Winning the Kentucky Derby is the big prize all owners and trainers lust after. Jockeys vie to ride the best horses and to guide the winner home. Winning theDerbyis indisputably the highlight of a jockey's career, and a select few have won this race more than once. Here's a list of ...
The only other disqualification in the Derby occurred long after the race in 1968. Dancer's Image, the first-place finisher, tested positive for a prohibited medication, and Kentucky state racing officials ordered the purse money to be redistributed. Forward Pass got the winner's share. A su...
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The first Derby winner disqualification took place in 1968 when first-place finisher Dancer’s Image tested positive for an illegal medication in post-race testing. Second-place finisher Forward Pass was declared the winner. In 1974, an all-time record U.S. Thoroughbred racing crowd of 163,628...
Winners of the Kentucky Derby are provided in the table. The Kentucky Derby year horse jockey 1The initial winner, Dancer's Image, was disqualified. 2Fastest time—1 min 59 2/5 sec. 3The initial winner, Maximum Security, was disqualified. 4The initial winner, Medina Spirit, was di...
The largest margin of victory for a Derby winner is eight lengths, which has been achieved four times, most recently by Assault in 1946. Trainer Ben Jones’s record of six Kentucky Derby wins—most of them for Calumet Farm, which won eight Kentucky Derbies between 1941 and 1968—was tied ...
1956 -The first Kentucky Derby Festival is held. This annual event runs for the two weeks preceding the actual races. 1968 -Dancer’s Image wins but fails a drug test and is disqualified.Second-place finisher Forward Pass is named the winner. ...
2025 Kentucky Derby is the 151st renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 3rd, 2025. Find live odds, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates.
atChurchill Downslast weekend thanks to a perfect, rail-skimming ride by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., not going to the Preakness next Saturday raised questions about the status of the prestigious race. Twice in the previous four years, the Derby winner did not run — a product of various ...
Held every year since 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, the Kentucky Derby is the longest continuously held sport in the United States. It is often referred to as “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sport” as well as “The Run for The Roses”, as 554 red roses are given to the winner...