Countdown to the Kentucky Derby - 98 days to go!
98 Days!!! 1921 Behave Yourself, the first of four winners owned by Colonel E.R. Bradley, was also bred by Bradley at his Idle Hour Farm
98 Days!!! 1921 Behave Yourself, the first of four winners owned by Colonel E.R. Bradley, was also bred by Bradley at his Idle Hour Farm
103 days to go! With 41 pari-mutuel machines available, nearly $100,000 was bet on the Kentucky Derby alone!
104 Days!!! 1915 Regret, the first of three fillies to ever win the race, is one of my favorite Kentucky Derby winners! There is such a story behind the New Jersey bred filly!
Today’s horse is very special to us at the Museum, as jockey Roscoe Goose was our very own Carla Grego’s great-uncle! Carla works as the Museum's Membership Manager and also Horsemen's Relations!
107 Days!!! 1912 Worth was foaled on Bosque Bonita Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky.
108 Days!!! 1911 Meridian, a bay colt that was foaled on Darnaby Farm near Lexington, became the second winner to come from that farm.
109 Days!!! 1910 was the year that the Derby would be timed in fifths instead of quarters, making the time of 2:06 2/5 posted by the winner, Donau, 3/20ths off of the track record set in 1900.
110 Days!!! 1909 Wintergreen was the first and only Ohio bred to win the Kentucky Derby, although Montrose was the first to win with Ohio owners, when he took the Derby in 1897 for the Labold Brothers
