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The Thoroughbred was co-owned by Dream Walkin\u2019 Farms, an Oklahoma-based breeding and racing operation founded by the late country singer in 2001<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\tThe 151st running of the Kentucky Derby<\/a> had at least two direct connections to music: Render Judgment<\/a> was co-owned by late country singer Toby Keith<\/a> and Sandman was named by a pair of Metallica superfans, who welcomed \u201cEnter Sandman\u201d howler James Hetfield to Churchill Downs to meet the Thoroughbred on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo who won? Not the music horses. Sandman, who entered with 5-1 odds ahead of the Derby start, came in seventh, while Render Judgment (who entered with 19-1 odds) finished 17th. Sovereignty, at 9-1, ruled and won the 2025 Kentucky Derby, after running neck and neck with second-place winner Journalism, the favorite going into the race with 7-2 odds. Baeza placed third, with Final Gambit rounding out the top four.<\/p>\n

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\n\tKeith, known for his devout patriotism and gift for writing country classics<\/a> like \u201cShould\u2019ve Been a Cowboy,\u201d was a racing enthusiast. In 2019, he gave a racetrack interview<\/a>\u00a0about the charge of the sport and the possibility of one day winning the Kentucky Derby \u2014 the first jewel in the sport\u2019s Triple Crown, followed by the Preakness and Belmont stakes. \u201cThe Derby is the one you want to win. Yeah, that\u2019s the one that everybody wants to hang on their wall, saying \u2018I won the Kentucky Derby,\u2019\u201d Keith said. \u201cBut, God, it\u2019s hard to get there \u2026 Horse racing business is [frustrating but] dream more. Everything\u2019s rolling the dice. The next one is too. And it\u2019s exciting. You gotta live on the edge a little bit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRender Judgment is co-owned by Dream Walkin\u2019 Farms, an Oklahoma-based Thoroughbred breeding and racing operation Keith founded in 2001. The Bay Colt was bred in Kentucky, and his trainer is Kenny McPeek, who also trained last year\u2019s Derby winner Mystik Dan. Jockey Julien Leparoux rode Render Judgment for the first time at the Derby this weekend.\u00a0Keith, a Country Music Hall of Fame member, died<\/a> in 2024 after a long battle with stomach cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n


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