Bonus: Longshot
BewilderBeasts!
English - April 22, 2024 01:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsEducation Kids & Family Pets & Animals animals science nature family podcasts history comedy chickens goats education info Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
First Aired June 8, 2022
Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby with 80-1 odds - meaning out of every 81 races, he's thought to win ONE. Well, he won the Kentucky Derby. If you're going to win a horse race, that's the one to win! Today, we dive deeper into Rich Strike's inspiring underdog win, and investigate a few other longshot winners in horse racing who made a few people some pretty pennies. Let's GO!
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I got today’s information from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Strike
https://edge.twinspires.com/racing/top-10-fastest-kentucky-derby-times-in-history/
https://theathletic.com/3299361/2022/05/07/long-shot-rich-strike-wins-kentucky-derby/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donerail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDGFQDa_As
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org
Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath
Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)