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The track reported a wagering total of $209.2 million from all the sources on all the races on the Kentucky Derby Day program. It was a 9 percent increase compared to the total of $192.6 million in 2016 and an increase of 8 percent over the previous record set in 2015 of $194.3 million. [ 29 ]
Pat Day retired in 2005 with 8,803 wins (ranked fourth all-time) and as the all-time leading jockey in money earned. [3] He was a dominant rider on the Kentucky riding circuit and holds all of the career riding records at Churchill Downs and Keeneland .
This page lists Kentucky Derby winners. Pages in category "Kentucky Derby winners" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. ...
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 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles on dirt for three-year-olds. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown, run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Women have been a sporadic presence in the Derby, too. Only six have ridden in the race, the last being Rosie Napravnik in 2014. Seven women have trained Derby runners, with Vicki Oliver last ...
As we mark the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, here are some of the most memorable moments in the history of America’s greatest race.
In 1970, she became the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby. [10] Crump won the first race on the undercard that day, and then on a horse named Fathom, came in 15th in a 17-horse field in the Derby. [11] By the time she ended her racing career in 1985, she had ridden to 235 wins, [2] though she is officially credited with 228 by ...
The McPeek-trained Mystik Dan held off a late charge from Sierra Leone and Forever Young to win Saturday's 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby in front of 156,710 fans at Churchill Downs.