Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 80 days to go!
80 Days!!! Johnstown was named after Johnstown, PA, a town that had undergone several major floods, the first being 1889.
80 Days!!! Johnstown was named after Johnstown, PA, a town that had undergone several major floods, the first being 1889.
81 Days!!! Lawrin, the only Kentucky Derby winner bred in Kansas, was sometimes called “The Kansas Seabiscuit”.
60,000 people were on hand to witness the sixty-second Derby, which was incident filled. Bold Venture was a 20-1 longshot behind the favorite, Brevity.
84 Days!!! 1935 Omaha, racing’s third Triple Crown winner, was the only Triple Crown winner to be sired by another Triple Crown winner, being from Gallant Fox’s first crop.
85 Days!!! Cavalcade won the 60th running in easy style, taking the running by 2 1/2 lengths in a time of 2:04.
86 Days!!! Broker's Tip, the only horse to win the Kentucky Derby as his lone win, was involved in one of the most controversial and thrilling finishes ever, best known as the "Fighting Finish".
87 Days!!! Burgoo King was named by Colonel E.R. Bradley after James Looney who made Burgoo yearly for a one day race meeting held at Bradley’s farm for orphans.
Even though the United States was in the throes of the Great Depression, thousands of people still made the journey to Louisville to witness the famous spectacle that is the Derby.
