Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 93 days to go!
93 Days!!! 1926 Bubbling Over was a very promising horse, but was unfortunately hampered by physical ailments throughout his career. Thankfully he was able to win the Kentucky Derby before retiring!
93 Days!!! 1926 Bubbling Over was a very promising horse, but was unfortunately hampered by physical ailments throughout his career. Thankfully he was able to win the Kentucky Derby before retiring!
95 Days!!! 1924 Black Gold, winner of the 50th running, or Golden Anniversary, of the Kentucky Derby, was somewhat of a "dream" horse.
97 Days!!! 1922 Morvich (Mor-Vick) became the first California bred to win the Kentucky Derby, by way of being bred by Adolph B. Spreckles who owned Napa Stock Farm near Sacramento.
98 Days!!! 1921 Behave Yourself, the first of four winners owned by Colonel E.R. Bradley, was also bred by Bradley at his Idle Hour Farm
101 Days!!! 1918 Exterminator, or "Old Bones" as he became affectionately known, won the Kentucky Derby in a year that saw the start of daylight savings time and the U.S. Air Mail Service.
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!
