Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 124 days to go!
124 Days!!! 1895 Halma won the first Kentucky Derby to be run under the newly designed grandstand and the famous Twin Spires.
124 Days!!! 1895 Halma won the first Kentucky Derby to be run under the newly designed grandstand and the famous Twin Spires.
The crowd braved the morning drizzle, to be treated to a clear, but sunless, day. The wind was raw and blustery, nonetheless, the infield and grandstand were filled to around 12,000 spectators.
128 Days!! 1891 Kingman became Isaac Murphy's third and final Derby winner, while also having the unfortunate title of winning the slowest Derby ever.
129 Days!!! 1890- Riley was foaled at John Clay’s Ashland Stud near Lexington, a son of Longfellow, whose son Leonatus had also won the Derby.
130 Days! 1889 Spokane, the second Derby winner not bred in Kentucky, was often referred to as the Kentucky Derby winner that was "bred in Illinois, foaled in Montana, and trained in Tennessee".
132 Days!!! 1887 Montrose was bred in Kentucky at McGrathiana Stud by Milton Young. Young’s sons, Jack and Tom would one day found the Thoroughbred Club of America.
133 Days! 1886, the same year that the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, Ben Ali won the Kentucky Derby in what people described as the best field assembled in the 12 editions.
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.
