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The 1875 Kentucky Derby was the first running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 17, 1875. [1][2] The first Kentucky Derby was a 1.5-mile race, and the traditional distance of 1.25 miles was not established until the 1896 Derby. [3] Thirteen of the fifteen jockeys in the race, including winner Oliver Lewis, were African-American. [4]
Aristides (horse) Aristides (1872–1893) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875. In 1875, the Derby was raced at a mile and a half, the distance it would remain until 1896, when it was changed to its present mile and a quarter. Aristides also had a relative racing in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.
1st: $3.1 million. The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈdɜːrbi /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 11⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).
The first Kentucky Derby took place in 1875, only 10 years after the end of America’s Civil War. ... Kentucky Derby winner Aristides ran the then-1 1/2-mile race in 2:37 3/4, a world-record time ...
A photo of Oliver Lewis in his 30s, shown by Ruth Johnson-Watts, 81, at her home in Cincinnati on March 20, 2024. The Johnsons are descendants of Lewis, the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby ...
Oliver Lewis. Oliver Lewis (1856–1924) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. On May 17, 1875, Lewis won the very first Kentucky Derby aboard Aristides. The pair won by a reported two lengths, setting a new American record time for a mile-and-a-half race. Lewis and Aristides took second place in the Belmont Stakes, which is now ...
Kentucky Derby top four finishers. This is a listing of first-place, second-place, third-place and fourth-place finishers, and the number of starters in the Kentucky Derby, a Grade I American Thoroughbred race run at 11⁄4 miles on dirt for three-year-olds. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown, run at Churchill Downs in Louisville ...
Cessna Citation by Cessna Aircraft Co. Last updated on 15 September 2010. Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eighth winner of the American Triple Crown. He won 16 consecutive stakes races and was the first horse in history to win US$ 1 million.