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Orb!!

Orb the horse won the 139th kentucky derby on Saturday!

It was a cloudy, cool afternoon at Churchill Downs when the "fastest two minutes in sports" was run.

Orb, lead by jockey Joel Rosario, ran the one and a quarter mile track in 2:02.89.

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2012 is definitely the year of the horse!

Already one of (if not THE) most prestigious horse races in the world, the 138th Kentucky Derby broke some milestones this past week as well.

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And what a SHOCKING upset!!

A little known horse and jockey duo stole the show at the 138th Annual Kentucky Derby.

I'll Have Another sped by the favored Bodemeister in the final stretches of the race, becoming the first horse to win

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This year the race was better than the hats!

The faces of horse racing fans were in complete shock (under their fabulous head pieces) when a horse named Animal Kingdom won $2.2 million at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

A record crowd of almost 165,000 let out a mighty roar as John Velazquez, who only got the ride when his own horse was scratched and Animal Kingdom's original jockey was injured in a freak accident, surged into the lead approaching the shadows of the iconic twin spires.

Riding high on emotion after a bizarre chain of events led him to Animal Kingdom's saddle, Velazquez kicked clear to win his first Kentucky Derby at his 13th attempt.

Animal Kingdom, a longshot who started at odds of 20-1, was untroubled in his run to the wire, taking out the first leg of American racing's Triple Crown by 2 3/4 lengths.

The 5-1 favorite, Dialed In, could only manage eighth after being last in the 19-horse field for most of the mile and a quarter trip.

[Image via AP Images.]

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