1989 Kentucky Derby - Sunday Silence -vs- Easy Goer

Sunday Silence scored a two-and-a-half-length upset victory over Easy Goer in the 115th Kentucky Derby today at Churchill Downs, but the only thing that seemed right about the race was that the two best colts beat the others.
This had shaped up as an extraordinarily good Derby, a virtual match race between two special colts, and those with a piece of Sunday Silence or a bet on him were delighted by the outcome. But many in the crowd of 122,653 seemed dazed and unsatisfied with the way the showdown unfolded.
Both colts had traffic problems. Sunday Silence weaved strangely through the stretch as he shied from his rider's whip. Easy Goer's jockey said his colt had failed to handle the track or fire his best shot. The time of the race was the slowest in 31 years, and fewer than 10 lengths separated the first dozen finishers, who had figured to finish much farther apart.
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