How The Fastest Horse In The Kentucky Derby® Was Bred And Raised To Win | Big Business

The Kentucky Derby is the biggest horse race in America, and preparing for it takes millions of dollars and thousands of people. We went to Churchill Downs days before the big race to see what it takes to train the winning horse and prepare the century-old track for 400,000 fans.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Raising Mystik Dan
02:45 - How Mystik Dan Trains
05:44 - How Horses Are Groomed
10:13 - History Of The Kentucky Derby
11:18 - How Gardeners Prepare The Racetrack
12:33 - How Chefs Prepare The Food
14:18 - The Day Of The Race
16:30 - Credits

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[ВладимирХарченко-зт]

I'm just glad Mystic got his bag of mints.

[FigbootonPens]

Joke is on us. They had 20 different camera crews covering each of the 20 horses to guarantee they featured the winner. lol

[tonylopez]

As a physician in KY that regularly sees patients that work in the horse industry, I wish the money would trickle down a little bit more to all of them that make such glamour possible.

[HECTICZEN]

The unsung hero's were the horse washers... how'd you calm the horse, when it goes crazy. Ohhh baby Easy baby!!!

[daniellehenson]

Chico and his wife Leybey, who is also in the video holding Mystik Dan, are such lovely people. They work so hard on the backside and it was so amazing to see them celebrating on the track this year after Dan won. Matt Bizzell is also one of the most genuine people ever! You can always tell he loves his job and loves gardening.

[chriswhorror]

Glad to see Chico was in the photo with the champion Dan. Congrats Dan!!! 🐎 🏆‼️

[ross-carlson]

I bet he was thrilled to get that big bag of peppermint - probably thought "ah, what a great day. Got to run in front of a lot of people, they seemed really happy at the end for some reason so I got my favorite treat. Hoomans are so weird...."

[kane]

It's not the price money if your horse won is the horse semen that get you the big bucks...

[binatitagain]

I'm not personally into racing so I may be biased as an english trainer and coach for the past 25+ yrs (our industry isn't without its faults) but regardless, if you know horses, it's hard to see three yr olds racing. I don't start any horse under saddle until they are at least three and jumping around four years of age. It's like asking a baby to run before they are ready to crawl. It's sad to see so many former Tbs going through the system, only to suffer from injuries and lifelong chronic health conditions at such a young age.

[outoftime]

Its all about the size of the horses heart. A bigger heart, a bigger motor. Secretariat and Sham were the perfect examples.

[OfficialSamuelC]

They say the British Royal Horses are some of the most looked after and pampered horses, and you look at horse races where if a horse breaks its leg, it’s put down, but when a British or Royal Horse has such an injury, they’re able to do surgery and somehow keep it alive and stable as its leg heals. Just look the horses in London that escaped and got injured, with one being hit by a car. They had surgery and recovered in the countryside.

Shows it comes down to how much they care and how much they’re willing to spend. Horse owners in racing often don’t find the cost worth it.

[Goingwithafakehandlehere]

It's insane that we still race horses. It's even more insane that they make the track more likely to cause leg injuries. The fact that a broken legs means death for horses makes this a reckless risk.

[OcarinaSapphr-]

These heritage events really are something else -- I've read some history about competitions like the Derby, Ascot- & the Melbourne Cup, how the latter evolved from a regional racing event (that is now over 140 years old)- into 'the Race that Stops the Nation', draws competitors from all over the world, & is an unofficial semi-holiday...

[machshfive]

As someone who works in the entertainment industry, this is the perfect example of what the entertainment industry is.

These are looks into different people's passions and coming together create something fantastic. They are proud of what they do and having an audience makes it feel so much more fun and rewarding, almost addicting.

And then there's always going to be that little question in the back of the mind asking: "Could there be something unethical going on?"

[billyyank]

2:46 its not about the ok. Says the lady wearing 4 karat diamond earrings 😂🤣😭

[morganellius]

Maybe, also talk about what happens to thousands of foals, that are bred every year to find the “one.” Racing insiders refer to breeding as “drilling for oil” for a reason. Hint: they wind up at auctions, to be bought by the meat buyers, and shipped to Canada or Mexico ( without food or water) to have their throats slit.

Or, “Ferdinand, “ the WINNER of the 1986 Kentucky Derby, who was sold to slaughter, after years as a stud. Even winners, mean nothing in racing; if you aren’t profitable enough, it’s your death sentence. 

If you love horse abuse, then this is the sport for you. I’m a life-long competitive rider, but this is straight abuse: stalled 23/24 hours day, drugged incessantly, babies run with a still immature skeletal system, the most abusive tack possible, and training practices that are the stuff of nightmares. 

How about some actual reporting, instead of making such barbarism seem anodyne?

[dianereiser]

A horses spine isn’t fully developed until they’re 6 years old. Other skeletal areas take up to 4 to 5 years before they’re fully developed. Let that sink in.

[JulianaBlewett]

And just a friendly reminder that some of these lovely horses wind up in the slaughter pipeline because they don't win enough. Or they have an injury. Horse racing is almost as bad as big lick. If these horses are winners. They are revered and loved forever, but if something unfortunate happens to them then they disappear.

[Anmoljain.]

For me, Secretariat was, is and always be the true winner.

[traceymiller]

I am encouraged to see so many people understand that this sport is cruel wrong and should stop