Brother Derek, winner of four straight including the Santa Anita Derby, was made the morning line favorite at odds of 3:1 but drifted out to nearly 8:1 by post time.

Still racing wide, he started to make up ground on the far turn and hit the lead with a quarter of a mile remaining.

He continued to open up ground and won by 6+1⁄2 lengths over Bluegrass Cat, with Steppenwolfer closing late for third.

[2][4] It was the first Derby winner for all of Barbaro's connections: trainer Michael Matz, jockey Edgar Prado and owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson of Lael Stable.

Splits for each quarter-mile: (22.63) (23.44) (24.81) (26.14) (24.34) Source: Equibase Chart[2] Barbaro fractured a leg in his next start, the Preakness Stakes, and died after a lengthy battle to save him.