Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs |
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Date | May 4, 1974 |
Winning horse | Cannonade |
Jockey | Angel Cordero Jr. |
Trainer | Woody Stephens |
Owner | John M. Olin |
Conditions | Fast |
Surface | Dirt |
Attendance | 163,628 |
The 1974 Kentucky Derby was the 100th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 4, 1974, [1] [2] with 163,628 people in attendance. [3] The 1974 Kentucky Derby holds the title of the second largest crowd in the history of U.S. Thoroughbred racing. [4]
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
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1st | 1 | Cannonade | Angel Cordero Jr. | Woody Stephens | John M. Olin | |
2nd | 19 | Hudson County | Mike Miceli | Stanley R. Shapoff | Robert B. Cohen | |
3rd | 3 | Agitate | Bill Shoemaker | James Jimenez | Meeken Stable (John & Paula Kent Meeken) | |
4th | 5 | J. R.'s Pet | Darrel McHargue | Harold Tinker | W. Cal Partee | |
5th | 6 | Little Current | Bobby Ussery | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | |
6th | 8 | Destroyer | Ismael Valenzuela | Monti C. Sims | Kenneth Opstein | |
7th | 11 | Buck's Bid | Don MacBeth | Anthony J. Marks | Bright View Farm (John Connelly) | |
8th | 1A | Judger | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Seth W. Hancock | |
9th | 17 | Pat McGroder | Tom Barrow | Mervin Marks | Oxford Stable (Ralph C. Wilson Jr.) | |
10th | 2B | Rube The Great | Miguel A. Rivera | Frank Martin Sr. | Sigmund Sommer | |
11th | 10 | Sir Tristram | Bill Hartack | Charles G. Milbank | Powhatan Stable | |
12th | 18 | Confederate Yankee | Howard Grant | Jerry Dutton | Merle H. Boyce | |
13th | 14 | Sharp Gary | Earlie Fires | Joseph Diangelo | Edward R. Scharps | |
14th | 7 | Ga Hai | Mike Manganello | Gene Cleveland | Laguna Seca Ranch (Constance H. Bishop) | |
15th | 16 | Crimson Ruler | Kenneth LeBlanc | Carrol J. Matherne | Lee Matherne | |
16th | 20 | Set N' Go | William Gavidia | Marcial J. Aspurua | Antonio Jose Isturiz | |
17th | 9 | Triple Crown | Braulio Baeza | W. Preston King | Samuel Lehrmann | |
18th | 2 | Accipiter | Angel Santiago | Frank Martin Sr. | Sigmund Sommer | |
19th | 21 | Gold and Myrrh | Donald Brumfield | Luis D'Casseries | William F. & James P. Wilmot | |
20th | 13 | Consigliori | Darrell Brown | J. D. Foster | Mr. & Mrs. William C. Jacobs | |
21st | 15 | Bold Clarion | Wayne Chambers | Roger Braugh | Mrs. Roger Braugh | |
22nd | 12 | Lexico | Gustavo Ávila | Marcial Iriza | Mrs. Vincenta deBaptista | |
23rd | 4 | Flip Sal | Eddie Maple | Stephen A. DiMauro | Ben Cohen & Salvatore Tufano |
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