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The 1976 Kentucky Derby was the 102nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 1, 1976, [1] [2] with 115,387 people in attendance. [3] Full results
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.
The dark bay/brown champion was moved to the Kentucky Horse Park in April 1991. He was a resident of the Hall of Champions for nine years. Until his death, he was the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner. He died on August 9, 2000, at the age of 27 after being humanely euthanized due to renal failure and complications from gastroenteritis.
In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875.
The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) 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 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres).
Spectacular Bid (foaled February 17, 1976 – June 9, 2003) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He holds the world record for the fastest 10 furlongs on dirt, and also broke several track records. (A furlong is 1 ⁄ 8 mi or 0.20 km.) He won 26 of his 30 races and earned a then ...
1976 Kentucky Derby; M. 1976 Melbourne Cup; P. 1976 Preakness Stakes; 1976 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe This page was last edited on 12 March 2020, at 18:40 (UTC). Text ...
On October 9, 1976, he won the Grade 2 Breeders' Futurity Stakes, then finished the year with a win in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. Run Dusty Run's three-year-old campaign was a tough one. He finished second six times.