The 1940KentuckyDerby was the 66th running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 4, 1940. Winning breeder: Robert A. Fairbairn (KY) "Countdown...
The KentuckyDerby (/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 KentuckyDerby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 KentuckyDerby, which first...
third-place and fourth-place finishers, and the number of starters in the KentuckyDerby, a Grade I American Thoroughbred race run at 1+1⁄4 miles on dirt for...
was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the 1940 winner of the KentuckyDerby. He was a son of the Champion sire Sir Gallahad III, and his...
The 1939 KentuckyDerby was the 65th running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 6, 1939. Winning breeder: Claiborne Farm (KY) "Countdown...
The 1941 KentuckyDerby was the 67th running of the KentuckyDerby. The race took place on May 3, 1941. Whirlaway's winning time set a Derby record (later...
training Thoroughbred racehorses. He is best known for winning the 1940KentuckyDerby with Gallahadion, a colt he race conditioned for Ethel V. Mars of...
Clark Jr. along with the KentuckyDerby, the Clark Handicap, and the Falls City Handicap. The Kentucky Oaks and the KentuckyDerby are the oldest continuously...
offers a purse of $1,000,000. The Louisiana Derby is one of the major prep races on the Road to the KentuckyDerby. The first race at the "Louisiana Race Course"...
located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual KentuckyDerby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named...
verse and chorus are recited annually at the KentuckyDerby. Colonel Matt Winn introduced the song as a Derby tradition. As early as 1930, Foster's song...
horses. The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the Earl of Derby) has been borrowed many times, notably by the KentuckyDerby in the United States...
(February 28, 2001) is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 KentuckyDerby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes. Born at...
World War I veteran Roy J. Waldron, racehorse trainer who won the 1940KentuckyDerby National Register of Historic Places portal New York (state) portal...
the longest winning margin in the KentuckyDerby with fellow Triple Crown winner Assault, as they both won the Derby by 8 lengths. Whirlaway was widely...
day in American horse racing, the KentuckyDerby, is preceded by the two-week Derby Festival in Louisville. The Derby Festival features many events, including...
American Thoroughbred horse racing history. He won three runnings of the KentuckyDerby and was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of...
three-year-old graded stakes, the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby, and then take the KentuckyDerby. Smarty Jones's collected the bonus. The exposure from...
years as the longest lived KentuckyDerby winner ever. Count Fleet was foaled at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky in 1940. He was bred and owned...
scheduled on KentuckyDerby Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The current purse is $600,000. Originally, the event was known as the Derby Trial...
the 1940KentuckyDerby would be the last Derby ride for Balaski as a result of service with the United States Army during World War II. In 1940 he had...
races on the Road to the KentuckyDerby. Between 1930 and 2000, eleven winners of the Wood Memorial went on to win the KentuckyDerby (Gallant Fox, Twenty...
Mädchen Marion (1956) Dead Heat (2002) The Derby (1895) Derby (1926) Derby (1949) Derby Day (1952) The Derby Stallion (2005) Der eiserne Gustav (1958)...
the KentuckyDerby. Inaugurated in 1935, the Santa Anita Derby has long been considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...