Kentucky Derby Results: I'll Have Another Will Need More Speed at Preakness

The 2012 Kentucky Derby was a doozy, with I'll Have Another coming through the middle of the pack to overtake Bodemeister and Dullaham by a length-and-a-half. That strategy won't fly when they assemble at the Preakness later this year, though, as it a slightly shorter race than the Derby.

For most of the Derby, I'll Have Another didn't look to be in contention. He may have been intentionally held back by jockey Mario Gutierrez to conserve strength for the final push. If so, that's a veteran move by a man who's just won on his first try at the Derby.

Owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill must be feeling pretty justified in choosing Gutierrez to take the challenge of racing this talented colt. Gutierrez has only been riding I'll Have Another for three months, and before that he was racing up in Canada.

Per CBCNews.com, trainer Glen Todd spoke to this issue before the race:

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It's like playing for the Mexican winter league in baseball, then playing at [Vancouver’s] Nat Bailey Stadium in the single-A league and being in the World Series final a month later...He has gifted hands. I say he's got the hands of an angel and the patience of Job. He waits and waits, that's why I’m not worried about him panicking tomorrow.

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I'll Have Another will need to pick up the pace at the Preakness if he's going to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing this year, but it sounds like Gutierrez is just the man to keep him where he needs to be.

Check out the unofficial results below—with the final odds as found on the officialKentucky Derby website. 

Finish	Horse	Jockey	Post	Odds
1	I'll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	19	15-1
2	Bodemeister	Mike Smith	6	4-1
3	Dullahan	Kent Desormeaux	5	12-1
4	Went The Day Well	John Velazquez	13	30-1
5	Creative Cause	Joel Rosario	8	11-1
6	Liason	Martin Garcia	20	56-1
7	Union Rags	Julien Leparoux	4	5-1
8	Rousing Sermon	Jose Lezcano	7	40-1
9	Hansen	Ramon Dominguez	14	13-1
10	Daddy Long Legs	Colm O'Donoghue	1	26-1
11	Optimizer	Jon Court	2	42-1
12	Alpha	Rajiv Maragh	11	19-1
13	El Padrino	Rafael Bejarano	16	29-1
14	Done Talking	Sheldon Russell	17	39-1
15	Sabercat	Corey Nakatani	18	37-1
16	Gemologist	Javier Castellano	15	18-1
17	Trinniberg	Willie Martinez	19	44-1
18	Prospective	Luis Contreras	12	57-1
19	Take Charge Indy	Calvin Borel	3	11-1
20	Daddy Nose Best	Garrett Gomez	10	14-1

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