Kentucky Derby timeline 1875 First Kentucky Derby Held The first Kentucky Derby race is held, and the winner completes 1.5 miles in 2 minutes and 36 seconds. 1945 First Postponement of the Derby Due to WW1, the Kentucky Derby is postponed for the first time in history as horses are being...
Baffert became the first trainer ever to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in consecutive years (1997 and 1998), with Silver Charm and Real Quiet, respectively. In 2001 his horse Point Given took the Preakness and the Belmont after a disappointing fifth-place finish in the Kentucky ...
it was a long time before the socialites of the Eastern states, who largely controlled the sport, would even allow their horses to run in the “West” at Churchill Downs. It was this stubborn attitude, along with a belief that the Derby was raced too early in the year—before young thr...