Always Dreaming is the fifth straight favorite to win the Derby and 10th horse to win the classic after starting from post 5 when he won on a sloppy Churchill Downs track on Saturday.
He returned $11.40, $7.20, and $5.80 across the board. Lookin At Lee returned $26.60 to place and $15.20 to show. Battle of Midway paid $20.80 to show.
Always Dreaming completed the 1 1/4-mile classic in 2:03.59 on a sloppy track, the first off-track for a Derby since 2013. He was followed home by longshots Lookin At Lee in second and Battle of Midway another five lengths back in third. Morning-line favorite Classic Empire, the champion juvenile male of 2016 who entered off a score in the Arkansas Derby (G1), finished fourth, just edging Practical Joke.
Following Practical Joke in fifth were Tapwrit, Gunnevera, McCraken, Gormley, Irish War Cry, Hence, Untrapped, Girvin, Patch, J Boys Echo, Sonneteer, Fast and Accurate, Irap, and State of Honor, to complete the order of finish.
COMPLETE STORY (BloodHorse.com) –
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PAYOUTS
5 Always Dreaming $11.40 $7.20 $5.80
1 Lookin At Lee $26.60 $15.20
11 Battle of Midway $20.80
WAGER TYPE / WINNERS / PAYOUT
$1.00 Double / (2/5) / $25.50
$1.00 Super High Five / (5/1/11/14/19) / $493,348.70
$2.00 Exacta / (5/1) / $336.20
$0.50 Pick 3 / (9/2/5) / $207.50
$0.50 Pick 4 / (6/9/2/5, 21, 22) / $3,441.40
$0.50 Pick 5 / (8/6/9/2/5, 21, 22) /$50,063.35
$2.00 Pick 6 / (2, 6/8/6/9/2/5, 21, 22) /$857,335.40
$2.00 Pick 6 / (2, 6/8/6/9/2/5, 21, 22) / $1,815.80
$1.00 Superfecta / (5/1/11/14) / $75,974.50
$0.50 Trifecta / (5/1/11) / $4,148.60
