1881 Kentucky Derby information

The 1881 Kentucky Derby was the 7th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 17, 1881. The winner received a purse of $4,410. Second place...

The Kentucky Derby (/ˈdɜːrbi/) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds...

"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby, which first...

Dwyers were James G. Rowe Sr. and Frank McCabe. The Dwyers won the 1881 Kentucky Derby with future U.S. Hall of Fame colt Hindoo and finished second with...

third-place and fourth-place finishers, and the number of starters in the Kentucky Derby, a Grade I American Thoroughbred race run at 1+1⁄4 miles on dirt for...

Clark Jr. along with the Kentucky Derby, the Clark Handicap, and the Falls City Handicap. The Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby are the oldest continuously...

(12 furlongs) on dirt. In 1881, future Hall of Fame inductee Hindoo won both the Coney Island Derby and the Kentucky Derby. That feat would be accomplished...

The 1882 Kentucky Derby was the 8th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1882. The winner received a purse of $4,560. Second place...

horses. The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the Earl of Derby) has been borrowed many times, notably by the Kentucky Derby in the United States...

The 1880 Kentucky Derby was the 6th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 18, 1880. The winner received a purse of $3,800. Second place...

verse and chorus are recited annually at the Kentucky Derby. Colonel Matt Winn introduced the song as a Derby tradition. As early as 1930, Foster's song...

(1876 – after 1881) was an American thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Tennessee and is best known for winning the 1879 Kentucky Derby. He was originally...

The California Derby is a race for Thoroughbred horses held early in the year at Golden Gate Fields. An ungraded stakes, it is open to three-year-olds...

Chancellor Ireland Irish Grand National – Antoinette Irish Derby Stakes – Master Ned USA Kentucky Derby – Hindoo Preakness Stakes – Saunterer Belmont Stakes...

American Thoroughbred horse racing history. He won three runnings of the Kentucky Derby and was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of...

of Fame inductee and that year's Kentucky Derby winner Black Gold claiming victory. From 1928 thru 1932 the Ohio Derby was hosted by the now defunct Bainbridge...

only by the Kentucky Derby. The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for...

the Preakness Stud. One of his stallions at stud in Kentucky was Virgil, who sired Kentucky Derby winners Hindoo, Ben Ali and Vagrant, plus Preakness...

Louisville, Kentucky. Henry Bain (1863–1928) was one of the first employees and eventually a head waiter at the Pendennis Club, which was founded in 1881. He...

Cauthen became the first man to ride the winners of both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby. Sponsor: Ever Ready Winner's prize money: £204,160 Going:...

Belmont Stakes. Although his horse "Parole" finished fourth in the 1876 Kentucky Derby, it went on to race with considerable success both in the United States...