Secretariat [March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989] won the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 5, 1973. He was 2 lengths ahead of the horse that finished second. He covered the 1 1/4 mile [2 kilometers; 10 furlongs] dirt track in 1:59.40 minutes. That's the fastest winning time in the Derby's history.
Secretariat became the Triple Crown of the Derby and of the Belmont and Preakness Stakes that year.
Roses
Issac Burns Murphy raced in the Kentucky Derby 11 times and won the event in 1884 on Buchanan, on Riley in 1890 and on Kingman in 1891. He had 1,412 starts with 628 wins which is a record that will last forever.
Chicken Wing, a man won 8,000 dollars on a outside bet.
Seabiscuit [May 23, 1933 - May 17, 1947] never won any Kentucky Derby. He was named 'Horse of the Year' in 1938. But that was for his performance in races other than the Derby. It also was for his victory of November 1, 1938 over War Admiral [1934 - 1959], the Triple Crown winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont and Preakness Stakes in the previous year.
Henry Moreno [May 12, 1930 - February 1, 2007] won the Kentucky Derby in 1953. He rode Dark Star [b. 1950] to victory. Horse and rider covered the 1-1/4 mile [2 kilometers; 10 furlongs] dirt track in 2:02.00 minutes. Out of 22 lifetime races, U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Native Dancer [March 27, 1950 - November 16, 1967] lost only one race, his Kentucky Derby bid against Dark Star.
Giacomo won the Kentucky Derby in 2005.
Ferdinard won the derby kentucky derby on 1986
A horse named Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby in 1995.
Giacomo won the 2005 Kentucky Derby. He won with odds of 50-1.
Orb won the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
Nobody won the Kentucky Derby in 1400. It wasn't inaugurated until 1875.
California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby in 2014.
Middleground, ridden by jockey William Boland, won the 1950 Kentucky Derby.
The 14th Kentucky Derby was run in 1888 and won by MacBeth II.
The Kentucky Derby didn't begin until 1875.
The Kentucky Derby did not begin until 1875.
The winner of the 1951 Kentucky Derby is Count Turf