Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 134 days to go!
134 Days! 1885 Joe Cotton was the 3rd of 5 Kentucky Derby winners to be bred by A. J. Alexander, although he never owned a starter in the race.
134 Days! 1885 Joe Cotton was the 3rd of 5 Kentucky Derby winners to be bred by A. J. Alexander, although he never owned a starter in the race.
135 Days! 1884 Buchanan was the first of three Kentucky Derby winners ridden by Isaac Murphy, the others being Riley and Kingman.
136 Days!1883-Leonatus 1883 was the first year that Churchill Downs was used to landmark the track, as the Louisville Commercial, a local newspaper, would label it as such when writing about the meet.
137 Days! 1882 Apollo was the only horse to win without racing at two, until Justify came along in 2018. It was so significant, that through the years it became known as “Apollo’s Curse”.
138 Days to go! 1881 Hindoo was the second of three Kentucky Derby winners to be sired by Virgil. Bred by Daniel Swigert, he was the first of three horses that Swigert bred to win the Kentucky Derby.
1880's winner was Fonso, the second of the winner's bred by A.J. Alexander. Fonso's dam, Weatherwitch, was the grand dam of Hindoo, who won the 1881 Kentucky Derby.
Lord Murphy was the first of three horses bred in Tennessee to win the Kentucky Derby.
