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RECORD NUMBER OF STARTERS STARTERSLOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE Ky May 2 As few as three horses comprised a Kentucky Derby field and twentytwo horses were the great ¬ est number to have started in the sixtyseven year history of the race raceWhen When Mrs John Hertz Reigh Count won the 1928 Derby he defeated twentyone other threeyearolds and many say that that field was the most representative ever to have participated in the blue ribband event On two occasions twentyone horses faced the starter in 1923 when Zev was victorious and in 1929 when Clyde Van Dusen was the winner winnerOnly Only two horses opposed Azra when he won the race in 1892 and only Rams Horn and Layson opposed Agile in 1905 Fifteen started in the first running in 1875
