Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Derby is frequently referred to as "The Run for the Roses", because a lush blanket of 554 red roses is awarded to the Kentucky Derby winner each year. [41] New York sports columnist and future Churchill Downs president Bill Corum in 1925 began describing the race thusly, [ 6 ] but the tradition originated in 1883 when New York City ...
This page lists Kentucky Derby winners. Pages in category "Kentucky Derby winners" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. ...
Ruffian missed the rest of the two-year-old season but her five wins were sufficient to earn her the Eclipse Award for American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. [1] Ruffian was also voted the 2-year-old "Horse of the Year" by Turf & Sport Digest as well as the 1974 "Filly 2 year old Champion" [Reference: Turf & Sport Digest January 1975. Front ...
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 ...
In the spring of 1988, the large filly won the Santa Anita Derby, defeating colts her age by 7½ lengths. Sent to Churchill Downs for the 1988 Kentucky Derby, she was up against a stellar field of colts including Risen Star, Seeking the Gold, Forty Niner, Regal Classic, and co-favorite Private Terms. As was her habit, Winning Colors broke fast ...
European-based horses had run one-two in the 2008 Classic and two Group One winners, Rip Van Winkle and Twice Over, were among the favorites in the 2009 version. The North America contenders included three-year-olds Mine That Bird (Kentucky Derby winner) and Summer Bird (Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner).
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled 1999, Kentucky) was a successful multiple Grade 1 Stakes winner and earned $5,754,720 in his racing career. His notable performances included wins in the 2002 Travers Stakes, 2003 Whitney Handicap, and 2004 Donn Handicap, as well as second-place finishes in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic (twice, in 2002 and 2003), and 2004 Dubai World Cup.
The following year, campaigning as a three-year-old, she won the 1915 Kentucky Derby, her first race as a three-year-old, and became the first filly of three to do so. Regret was also the first undefeated horse to win the Kentucky Derby, and had only three starts prior to the race (matched by Big Brown in 2008).