Countdown to the Kentucky Derby -132 days to go!
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.
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.
135 Days! 1884 Buchanan was the first of three Kentucky Derby winners ridden by Isaac Murphy, the others being Riley and Kingman.
136 Days!1883-Leonatus 1883 was the first year that Churchill Downs was used to landmark the track, as the Louisville Commercial, a local newspaper, would label it as such when writing about the meet.
137 Days! 1882 Apollo was the only horse to win without racing at two, until Justify came along in 2018. It was so significant, that through the years it became known as “Apollo’s Curse”.
138 Days to go! 1881 Hindoo was the second of three Kentucky Derby winners to be sired by Virgil. Bred by Daniel Swigert, he was the first of three horses that Swigert bred to win the Kentucky Derby.
1880's winner was Fonso, the second of the winner's bred by A.J. Alexander. Fonso's dam, Weatherwitch, was the grand dam of Hindoo, who won the 1881 Kentucky Derby.
