Countdown to the Kentucky Derby- 81 days to go!
81 Days!!! Lawrin, the only Kentucky Derby winner bred in Kansas, was sometimes called “The Kansas Seabiscuit”.
81 Days!!! Lawrin, the only Kentucky Derby winner bred in Kansas, was sometimes called “The Kansas Seabiscuit”.
82 Days!!! War Admiral, “The Mighty Atom”, was the great Man O’ War’s most famous son. He was bred and owned by Sam Riddle, who was born in Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
90 Days!!! 1929 Clyde Van Dusen, the horse, was foaled on the 100 acre Few Acres Farm that was owned by former jockey turned trainer, Clyde Van Dusen.
92 Days!!! 1927 Whiskery, a brown colt by Whisk Broom II, out of the Peter Pan mare, Prudery, gave owner and breeder Harry Payne Whitney his second Kentucky Derby victory behind 1915 heroine, Regret.
