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ANALYSIS OF DERBY ENTRIES • List of One Hundred and Ninety-Six Nominations Graded Into Divisions— From Stake Winners to "Maidens"— What Group Conceals the Winner ♦ The Kentucky Derby of 1928 attracted a record array of entries, 196. These nominations reflect in no uncertain terms the hopes of 118 different owners to capture Americas most coveted horse race. An analysis of the horses named reveals some interesting information. Though only one foreign-bred colt has ever won the Derby, the great Omar Khayyam in 1917, eleven imported horses are among the 1928 entries. One of these is Strolling Player, for which Admiral Cary Grayson and his associates in the Salubria Stable paid 0,000. Enough for the present to say that he is probably one of the most formidable foreigners that has ever been named for the Derby. The complete list of imported horses entered in the Derby follows: — — ift Bachelors Bachelors Honor Honor Laee Laee 3IInt 3IInt Bachelors Bachelors Honor Honor Laee Laee 3IInt 3IInt Blessefleld Phoenix Park Charmarten Round Trip Galahad Itumpelstiitskin Honl Soit Stamford Strolling Player It is not at all surprising to find practically all the stake-winning two-year-olds of the preceding year named for the Derby. The title "stake winner is the badge of distinction for a race horse, and it is only a nr.tural consequence that the names of such winners are found annually among the Kentucky Derby winners. The year 1928 is no exception in that respect. The list of stake winners among the Derby eligibles is headed by the peerless queen of 1927 two-year-olds, Anita Peabody, which was not only the largest money winner of her age, but of the year, with the immense sum of ?11,905 to her credit. The following are the two-year-old stake winners of 1927 among the Derby entries : Anita Peauody Greenock Heigh Count Vito Xassak Victorian Groncher Brooms Misstep Oh Say Happy Time Sortie Toro Bistraetlon David Bone Republic Nixie Finite Blackwood Wacker Drire Strolling Player Typhoon Rlavolo Boetor AVilson Eugene S. Indian Seout Mickey B. Penalo Pennant Queen Reveries Gal Sour Mash In addition to the above stake winners as two-year-olds, the following have won stake races this year as three-year-olds: Boetor Wilson Alg - Jack Tliggins William Penn Continued on eighth page. ANALYSIS OF DERBY ENTRIES Continu?d from first page.1 Each year . mong the Derby entries may be found a number of three-year-olds that failed to race as two-year-olds, for reasons generally only known to their ownerr.. This years list includes : Bachelors Honor I. mice Mint Black Flyer Lane Allen Buntaris Umbo Dark Eagle Marhi Dearinez Moscow D. F. Kelly North America Elyans Nursery Rhymes Fire Fighter Old Black Joe Flyacross Peter Hastings Gad a long Pirate Chief Gen. Foreman Tantivy Havoc Torrent Lafayette That hope springs eternal in the human breas* is probably the only plausible reason why some of the horses in the Derby entries were nominated for that famous race. Despite the fact that only one maiden. Sir Barton, ever won the Derby, there were thirty-nine non-winners entered for this years race. They are as follows : Arcade Muriatic Bar None Our Own Beelzebub Paternal Bludgeon Petee-Wrack Brown Wisdom Peter Simple Charlemagne Pollywog Charmarten Replevin Hon Q. Reproduce Fair Enough Ridgway Friars Hope Rumpelstiltskin Golden Auburn Scotch and Soda Harry Beal Scotland Yard Hon! Solt Spanker John Cavanagh Stamford Kirkover Stephanus luck Hit Sun Roman Me Own The Third Prince Mere Play War Filer Mint Grass Yesanno Mulligans Son However, some of the above are considered highly promising, though unable to score last year. One of these is the Wrack — Marguerite colt, Petee-Wrack, which finished second four times in eight starts. He was beaten by a head in the Pimlieo Futurity and lost the Walden Handicap by a similar margin. The remainder of the 196 entries for the Derby are those which won one or more overnight races or handicaps, displaying sufficient qualifications, at least in the minds of their owners or trainers, to warrant naming them for Americas foremost three-year-old stake. This concludes the grading into the various divisions of all the Kentucky Derby nominations of 1928, each of which will be thoroughly covered in subsequent articles which will appear in Daily Racing Form fr m time to time between r.ow and Derby day
