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KENTUCKY DERBY HIGHLIGHTS Fortynine per cent of the posttime favorites have won wonRegret Regret is the only filly that ever triumphed in the Kentucky Derby DerbyThe The Derby has been won by fiftytwo colts nine geldings and one filly fillyThe The longestpriced Derby winner was Donerail He paid 92 to 1 when he won In 1913 The largest field that ever paraded to the post in the Derby was in 1928 when Reigh ReighCount Count conquered twentyone rivals Sir Barton Gallant Fox Burgoo King Omaha and Bold Venture are the only horses horsesto to date to win both the Derby and the Preakness PreaknessThe The most valuable Derby ever run was the 1928 renewal won by Reigh Count The winners share that year amounted to 55375 55375Buchanan Buchanan winner in 1884 Sir Barton 1919 and Brokers Tip 1933 are the only horses that have won the Kentucky Derby as maidens maidensThe The Derby fields have averaged ten starters In the sixtytwo years of its history a total of 616 horses have striven for the golden honors honorsThe The Derby since its inauguration in 1875 has been run at two distances Until 1896 it was one and a half miles Since then it has been a test of one mile and a quarter quarterThe The smallest field numbered three starters In 1892 it consisted of Azra Huron ant antfhil j fhil Dwyer In 1899 Manuel defeated Corsini and Mazo In 1905 Agile had only onlyRams Rams Horn and Layson to beat The fastest Derby run at the longer distance was in 1889 when Spokane won in 234 Twenty Grand set the record for the mile and a quarter in 1931 when whenhe he covered the distance in 201 Omar Khayyam was the first and only imported thoroughbred to win the famous famousclassic classic While Cavalcade is sometimes referred to as a foreignbred he was wasbrought brought in utero to the Meadowview Farms of F Wallis Armstrong in New NewJersey Jersey and there foaled foaledIsaac Isaac Murphy the oldtime colored rider and Earl Sande are the only jockeys that ever rode three Derby winners Murphy had the mount on Buchanan 1884 Riley 1890 and Kingman 1891 Sande rode Zev in 1923 Flying Ebony 1925 and Gallant Fox in 1930 1930Willie Willie Simms Winkfield Johnny Loftus and Albert Johnson rode two winners Simms had the leg up on Ben Brush 1896 and Plaudit 1898 Winkf ields mounts were His Eminence 1901 and AlanaDale 1902 Loftus rode George Smith 1916 and Sir Barton 1919 Johnsons winning mounts were Morvich 1922 and Bubbling Over 1926 1926Only Only three Kentucky Derby winners have ever sired av winner of the event Halma won in 1895 Seven years later his son AlanaDale duplicated the feat Bubbling Over won in 1925 Burgoo King his son won in 1932 Gallant Fox won in 1930 Omaha his son won in 1935 1935Virgil Virgil and Falsetto are the only sires whose get won three Derbys Virgil sired Vagrant which won in 1876 Hindoo winner in 1881 and Ben Ali the victor in 1886 Falsetto sired Chant winner in 1894 His Eminence which won in 1901 and Sir Huon conqueror of the field in 1906 1906Kentucky Kentucky has produced the majority of winners fortytwo being bred in the Blue Grass state New Jersey has furnished four Tennessee three California three New York two Pennsylvania Alabama Montana Missouri Ohio Oklahoma and Virginia each one with Omar Khayyam hailing from England EnglandEdward Edward R Bradley is the only owner with four winners to his credit Behave Yourself won for him in 1921 Bubbling Over scored in 1926 and then sired Burgoo King the 1932 winner for Mr Bradley Brokers Tip was successful in 1933 The owner of Idle Hour Farm also has the distinction of having furnished the winner and second horse on two occasions 1921 and 1926 Only three owners have the honor of winning the Derby twice H P Whitney won in 1915 with Regret and in 1927 with Whiskery Azra in 1892 and Sir Huon in 1906 carried the colors of George J Long Gallant Fox won in 1930 for William Woodward then sired Omaha winner in 1935 1935There There have been five winners bred at Woodburn Stud of A J Alexander at Spring Station Kentucky Five winners have been bred at J E Maddens Hamburg Place E R Bradleys Idle Hour Farm in Kentucky has provided four winners G J Longs Bashford Manor Stud and D Swigert three H P Whitney Milton Young James B Haggin W S Kilmer and Belair Stud of William Woodward have credit for two each eachLongfellow Longfellow King Alfonso Broomstick The Finn McGee Black Toney and St Ger ¬ mans each number two Derby winners among their progeny Longfellows winners get were Leonatus 1883 and Riley 1890 King Alfonso was the sire of Fonso 1880 and Joe Cotton 1885 Broomstick has the unique distinction of having sired the only filly winner Regret 1915 Meridian in 1911 was his first winner McGee sired Donerail 1913 and Exterminator 1916 Zev 1923 and Flying Ebony 1925 are sons of The Finn Black Toney sired Black Gold 1924 and Brokers Tip 1933 St Germans sired Twenty Grand 1931 and Bold Ven ¬ ture 1936
