The Kentucky Derby (2009)
Odds: 50-1 for Mine That Bird to win
Bought for $9.5K this horse, with average racing bloodlines, earned over $2.5M. Out of the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby the horse was roughly eight lengths behind the rest of the pack. Mine That Bird pulled away to win by 6 3⁄4 lengths, the longest victory margin in 60+ years.
3 gazillion to 1