-3) Paid $3,007.40
Full results
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
1st | 2 | Real Quiet Real Quiet Real Quiet was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was nicknamed "The Fish" by his trainer, due to his narrow frame.... |
Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
Mike Pegram | 2:02.38 |
2nd | 12 | Victory Gallop Victory Gallop Victory Gallop was an American-based Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old he won the Belmont Stakes denying Real Quiet the Triple Crown... |
Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry... |
Prestonwood Farm, Inc. | |
3rd | 7 | Indian Charlie Indian Charlie Indian Charlie is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, equaling the stakes record time, but is best known as an important sire of Champions.... |
Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
Hal Earnhardt & John R. Gaines Racing LLC | |
4th | 3 | Halory Hunter | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Nick Zito Nick Zito Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer... |
Celtic Pride Stable | |
5th | 10 | Cape Town | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Overbrook Farm | |
6th | 9 | Parade Ground | Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs.... |
Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil... |
W. S. Farish III & Stephen Hilbert | |
7th | 5 | Hanuman Highway | David Flores | Kathy Walsh | Budget Stable | |
8th | 6 | Favorite Trick Favorite Trick Favorite Trick was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1997 became the first 2-year-old in twenty-five years to be voted United States Horse of the Year.... |
Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991... |
William I. Mott | Joseph LaCombe Joseph LaCombe Joseph P. LaCombe is a retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a Thoroughbred horse racing stable... |
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9th | 1 | Nationalore | Goncalino Almeida Goncalino Almeida Gonçalino Feijó de Almeida is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A riding champion in his native Brazil, he has been racing in the United States since 1990... |
Myung Kwon Cho | Myung Kwon Cho | |
10th | 13 | Old Trieste | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
Mike Puype | Cobra Farms, Inc. | |
11th | 4 | Chilito | Gary Boulanger Gary Boulanger Gary Dale Boulanger is a former jockey who competed in Canada and the United States and who is currently a trainer in Florida. He began his career in 1987 at Tampa Bay Downs then went to the Pacific Northwest where he was the leading jockey for three straight years from 1989 through 1991 at... |
H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park... |
Lazy Lane Farms, Inc. | |
12th | 15 | Robinwould | Earlie Fires Earlie Fires Earlie Stancel Fires is a retired United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey.Fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all American apprentices in wins that year with 224. He retired on September 21, 2008 having won 6,470 races at racetracks across North America... |
Jerry Calvin | Dee & William Davenport | |
13th | 11 | Artax Artax (horse) Artax is a retired American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Artax then equaled the record for the Breeders' Cup Sprint set in 1973 as well as the host Gulfstream Park track record that had stood for twenty-six years... |
Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Randy Bradshaw | Paraneck Stable | |
14th | 8 | Rock and Roll | Francisco Torres | William I. Mott | Jenny Craig & Madeleine Paulson | |
15th | 14 | Basic Trainee | John Velazquez | Jorge Romero | Luis A. Gambotto & Enrique Ocejo |