Best Kentucky Derby moments from the 2000's | NBC Sports

Look back at some of the best moments from the Run for the Roses, including the start of American Pharoah and Justify's Triple Crown campaigns, Mine That Bird's spectacular upset in 2009 and more. #NBCSports #HorseRacing #KentuckyDerby

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Best Kentucky Derby moments from the 2000's | NBC Sports

[jeremystark]

Will need an updated version with Rich Strike unbelievable comeback win in the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

[lovisamunter]

I'll have another's win will always be special to me as it was the first Derby I ever watched, but man... Mine that bird, what a little hero of a horse. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[timothystephenson]

5:37, All I can say is what a moment, what a picture, you're 50/1 odds, you're on the winning horse in the Kentucky Derby and you look back and you're 30 feet in front of everyone else at the finish of the race, there's no more worrying at that point, no more whipping at the side of the horse, just raise your hand, whip grasped, point to the side and enjoy the thrill of victory, Mine That Bird and Calvin Borel.








05-11-2022, 7:28AM, Tuesday.

[georgiagonzales]

Mine that Bird 🙌🙌🙌🙌 it never gets old 🥰🐎

[alexb]

Barbaro will always be my favorite. Mine that birds Kentucky derby was amazing. I still feel bad for Maximum Security. He will also hold a very special place in my heart. I will continue to cheer for him wherever he races next.

[emergencyexitonly]

The 2009 derby is one of the best performance by a horse and a jockey i've seen. and also the worst call i ever heard. that bird was in the money in all 3 TC races. not bad for a long long shot

[elsplace]

Barbaro...the most loved and most cried over.

[karaamundson]

I cry my guts out every time I see Barbaro run the Derby. I still remember watching the race at my boyfriend's grandmother's apartment--in Louisville--and sobbing helplessly when that covered van drove off. Just so awful and sad...reminded me of the heroic Black Gold.

[JadedKate]

2:22 2006 _Barbaro_ wins by seven

4:00 2009 begins 🏇 5:04 well behind the rest of them is _Mine That Bird_ 5:20 you see him take the opening and opportunity 🏆

10:42 _Maximum Security_ starts to GO WIDE and gets disqualified as a result

[Smile-uwokeup-day]

I picked minedatbird to win at 50/1. Announcer says an impossible upset here . Congrats to Calvin borel . An American pharaoh wins da triple crown n his off springs is doing amazing wins . Two did qualify for the 2020 derby but opted out to run

[martinnixdorf]

At least they showed the greatest race horse to ever step on a racetrack, the incomparable BARBARO!

[naswii]

It’s really weird not having a derby today

[septemberquest]

Nothing beats the sport of kings!thanks for posting!!🏇🏇🏇

[dansaucier]

It's still a tragedy that in a 20 horse field, in the sloppiest conditions you could ever imagine, that they took Maximum Security down. The reason there had NEVER been a DQ in the Derby is because in a 20 horse field, lots of sh!t happens. It was simply a horse race. He should have been crowned the winner. Shameful.

[dougsnell]

I had War Emblem $10 across the board in 2002. He went wire to wire @22-1 RIP old friend !!

[MA-gptj]

Barbaro would have won the triple crown if not for the injury. He was undefeated did you see how he DEMOLished it.

[frostedicepharoah]

My personal favorite was I’ll Have Another.

No one will ever know what could have been.

[nickg]

Can you imagine the dude that raged and tore up his bet slip because of the last one and then getting the win by dq?

[mattgaebel]

Witnessed the triple crown finish in 2015 at Belmont park! and now going to see for all fans via t.v. that Tiz the law wins the KY derby at 1:59.31 to set the race record previously held by Secretariat. Tiz the law....respect the law in a year of a global pandemic where we will never forget the affliction and sadness this year has had on us all! Thanks for sports and the grace of the horse as a spectacular athlete. 👍🌻✝️

[sgtleobella]

I will never not love that last turn and burn along the rail by Mine That Bird.