Kentucky Derby Horses 2014: The Photos You Need to See

Hoppertunity

Hoppertunity has award-winning trainer Bob Baffert as well in this year's Kentucky Derby. Mike Smith is the jockey and, as the son of a jockey, Smith has quite the list of accomplishments: In 2005 Smith guided Giacomo to a win in the Kentucky Derby, and in 2013 rode Princess of Sylmar to victory in the Kentucky Oaks. He has won both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes and 17 Breeders' Cup races, including three Classics. He has won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey, the Mike Venezia Memorial Award, the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, and was inducted in the the Hall of Fame in 2003. This horse's latest odds have been listed as 12-1.