Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 109 days to go!
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.
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.
110 Days!!! 1909 Wintergreen was the first and only Ohio bred to win the Kentucky Derby, although Montrose was the first to win with Ohio owners, when he took the Derby in 1897 for the Labold Brothers
111 Days!!! 1908 was known as the year that Matt Winn saved the Kentucky Derby!
112 Days!!! 1907 Pink Star won the 33rd running of the Kentucky Derby, a grandson of 1883 Derby winner, Leonatus.
113 Days!!! 1906 Sir Huon was the third Kentucky Derby winner sired by Falsetto. He was bred and foaled in Louisville at Bashford Manor by his owner and breeder, George Long.
116 Days!!! 1903 Judge Himes was bred and foaled by Johnson H. Camden at his Hartland Farm.
117 Days!!! 1902 was a year of change at Churchill Downs. The Maxwell Starting machine made its first appearance at the track.
1899 marked the 25th Kentucky Derby, but it was a bit overshadowed by the death of Kentucky Derby founder Colonel M. Lewis Clark two weeks prior.