The biggest surprise in the 111-year history of the Louisiana derby was a bit a bit.
Held of Order appeared in the Louisiana Derby in Fair Grounds with 13 races in 2012 and only a victory on his résumé for a little -known coach from Russia, the former Jockey Gennadi Dorchenko, who had never won a graded commitment.
A obscure bay or a brown stallion foal by Piercing Humor, Held of Order's only victory that entered the Louisiana Derby of $ 1 million, had come in a three-quarters of Maiden special race on the fair grounds on January 7, where he had driven in this meeting eight times earlier at the Novel Orleans route. Dorochenko bought him at the Keeland September 2010 for 3,000 US dollars.
There was a glimmer of hope with the hero of this story: he briefly led to the Lecomte Stakes, before he faded into fifth place, lost a admission race with less than some length, the pace in front of the fourth, before he took second place in the black gold pfacks in order to sprint on grass and place fourth. The hero of order was somewhat competitive for an unconventional coach who avoids racing.
“The workouts don't pay. What kind of training do you get?” Dorochenko asked in an interview about the Louisiana Derby in Bloodhorse. “Because I am a jockey all my life and spend with horses. You can make a bike in a Ferrari. I show what I know.”
The Louisiana Derby 2012 moved a field from 2 p.m. to 1 p.m. to the post office. Hero of Order began as the longest shot on the field with 109.40-1 winning opportunities-the nearest-led was 68.10-1 outsider of striking sunrise.
The hero of Order drove a few lengths behind Paceesetter and Longshot Comisky's humor along the back, took command in the distant curve and opened a clear lead in an early route. Mark Valeski, part of a preferred entry, was behind schedule, but was unable to get closer than half a long length when Jockey Eddie Martin Jr. led the most shocking surprise in the history of Louisiana Derby.
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The selection 3, which ends with the Louisiana Derby, paid $ 105,930 to a winner and the 50 cent election 4, the 203,358 USD for a single winning ticket paid as a hero of the order, $ 220.80 for a winning bet of $ 2.
“To win a race like a million dollars, it changes her life,” said Dorochenko to Bloodhorse. “I don't buy costly horses. I buy economical horses and make them costly.”
Held of Order was not nominated for the Kentucky Derby of 2012, but he started another start on the Triple Crown Trail in the Blue Grass Stakes and ended the last 13th.
Dorochenko's Drautfarm stood hero of order as stallion and he has created 23 winners of 41 starters, including several missions, the Piercing Hero, but Hero of Order's legacy will be the greatest annoyance in the history of the Louisiana derby. Not all heroes wear them – some are bicycles that turn into fair terrain in Ferraris.
