1928 Kentucky Derby

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54th Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Location Churchill Downs
DateMay 19, 1928 (1928-May-19)
Winning horse Reigh Count
Jockey Chick Lang
Trainer Bert S. Michell
Owner Fannie Hertz
Conditions Heavy
SurfaceDirt
  1927
1929  

The 1928 Kentucky Derby was the 54th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 19, 1928. [1] [2]

Contents

Payout

The Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule
Program
Number
Horse Name
Win
Place
Show
4 Reigh Count $6.12$5.78$3.98
1Misstep$8.28$5.90
7Toro$3.76

Field

PositionPostHorseJockeyTrainerOwnerFinal OddsStake
14 Reigh Count Chick Lang Bert S. Michell Fannie Hertz 2.06$55,375
21Misstep William Garner Mose LowensteinLe Mar Stock Farm (Leo J. Marks)10.20$6,000
37Toro Eddie Ambrose John F. Schorr Edward Beale McLean 4.75$3,000
48Jack HigginsCharles E. AllenWilliam J. CurranWilliam J. Curran4.42$1,000
55Reigh OlgaEarl PoolBert S. MichellOtto Lehman2.06
69Lawley Harold Thurber Edward TrotterViking Stable (Christian & Klein)4.42
72Don Q.Pete Walls Bud Stotler Sagamore Stable 4.42
820Bobashela Herb Fisher S. Miller Henderson Audley Farm Stable 12.08
910BlackwoodFrank Chiavetta Burton B. Williams Bloomfield Stable (Walter Briggs, Charles T. Fisher, Frank Navin)4.42
106Martie FlynnWillie Fronk Robert V. McGarvey Syl Peabody14.18
1118Sun BeauJohn CraigmyleCharles W. Carroll Willis Sharpe Kilmer 38.42
1213Bar NoneJoe KederisWilliam H. BucknerLongridge Stable4.42
1319DistractionDanny McAuliffe George Tappen Wheatley Stable 11.51
1415 Petee-Wrack Albert Johnson Willie Booth John R. Macomber 4.42
1517TyphoonEdgar Barnes H. Guy Bedwell Kenton Farm Stable (John A. Payne Jr. & Robert H. West Jr.)41.21
1611ReplevinVirgil PetersonJ. S. MiddletonFrederick Johnson4.42
173CartagoKarl HorvathJohn J. FlaniganR. E. Lechleiter4.42
1821BonivanCharles LandoltJim EvermanA. A. Kaiser4.42
1922Charmarten James Butwell C. F. CherryWild Rose Farm (Valentine "Val" Crane)4.42
2012Vito Clarence Kummer Max Hirsch Alfred H. Cosden39.04
2114SortieFred WeinerMax HirschA. Charles Schwartz39.04
2216Strolling PlayerGeorge Fields Robert A. Smith Salubria Stable 12.08

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References

  1. Kentucky Derby History, 1928
  2. "1928 Kentucky Derby Results Tables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.