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Kentucky Derby Lore Where Favorites Finished Favorites have fared exceptionally well throughout the long and glorious history of the Kentucky Derby Only eleven times out of sixty runnings have the favorites fin ¬ ished outside of the money Thirty have won the famous race thirteen have finished second and five third During the last ten years six favorites carried off the great prize and four were unplaced The following is a record of how the favor ¬ ites with the prices quoted against them have finished each year since the Derby was established in 1875 Year Horse Odds Fin 1875 Aristides 2910 1 1876 Vagrant 95 1 1877 Leonard 53 5 1878 Himyar 13 J 1879 Lord Murphy 1110 1 1880 Kimball 23 1881 Hindoo 13 3 1882 Runnymede 45 J 1883 Leonatus 12 1 1884 Audrain 53 3 1885 Joe Cotton 1 1 1886 Ben AH 75 1 1887 Banburg 85 4 1888 Melbourne Stable entry 53 2 1889 Proctor Knott 12 2 1890 Robespierre 1 3 1891 Kingman 1 1 1892 Azra 32 1 1893 Gushing Orth entry 107 1 1894 Chant 12 1 1895 Halma 13 1 1896 Ben Brush 12 3 1897 Ornament 1 2 1898 Lieber Karl 13 J 1899 Manuel 1120 1 1900 Lieut Gibson 710 1 1901 Alard Schreck 710 J 1902 Abe Frank 35 4 1903 Early 35 1904 Brancas 115 c 1905 Agile 13 1 1906 Sir Huon 1110 1 1907 Red Gauntlet 65 1908 Sir Cleges 1710 1 1909 Wintergreen 1910 3 1910 Donau 85 3 1911 Governor Gray 1 1912 Worth 45 j 1913 Ten Point 65 1914 Old Rosebud 45 1 1915 Regret 135 1916 H P Whitney entry 1 J 1917 Ticket 75 2 1918 War Cloud 75 1919 J W McClelland entry 2110 1920 G W Loft entry 4310 1921 H P Whitney entry 1110 1922 Morvich 65 1923 Whitney and Greentree entry 2310 1924 Black Gold 1710 1925 Quatrain 1910 12 1926 E R Bradley entry 1910 1 1927 H P Whitney entry 125 1928 Hertz and Lehmann entry 2 1929 E R Bradley entry 1710 1930 Gallant Fox 65 1931 Greentree Stable entry 910 1932 Tick On 95 1933 W R Coe entry 75 4 1934 Brookmeade Stable entry 32
