After favorite Forte was scratched Saturday morning, Mage prevailed at 15-1.
The outcome brought a first Derby title to two natives of Venezuela: veteran trainer Gustavo Delgado, who is accomplished in two countries, and 45-year-old jockey Javier Castellano, who had won the Preakness twice and the Breeders’ Cup Classic once . It also threw compliments on to the Florida Derby, where Mage finished second behind Forte, the initial Derby favorite who was scratched Saturday morning.
Two Phil’s, the 9-1 shot who led for much of the race and around the second turn, managed to hold on to second against a charge from Angel of Empire, the Arkansas Derby winner, who nabbed third at 4-1 as something of a hip pick after Forte exited. Disarm, a 27-1 shot, took fourth. The margins in the closely bunched finish were one length, one-half length and three lengths.
Then the day’s races began, and two contestants died after pulling up prematurely: Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding in the second race, and Freezing Point, a 3-year-old colt in the eighth. Both horses ran beneath jockey Corey Lanerie, 19 times the leading jockey in Churchill Downs meets, and left in ambulances before they were euthanized.
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