Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 102 days to go!
102 Days!!! 1917 *Omar Khayyam (Marco-Lisma, by Persimmon) became the first foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
102 Days!!! 1917 *Omar Khayyam (Marco-Lisma, by Persimmon) became the first foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
103 days to go! With 41 pari-mutuel machines available, nearly $100,000 was bet on the Kentucky Derby alone!
104 Days!!! 1915 Regret, the first of three fillies to ever win the race, is one of my favorite Kentucky Derby winners! There is such a story behind the New Jersey bred filly!
105 Days!!! 1914 Old Rosebud was bred by John E. Madden at his Hamburg Place Farm near Lexington. He was the first of five Kentucky Derby winners to be bred or co-bred by Madden.
Today’s horse is very special to us at the Museum, as jockey Roscoe Goose was our very own Carla Grego’s great-uncle! Carla works as the Museum's Membership Manager and also Horsemen's Relations!
107 Days!!! 1912 Worth was foaled on Bosque Bonita Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky.
108 Days!!! 1911 Meridian, a bay colt that was foaled on Darnaby Farm near Lexington, became the second winner to come from that farm.
109 Days!!! 1910 was the year that the Derby would be timed in fifths instead of quarters, making the time of 2:06 2/5 posted by the winner, Donau, 3/20ths off of the track record set in 1900.
