Donegal Racing

Kentucky Derby: Iowan-owned Keen Ice lines up at No. 142

April 30, 2015

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Article via The Des Moines Register, John Naughton

Keen Ice, the horse owned by an Iowa-based partnership, earned the No. 14 position in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

The draw for the starting spots on Wednesday placed the horse in the outside stall of the main gate on the track — giving Keen Ice a little extra room. Horses No. 15-20 are kept in an auxiliary gate.

Donegal Racing president Jerry Crawford of Des Moines said he's happy for extra space at the start.

"Our horse should be very comfortable," Crawford said. "There's more space for horses breaking out of it."

Donegal's entry in Friday's Kentucky Oaks filly race, Puca, also drew No. 14.

American Pharoah is the favorite in Saturday's 141st running of the Derby. That horse was a 5-2 favorite Wednesday.

Keen Ice is a confirmed long shot at 50-1 among 20 horses.

Dale Romans is Keen Ice's trainer. The jockey is Kent Desormeaux.

It's the third horse in the Derby in six years for Donegal Racing, a partnership that includes 22 Iowa investors from Muscatine to Council Bluffs.

Donegal's Paddy O'Prado placed third in the 2010 race, and Dullahan finished third in 2012.

The Derby Field

  • Post time: 5:34 p.m. Saturday at Churchill Downs.
  • Purse: $2,203,800.
  • Distance: 1 1/4 miles.
  • TV: NBC.

PP horse (weight) jockey/trainer odds:

1. Ocho Ocho Ocho (126) Trujillo/Cassidy 50-1

2. Carpe Diem (126) Velazquez/Pletcher 8-1

3. Materiality (126) Castellano/Pletcher 12-1

4. Tencendur (126) Franco/Weaver 30-1

5. Danzig Moon (126) Leparoux/Casse 30-1

6. Mubtaahij (126) Soumillon/de Kock 20-1

7. El Kabeir (126) Borel/Terranova 30-1

8. Dortmund (126) Garcia/Baffert 3-1

9. Bolo (126) Bejarano/Gaines 30-1

10. Firing Line (126) Stevens/Callaghan 12-1

11. Stanford (126) Geroux/Pletcher 30-1

12. International Star (126) Mena/Maker 20-1

13. Itsaknockout (126) Saez/Pletcher 30-1

14. Keen Ice (126) Desormeaux/Romans 50-1

15. Frosted (126) Rosario/McLaughlin 15-1

16. War Story (126) Talamo/Amoss 50-1

17. Mr. Z (126) Vazquez/Lukas 50-1

18. American Pharoah (126) Espinoza/Baffert 5-2

19. Upstart (126) Ortiz/Violette 15-1

20. Far Right (126) Smith/Moquett 30-1

21. (AE) Frammento (126) Nakatani/Zito 50-1

22. (AE) Tale of Verve (126) Hernandez Jr./Stewart 50-1

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