Kentucky Derby Results: Most Disappointing Performances from Historic Race

The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby was wild and crazy. It didn't matter that the weather wasn't exactly cooperating with all of the fancy hats and mint juleps, or that the track was a mess. The horses and their jockeys still took to the track to settle the first leg of the highly sought-after Triple Crown. 

While some horses like Orb and Revolutionary got the job done and performed how they were expected to, some horses didn't exactly live up to the hype and couldn't get the best of the sloppy track at Churchill Downs. 

Here are three horses that had very disappointing showings in the Derby. 

Verrazano

Verrazano was arguably the biggest disappointment at Churchill Downs. Verrazano came into the race as one of the early overall favorites to win, but he didn't even come close. This monster of a horse came into this epic race with an undefeated record through four races and looked like one of the horses to beat. 

Instead, he took 14th place and never even threatened the field throughout the course of the race. Verrazano's performance was extremely disappointing considering he was one of the many horses in the Derby trained by Todd Pletcher, one of the best trainers in the game, who trained the 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver. 

To add injury to insult, after the dust settled some of Verrazano's caretakers tweeted this:

While it doesn't appear to be too serious, it's still an injury that could've been a major factor in the race and may play in to whether or not he can run at the Preakness Stakes on May 18. 

Goldencents

Not even Rick Pitino could coax a Kentucky Derby win—heck, even a decent showing—out of Goldencents at the Derby. Goldencents came into the race with 7-1 odds (according to KentuckyDerby.com) and was one of the early favorites in the field. 

He certainly didn't run like he was a favorite. 

Goldencents had an incredibly disappointing performance, coming in 17th place in the field of 19. Goldencents didn't just lose, he was a full 49 lengths behind the winner, Orb. 

He had a lot of promise in the months leading up to the race, picking up a huge debut win at Del Mar and an impressive second-place performance at Champagne. Goldencents just couldn't seem to get over the mud and didn't perform up to his lofty expectations. 

But hey, Pitino can't always win, right? 

Normandy Invasion

Normandy Invasion didn't do that bad, getting fourth place with his jockey Javier Castellano, but while fourth doesn't look all that bad, it is out of the money, and a lot more was expected out of this horse. 

Invasion's disappointing performance can't be seen in the results like the others—his letdown showed during the race. He looked fantastic in the early goings of the race. It really looked like he was going to overcome the weather and perform up to all the hype placed on him. 

Instead, he got all the way to the back stretch and even found himself in the lead late in the race only to be blown past by Orb during his ridiculous sprint to victory. 

Normandy Invasion would then just...slow down. He just coasted to the finish and let two more horses pass him, taking him, his jockey, his owners and trainers and everyone who bet on him, out of the money. 

Here are full results from the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby:

Place	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Post
1	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude R. McGaughey III	16
2	Golden Soul	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart	4
3	Revolutionary	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	3
4	Normandy Invasion	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown	5
5	Mylute	Rosie Napravnik	Tom Amoss	6
6	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	2
7	Lines of Battle	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	11
8	Will Take Charge	Jon Court	D. Wayne Lukas	17
9	Charming Kitten	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher	15
10	Giant Finish	Jose L. Espinoza	Anthony W. Dutrow	7
11	Overanalyze	Rafael Bejarano	Todd Pletcher	9
12	Palace Malice	Mike Smith	Todd Pletcher	10
13	Java's War	Julien Leparoux	Kenny McPeek	19
14	Verrazano	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	14
15	Itsmyluckyday	Elvis Trujillo	Eddie Plesa, Jr.	12
16	Frac Daddy	Victor Lebron	Kenny McPeek	18
17	Goldencents	Kevin Krigger	Doug O'Neill	8
18	Vyjack	Garrett Gomez	Rudy Rodriguez	20
19	Falling Sky	Luis Saez	John Terranova II	13