1919 Kentucky Derby Winner

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There are plenty of horse races in America every year. Quite literally thousands, but there is one that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

An original 1970s ink and watercolor drawing of 1919 Kentucky Derby winner Sir Barton signed by artist Jon Higgins. This pen and watercolor is on a reproduction Kentucky Derby program and depicts legendary racing horse Sir Barton with his jockey. Sir Barton was the first horse to win the American Triple Crown; he accomplished this feat in 1919, while he was three. He was sired by leading stud Star Shoot. His grandsire was the 1893 English Triple Crown champion Isinglass. Sir Barton was a thoroughbred chestnut colt. 1919: Sir Barton Sir Barton, winner of the 44th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churhill Downs, May 1919. Sir Barton, foaled at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Kentucky, was the first Triple Crown. Sir Barton was the first Triple Crown winner in 1919. Even though he was the grandson of 1893 English Triple Crown winner Isinglass, Sir Barton was a most unlikely thoroughbred to become the.

The Kentucky Derby is the famous jewel in the TripleCrown, with it having delivered show-stealing action year after year through a list of truly legendary winners.

From its first race in 1875, no less than 143 horses have claimed the title as Kentucky Derby champion.

Leading the charge as the inaugural Kentucky Derby winner, thousands of horses have been following in the footsteps – or hooves – of Aristides ever since he finished first past the post.

For every bettor, it’s all about picking the next winner and wrapping up the cash as a result. We won’t tell you that it’s easy, but we can certainly make it easier to understand the field. Form, weight, trainer, stable, jockey and so much more are all elements that combine to create a winner at the Kentucky Derby. Don’t worry, though, as you don’t need to trawl the web for this information — oh no!

We’re detailing the past results of the famous “Run for the Roses.” Who’s won it, how they’ve won it and every controversy along the way.

Circle Saturday, May 2, on your calendar, as the next Kentucky Derby isn’t far off. Get the latest information on the big race right here.

Kentucky Derby 2019 results

Oh boy, where do we even begin?

The Kentucky Derby might be known as the most exciting two minutes in horse racing but, in 2019, you can add an extra 24 minutes to that number.

The pre-race talk was rife with the hype surrounding GameWinner, the odds-on favorite to win. In fact, you can be sure that most of the 150,000-strong crowd were there to see the horse, ridden by Joel Rosario, bring it home.

However, it’s safe to say that at the Kentucky Derby, anything can happen, with BobBaffert and his record-attempting team certainly not having things their way.

It was all set up for the famous trainer to claim his sixth Triple Crown. However, no one could predict that this race would be one of the most controversial Kentucky Derby’s in history.

Maximum Security took the early lead, setting an electric pace from the outset with a 22.31 second opening quarter. Controlling the race, jockey LuisSaez opted to kick down the speed and shackle the field. With the final stretch in sight, Saez made a move for the top spot, as Maximum Security shifted position he impeded War of Will, a horse who was also making a play to lead the field. This move triggered a domino effect; War of Will would then impact the run of Long Range Toddy.

Maximum Security would eventually go on to pass the post first, but that would not be the end of the story.

A huge outsider — at 65-1 — CountryHouse would jump from ninth to second during the final straight confusion. After the race finished, the thunder in the atmosphere was clear with jockeys of Country House and Long Range Toddy both filing objections to the result due to Maximum Security’s on-track antics. Following a staggering 22-minute delay, race officials demoted Maximum Security, awarding the race to Country House, making him the second highest-priced winner in Kentucky Derby history.

Not short on drama, the 2019 Kentucky Derby was unprecedented, as Maximum Security and trainer Baffert had got glory ripped away, only for an outsider to walk away as the winner despite being second past the post.

Here’s the full finishing order for the Kentucky Derby 2019 along with the trainers, morning line odds, actual odds and the total amount of wagers bet on each horse. The total win pool for the 2019 event was $41,830,534.

Kentucky Derby payouts

When you bet on the Kentucky Derby, you’ll be looking for the proverbial bang for your buck.

When making sure you get the best possible payout, taking a look at historic payouts attached to Kentucky Derby winners is undoubtedly essential.

Now, we know that we don’t have a time machine. If we did, we’d certainly put a few more bucks on last year’s winner Country House before post-time, but this information could be worth its weight in gold come May 2.

The following table breaks down exactly what you could have got your hands on should you have bet on the winner last year. You’ll also find the various types of horse race bets you could have applied and the returns they would payout.

Payouts on all Kentucky Derby bets

Kentucky Derby winners

To say that the history of the Kentucky Derby is rich would be a massive understatement.

Steeped in history, countless names have crossed the final post first, having established legendary reputations amongst bettors in the process. We’ve already mentioned the first winner from 1875 in Aristides, with the Oliver Lewis ridden horse setting the tone for what was to come over the next 140 plus years.

The first filly to claim the title would be Regret, who would romp home first in 1915. Regret wouldn’t set the trend, however, as only three fillies have ever won the Kentucky Derby in its history, with GenuineRisk winning in 1980 and WinningColors claiming the crown in 1988. It’s safe to say that fillies don’t exactly have the best time on the track at the Kentucky Derby. But will another name join the filly winner’s list in 2020?

You can’t talk about past winners of the Kentucky Derby without talking about Secretariat in 1973.

Dominating the race like he had done so many before, he holds the record finish time. In fact, the story of Secretariat’s exploits at the Kentucky Derby is so famous that he was even the basis of a blockbuster Hollywood movie in 2010.

The list of Kentucky Derby winners is a who’s who of the sport. Therefore, let’s take a look at the horses who have won the “most exciting two minutes” in horse racing.

All the winners from 1874-2019

The Kentucky Derby keeps the action coming

1919 Kentucky Derby Winners

The results don’t lie, as the Kentucky Derby is the most action-packed race on the American horse racing calendar. Have your eye on the big race come May 2, 2020. Don’t place a wager without seeing what we have to say about the runners and riders.

We shared a rundown on the past winners; however, our coverage of the “Run for the Roses” doesn’t end there, so stay tuned.

UNREMEMBERED SPORTS: The Kentucky Derby, the First Triple Crown, and You’re in the Army Now

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By Ken Zurski

Who Won The Kentucky Derby In 2020

Sir Barton is officially the first horse to capture the elusive Triple Crown, a feat that requires winning three prestigious races as a three-year-old: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Sir Barton did it in 1919, but the distinction was not given until 1948. That’s because at the time there was no award for winning all three races, only accolades for being a good horse.

But all that changed in 1930.

That year, Gallant Fox won each of the three races in a row and the New York Times proclaimed: “[The jockey] gave all the credit to his mount which by winning the Preakness, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont had equaled the feat of Sir Barton. These two horses are the only ones to win the ‘triple crown.’ ”

That’s the first time, claims the Times, that the words “triple crown” were used in relation to horseracing.

It’s interesting to note that the term has often been ascribed to Charles Hatton, a writer for the Daily Racing Form, who started using “triple crown”’ five years later when Omaha accomplished the same three race sweep as Gallant Fox. “‘Triple Crown’ was a journalistic device,” Hatton later recalled. “It kind of fell out of my typewriter.”

Kentucky Derby Winner 1919

Regardless of who penned the phrase, after Omaha’s victories, the words “Triple Crown” were widely used to describe the three race achievement – and has been ever since. Later, when the racing board officials went back to assign the very first winner of the Triple Crown, Sir Barton was retroactively given that stature nearly 28 years after accomplishing the feat.

Sir Barton had good bloodlines, but entered the starting gate in Churchill Downs on May 10, 1919 as a maiden, meaning he had never won a race. He was expected to be a rabbit, or a horse that sets the pace for a stablemate horse who presumably has a better chance of winning. Sir Barton’s job was simple: Take the lead, keep a quick pace, and let his stablemate Billy Kelly benefit from a fast time up front and come running hard down the stretch at the end. There was nothing illegal about such a ploy. Both horses had the same owner and were coupled in the betting. But unpredictably reigned supreme that day. Sir Barton took the lead as ordered, but never relinquished it, beating all eleven horses in the field and capturing the 45th Kentucky Derby by five lengths. “Sir Barton raced into the lead at once and well, ridden, led under restraint until reaching the stretch, where he was shaken up and easily held Billy Kelly safe in the eighth (pole),” the race notes read.

Four days later Sir Barton was entered in the Preakness Stakes and again led all the way. He won another race, the Withers Stakes, before easily taking the Belmont Stakes in New York and setting an American record for a mile-and-three-eighths, the distance for the Belmont at the time (it’s now the longest of the three Triple Crown races at a mile-and-a half). Sir Barton accomplished all this – four victories in all – in just 32 days. Today the time distance between the Kentucky Derby and Belmont is 35 days.

The following year Sir Barton continued his winning ways, but a match race against another accomplished racehorse Man O’ War effectively ended his career. The contest between the two horses was run on the notoriously hard surface of Kenilworth Park in Windsor, Ontario. Barton, who suffered from hoof problems, never challenged Man O’ War and lost by seven lengths. He was retired to stud after the defeat and although sired several foals who won stake races, there were no Triple Crown winners in his stock. He was considered a failure in the barn.

So in 1933, at the age of 17, he was enlisted.

Technically, Sir Barton became a “working” horse.

Officially, he had joined the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army Remount Service was originally a part of the Union Army and began during early days of the Civil War. Its purpose was clear: to train horses for battle. It’s objective obvious: provide all Calvary and artillery units with useful horses. By contrast, on the Confederate side, each participate was asked to bring his own horse.

But there was more confusion than organization at the Union Remount Service depots. No one knew exactly what to do or how to do it. Questions and debates, rather than solutions, kept piling up. Like how many horses were needed? What type of training was necessary? Where will the horses come from? And how much would the government pay? Plus, there were staffing issues, poor leadership and as usual with any new institution without historical legalities to back it up– corruption. But it was useful. Horses were a vital tool in ground warfare and the Remount Service provided quality horses. Each depot could handle between 10-thousand and 16-thousand horses each. There were about a half dozen depots in the country.

The government purchased Sir Barton from a stud farm in Wyoming for just under $500 and assigned the colt to the depot in Nebraska, named Fort Robinson, a makeshift horse farm.

What Sir Barton did in the Army is not exactly clear. After the Civil War ended, the Remount Service was used mostly for breeding and not much else. Many horses died in the war and needed to be replaced. So there was a purpose.

When America entered the first World War, the fighting took place overseas so men, not horses, traveled to Europe. The British used horses extensively during the Great War, but they had their own reserves. With nothing to serve and foals outnumbering demand, the U.S Remount Program was finally disbanded in 1948, shortly after the end of World War II.

Sir Barton likely had little do as military horse. He sired horses and was used for training mostly. Also, being a champion racehorse may not have had its advantages either. Sir Barton didn’t have to run fast or beat others, he simply had to work. Most of the horses were thoroughbreds, like Sir Barton, so he fit right in, despite being the only Kentucky Derby winner.

His time in the Army was short, however. He served less than a year before being sold to a Wyoming horseman named Doc Hylton who brought the champion colt back to his ranch for more stud duty.

In 1937, Sir Barton died of colic at the age of 21.

1929 Kentucky Derby Winner

Eleven years later, after being posthumously honored as the first Triple Crown winner, his story became one for the record books.