Congrats to Mine That Bird, a 50 to 1 shot, is the winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby. To give you a sense of just how big an upset and improbable this was, at the quarter mile point, Mine That Bird was almost 7 lengths behind the field. Bumped out of the gate, he was dead last by a lot. At the start of the back stretch, he wasn’t even in the WIDE ANGLE camera shot of the field.
If you watch the video below, at 34 seconds in, you’ll see a horse at the bottom of the frame way behind the last horse. That’s your eventual winner. At 56 seconds, the gelding just comes into the picture still WAY behind. At 1:23 there’s a wide angle shot. Nope, he’s not in the picture. Then at 1:37, you’ll see a horse flying along the rail blowing through the field. The announcer doesn’t even mention Mine That Bird heading to the finish until he’s the obvious winner. Even he’s dumbfounded.
God help us, we love an upset!
