No..Three have won, Regret, Genuine Risk, and Winning Colors, but none have broken the record. The record is 1:59 2/5ths, set by the mighty Secretariat in 1973.
In the 2008 Kentucky Derby the filly Eight Belles [February 23, 2005 - May 3, 2008] died. She fractured both ankles in her forelegs. She had to be euthanized right there, at the Churchill Downs racetrack.
A weight of 126 pounds is what a colt carries in the Kentucky Derby. The weight is 121 pounds for a filly. It's back up to 126 pounds for a gelding.
A weight of 126 pounds is what a gelding carries in the Kentucky Derby. A slightly lesser weight of 121 pounds is what a filly carries. A colt carries the same weight as a gelding in the Kentucky Derby.
Yes, fillies have been among the Kentucky Derby's winners! Regret [1912 - April 11, 1934] was the first filly [female horse] to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1915, with a time of 2:05.40 minutes. Genuine Risk [February 15, 1977 - August 18, 2008] was the second filly to win the Derby, in 1980, with a time of 2:02.00 minutes. Winning Colors [February 14, 1985 - February 17, 2008] was the third and final filly to win the Derby, in 1988, with a time of 2:02.20 minutes.
Technically, a mare is defined as a female horse over the age of three. A filly is a female horse three years or younger. Since the Kentucky Derby is a race for 3-year-olds only, no mare has ever won. However, three fillies have won the Kentucky Derby: Regret (1915); Genuine Risk (1980); and Winning Colors (1988).
well in 2007 Curlin lost the Kentucky Derby ( i think her placed third) but won the preakness and lost the blemont to the filly Rags to Riches.
No genetically roan thoroughbred has ever won the Kentucky Derby. However, the filly Winning Colors was registered as Roan/Gray. The Jockey Club groups Grays and Roans in the same category even though they are very different genetically. Winnings Colors was actually genetically a gray, so technically no roan has ever won the Kentucky Derby.
'Legend of the East' was the nickname for Regret [1912 - April 11, 1934]. She was the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby. Her triumph took place, with a fast start and a consistently easy lead, in 1915.
May 7, 1988 was the date of the 114th Kentucky Derby. It was the year in which Winning Colors [February 14,1985 - February 17, 2008] was first to cross the finish line. That made her the third and most recent filly thus far to be a Derby winner.
May 8, 1915 was the date of the 41st Kentucky Derby. The horse that crossed the finish line first was Regret [1912 - April 11, 1934]. It was the very first of three times that the winning horse was to be a filly ... thus far.
In 2009, a filly name Raspberry Miss and another horse named Dr. Rap collided during a training session. Raspberry Miss died and Dr. Rap was injured. Eight Belles was the female horse that died in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. She twisted both of her front ankles right after she crossed the wire.
A horse (cold, gelding or filly) may only run in the Kentucky Derby at the age of three-years-old. So the answer is that a horse can only run once. That's what makes it such a special win.