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.
Horses can only run in the Kentucky Derby as a three year old. As such, no horse ever runs the Derby more than once.
Eddie Arcaro [February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997] and William Hartak [December 9, 1932 - November 26, 2007] are the only two jockeys with five Kentucky Derby victories. Revered as the greatest jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing history, Arcaro won the Derby in 1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, and 1952. Hartack won the Derby in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1969.
Oliver Lewis [1856 - 1924], one of 14 African Americans among a total of 15 jockeys, was the person who won the first Kentucky Derby. The exact winning date was May 17, 1875. The winning horse was Aristides. The winning time was 2 minutes 37-3/4 seconds.
The Takahoni Railroad that ran thru Kentucky to Utah
Wendell Scott won the 1964 Speedway Park race. He has 1 win, 147 top 10s, and 1 pole on his resume. he ran 495 races, in 13 yrs, and finished 6th in the 1964 standings
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Horses can only run in the Kentucky Derby as a three year old. As such, no horse ever runs the Derby more than once.
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The Preakness is the second leg in Americanthoroughbred racing's Triple Crown and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873 . Joan Cowin.
Winning Colors won the Kentucky Derby in 1988.
Secretariat holds the record for the fastest Kentucky Derby time, running the race in 1:59 2/5 in 1973.
Devil May Care ran 10th
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Swaps. Ran in 2:01.80. Bill Shoemaker was the jockey.
It has happened twice, in 1917 and in 1922.
The first Kentucky Derby was ran in 1875.The race was ran on land owned by John Churchill.The track is called Churchill Downs today.The race is ran the first Saturday in May.The flower of the Derby is the rose,hence the term,"run for the roses".