1938 Kentucky Derby information

The 1938 Kentucky Derby was the 64th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1938. Winning breeder: Herbert M. Woolf (KS) "Countdown...

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...

The 2020 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2020 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve) was the 146th Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday,...

modern-day Kentucky Derby Festival was reborn. In 2020, the festival was cancelled due to COVID-19, the first such cancellation since 1938. In 1962 Tom...

Southern United States in general, in particular as a symbol of the Kentucky Derby. A mint julep is traditionally made with four ingredients: mint leaf...

who won the 1938 Kentucky Derby. He was the son of Insco. He is the only Kansas-bred winner of the Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Derby winner ridden...

The 1937 Kentucky Derby was the 63rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1937. Winning breeder: Samuel D. Riddle (KY) "Countdown...

The 1939 Kentucky Derby was the 65th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 1939. Winning breeder: Claiborne Farm (KY) "Countdown...

the longest winning margin in the Kentucky Derby with fellow Triple Crown winner Assault, as they both won the Derby by 8 lengths. Whirlaway was widely...

Thoroughbred racehorse "Can't Wait", which finished third in the 1938 Kentucky Derby. Selznick died in 1944, aged 45, and was buried at Hollywood Memorial...

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...

located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named...

the Kentucky Derby. Inaugurated in 1935, the Santa Anita Derby has long been considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...

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...

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...

three-year-old graded stakes, the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby, and then take the Kentucky Derby. Smarty Jones's collected the bonus. The exposure from...

Championships in Lexington, Kentucky at Keeneland Race Course Animal Kingdom: American Thoroughbred racehorse; won 137th Kentucky Derby and 2013 Dubai World...

Illinois Derby was moved to four weeks before the Kentucky Derby and instantly became a major Triple Crown prep race. The 2002 Illinois Derby won by War...

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...

entered in the Kentucky Derby as Riddle did not like racing outside of New York and Maryland, and also felt the distance of the Derby was too great for...