Alysheba 1987: The Most Exciting Kentucky Derby Of Modern Times

By Author: James Stewart
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Anything can happen in the Kentucky Derby, and in the 113th running on May 2, 1987, anything almost did. Over 130,000 packed Churchill Downs on a glorious spring day with the track fast. The overwhelming 5-2 favorite for that day would be the Demons Begone and his jockey Pat Day, who had so far overwhelmed his competition that year. But does anyone remember the name Demons Begone now?

The Kentucky Derby field in 1987 would later prove to be of exceptional quality, with many of the horses going ton to impressive wins of impressive work in the breeding shed. The race not only included Alysheba, but Bet Twice, Lost Code, Cryptoclearance, Capote and Gulch.

With all of that competition and a fast track, the Kentucky Derby's usual two minutes of excitement got even more thrilling as the gate opened. And then the Kentucky Derby turned into the Indy 500. Bodies began colliding as soon as the gate sprung. Seventeen horses would begin the Kentucky Derby - but only fifteen would finish.

Favorite Demons Begone began bleeding heavily on the backstretch and was pulled up by Pat Day before he reached the first turn. Capote ...
... suffered a cut in the initial collision after the starting gate and was pulled up only 70 yards into the Kentucky Derby.

Meanwhile Chris McCarron steadied the bright bay son of the mighty Alydar from a collision of horses on both sides and settled in to be twelfth at the half. He then wound to the trouble-free outside as soon as they hit the top of the stretch, chasing down Bet Twice. Craig Perret tried to keep the tiring Bet Twice from drifiting, but the colt had given his all and yet was still fighting.

However, he slammed into Alysheba three times. Aylsheba nearly went down, but somehow he picked his head back up, grabbed the bit between his teeth and surged past Bet Twice to win the Kentucky Derby.

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