Secretariat holds the record for the fastest Kentucky Derby time, running the race in 1:59 2/5 in 1973.
Secretariat holds the record for fastest time in the Kentucky Derby at 1:59.40 (in 1973).
It is now actually second, with *getting drunk at the Kentucky Derby* being the fastest.
1:59.4 was he fastest and was a record set by Secretariat "The Greatest Horse That Ever Lived" at the Kentucky Derby.
Secretariat
The Kentucky Derby is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, which is in the Eastern Time Zone.
Secretariat's time at the Kentucky Derby was 1 minute, 59 seconds and 2/5.
The time zone at the time and place of the Kentucky Derby (Louisville in May) is Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT), which is UTC - 4 hours.
From the first Kentucky Derby of May 17, 1875 until the most recent Derby of May 1, 2010, the best time has been just under 2 minutes. That record has been met only two times thus far. The first and best running time was the 1 minute 59-2/5 second win by Secretariat [March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989] in 1973. The second and next best running time was the 1 minute 59-4/5 second win by Monarchos [b. 1998] in 2001.
Kentucky Derby was created in 1875.
Thoroughbreds compete in the Kentucky Derby.
Kingman won the Kentucky Derby in 1891 at a time of 2:52.25 but the distance during that time was run at 1 1/2