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The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles (2.0 km) at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds and fillies 121 pounds.
Paul Jones (1917–1930) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the sixth gelding to win the Kentucky Derby. Paul Jones was foaled in the same year as Man o' War, winner of the 1920 Preakness and Belmont Stakes and one of the most influential sires of the 20th century. Man o' War was not entered in the 1920 Kentucky Derby because it was thought that a race so early in the season would be too taxing for him. Upset, the only horse ever to defeat Man o' War, did make it to the Derby.
The 1875 Kentucky Derby was the first running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 17, 1875. The first Kentucky Derby was a 1.5-mile race, and the traditional distance of 1.25 miles was not established until the 1896 Derby. Thirteen of the fifteen jockeys in the race, including winner Oliver Lewis, were African-American. Attendance was estimated at 10,000.
The 1895 Kentucky Derby was the 21st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 1895. This is the most recent edition of the Kentucky Derby to be run at a distance of 1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km), as the race was shortened to 1 1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) in 1896, which has been maintained since.
The 1903 Kentucky Derby was the 29th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1903 and offered a purse of $6,000.
The 1909 Kentucky Derby was the 35th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 1909. Horses T.M. Green, Ada Meade, and Woolwinder scratched before the race.
The 1910 Kentucky Derby was the 36th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 10, 1910. Horse Eye White scratched before the race.
The 1912 Kentucky Derby was the 38th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 11, 1912. Horses The Manager and Patruche scratched before the race.
The 1913 Kentucky Derby was the 39th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 10, 1913. Horses Prince Hermis, Sam Hirsch, Flying Tom, and Floral Park scratched before the race. The winning time of 2.04.80 set a new Derby record. With odds of 91–1, winning horse Donerail is the longest odds winner in Kentucky Derby history.
The 1914 Kentucky Derby was the 40th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 9, 1914. Horses Ivan Gardner, Brickley, Belloc, and Constant scratched before the race. Betting favorite Old Rosebud led the entire race, winning by eight lengths. The winning time of 2.03.40 set a new Derby record. Churchill Downs president Matt Winn channeled Old Rosebud's record setting run, which smashed the previous year's record set by longshot Donerail, into considerable publicity for the Derby.
The 1915 Kentucky Derby was the 41st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1915. Horses Kilkenny Boy, Phosphor, and Commonada scratched before the race. Regret, the first filly to ever win the Derby, generated significant publicity for the race, causing Churchill Downs president Matt Winn to observe that because of Regret's win "the Derby was thus made an American institution."
The 1916 Kentucky Derby was the 42nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 13, 1916. Horses St. Isidore, Bulse, and Huffaker scratched before the race.
The 1917 Kentucky Derby was the 43rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 12, 1917. Horses Penrod, Diamond, and Sol Gilsey scratched before the race. Winner Omar Khayyam, foaled in England, was the first foreign bred horse to win the Derby.
The 1918 Kentucky Derby was the 44th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place May 11, 1918.
The 1920 Kentucky Derby was the 46th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 8, 1920. Horses Golden Broom, Kinnoul, Simpleton, Ethel Gray, and Westwood scratched before the race.
The 1921 Kentucky Derby was the 47th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1921. Horses Billy Barton, Grey Lag, and Firebrand scratched before the race.
The 1922 Kentucky Derby was the 48th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 13, 1922. Horse Banker Brown scratched before the race.
The 1923 Kentucky Derby was the 49th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 19, 1923. Horses Anna M. Humphrey, Chickvale, and Everhart scratched before the race.
The 1931 Kentucky Derby was the 57th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1931. Horses Equipoise, Up, and Don Leon scratched before the race. Twenty Grand's winning time set a new Derby record. The winner was owned and bred by the Greentree Stable of Helen Hay Whitney. It marked the fourth time in the Derby's history that a woman owned the winning horse and the second time that a woman was both owner and breeder.
The 1932 Kentucky Derby was the 58th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1932.