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NOW MILLION DOLLAR RACE A total of 1051950 has been paid to sixty two Kentucky Derby winners from Aristides to Bold Venture This does not include the large sums paid to the horses which finished second and third Only two other American stake races the Futurity and the Belmont Stakes surpass the Kentucky Derby in total net values to the winners The Futurity is the richest of all American stake events the colossal sum of 2295375 going to the win ¬ ners of this greatest of twoyearold contests from 1888 to 1936 The Belmont Stakes has paid its winners from 1867 to 1936 a total of 1109090