The Kentucky Derby was held for the first time in 1875 and counts the longest uninterrupted main athletes in the United States.
This year the 151 will markst Edition of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, which has been forced to shift the race in 2020 to September 5 on the first Saturday in May in Churchill Downs before the Covid 19 pandemic.
In 2021, the Kentucky Derby was the first jewel to return to its normal place in the calendar (after he followed the Belmont Stakes in 2020) and things seemed to be … finally … in the last few years after an edition 2022, in which the second largest contraception occurred in the history of the derby history. With so much story about the first jewel of the Triple Crown, there have been many compelling facts about the race since Aristides won the first edition in the 19th century. Let us explore 16 by them:
1) The most common color of Kentucky Derby winners is Bay with 57, including mystic dan in 2024, followed by Chestnut with 50 winners, including Mage in 2023, and Brown with 17. Eight Kentucky Derby winner was Gray or Roan, most recently in 2005.
2) Nineteen names of the winners of Kentucky Derby have started the letter S, most of the letter. The letters B and C are each with 13 winners. The only three letters that are not shown by a derby winner are Q, X and Y.
3) There were nine unbeaten winners of the Kentucky Derby of 37 unbeaten horses who have driven in the race since 1915. Triple Crown winner in 2018 is the youngest.
4) Bill Shoemaker was 54 years ancient when he won the Kentucky Derby on board Ferdinand, the oldest jockey, who won run for the roses.
5) The record for the youngest winner of Kentucky Derby Jockey is 15 years ancient, by Alonzo Clayton in 1892 on board Azra and James “Soup” Perkins in 1895 with Halma. Find out more comical facts about jockeys in the Kentucky Derby.
6) The Florida Derby produced 25 winners of the Kentucky Derby over the years to designate the most productive preparatory race on the derby trail, including 2023 Victor Mage, which was a race before the second in the Florida Derby. The Blue Grass Stakes and Champagne Stakes took second place with 23.
7) The route in Churchill Downs is 1,234 feet long, and the columnist of the tardy Los Angeles Times, Jim Murray, once wrote: “The Homestretch is 1,234 Foot heartache. The coaches swear that it is uphill.”
8) There were 23 editions of the Kentucky Derby, in which the winner led to a win “Wire-to-Wire” from start to finish, and most recently true in 2020.
9) The historic Calumet Farm in Lexington is the leading owner of Kentucky Derby winners with eight and leading breeders from Kentucky Derby winners with nine. Calumet owned and bred 1941 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway and 1948 Triple Crown winner.
10)) According to the official media leader, including six from 2013 to 2018, favorites 56 of the previous 150 editions of the Kentucky Derby have won. Learn more about the prosperous history of the favorites in the derby.
11) Count Fleet in 1943 and quote in 1948 as the most overwhelming favorites to win the Kentucky derby, both have 2-5 opportunities and $ 2.80 for a bet of $ 2.
12) The largest rim of victory in the Kentucky Derby is eight lengths and was reached four times in the history of the derby history: Senior Rosebud in 1914, Johnstown in 1939, Whirlaway in 1941 and attack in 1946. The last two swept the triple crown.
13) The Kentucky Derby was decided by a profit edge or less, and the profit margin was less than one length in 45 expenses of the race. So there is a very good chance for an electrifying finish. Just last year, mysticism Dan Sierra Leone with one nose in an electrifying three-horse photo finish with Japan's Forever Youthful displaced.
14) The 2005 Kentucky Derby produced the record distribution for the exact, trifecta and superfecta thanks to several massive long shots among the top 4, led by 50.30-1 winner Giacomo. The final argument of the second place was overlooked even more with 71.60-1 profit chances, and the fourth Finisher was not Mad was 29.20-1. The only well-supported runner who met the board was Afleet Alex Afleet Alex as 9-2 seconds. As a result, the $ 2 dollar paid exactly $ 9,814.80, the $ 2-$ trifecta returned a whopping $ 133,134.80, and the $ 1-dollar superfecta paid a life-changing $ 864,253.
15) When Opulent Strike's victory of 80.80-1 chances from Opulent Strike by Opulent Strike of 80.80-1 chances led, Opulent Strike's victory led to a return of $ 163.60 for a profit of $ 2. This profit is only $ 184.90, which a profit of $ 2 for the 1913 derby winner Donerail, who shocked the people present in Louisville with 94.25-1 chances. For those interested, the exotic payments for Opulent Strike's derby in 2022 threatened those, but they were also massive: $ 4.101.20 for a exact $ 2, $ 29,741.40 for a trifecta of $ 2 and $ 321,500.10 for a superfecta beds of $ 1.
16) The record for money at the Kentucky Derby Day came last year when 320.5 million US dollars were awakened on the map of the races in Churchill Downs.
