1945 Kentucky Derby

Last updated
71st Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
Location Churchill Downs
DateJune 9, 1945
Winning horse Hoop Jr.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro
Trainer Ivan H. Parke
Owner Fred W. Hooper
SurfaceDirt
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The 1945 Kentucky Derby was the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby, held on June 9, 1945. [1] It was won by Hoop Jr., ridden by jockey Eddie Arcaro. [2]

Regularly held on the first Saturday of May, the 1945 edition of the Kentucky Derby was initially scheduled for May 5. However, in December 1944, the director of the Office of War Mobilization, James F. Byrnes, requested that all horse racing tracks suspend racing starting in January 1945, "and to refrain from resuming racing at all tracks until war conditions permit." [3] Days after V-E Day, Byrne's successor at the Office of War Mobilization, Fred M. Vinson, lifted the suspension on horse racing in an announcement on May 10. [3] The Kentucky Derby was subsequently scheduled for June 9, with the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to follow on June 16 and June 23, respectively. [3]

Full results

FinishedPostHorseJockeyTrainerOwnerTime / behind
1st2 Hoop Jr. Eddie Arcaro Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 2:07 0/0
2nd7 Pot O'Luck Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
3rd9Darby Dieppe Melvin Calvert Charles GentryMrs. W. Graham Lewis
4th5Air Sailor Leon Haas Alexis G. WilsonTheodore D. Buhl
5th3Jeep Arnold Kirkland Lydell T. Ruff Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
6th10Bymeabond Fred A. Smith William B. Stucki J. Kel Houssels
7th12Sea Swallow George Woolf Joseph H. Stotler Charles S. Howard
8th8Fighting StepGeorge SouthCharles C. NormanMurlogg Farm
9th6Burning Dream Albert Snider James W. Smith Edward R. Bradley
10th1AlexisKenneth Scawthorn John A. Healey Christiana Stable
11th4Foreign AgentKempton KnottGeorge E. LewisLookout Stud Farm
12th11MisweetArthur CraigLeo O'DonnelArthur Rose
13th13Tiger RebelJ. Raymond Layton John M. Goode Brent & Talbot
14th15Bert G.Robert SummersC. P. RoseTom L. Graham
15th14Jacobe Herb Lindberg Francis J. ScootA. R. Wright
16th16Kenilworth LadFrederick WeidamanC. P. RoseTom L. Graham

References

  1. ↑ "Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | Hoop Jr., 1945". Courier-journal.com. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  2. ↑ "1945". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  3. 1 2 3 Hanson, Vance (March 19, 2020). "1945 – When the Kentucky Derby moved from May to June". twinspires.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


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