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Date	Past Performances	Articles
May 6, 1896	Kentucky Derby Today	Ben Brush's Close Call Louisville Form Chart
May 12, 1897	Louisville Entries: Third Race	Louisville Form Chart
May 4, 1898	Louisville Entries	Plaudit's Kentucky Derby Louisville Form Charts
May 3, 1900	Louisville Entries	Louisville Form Chart Fourth Race
May 5, 1908	Louisville Entries and Past Performances	Kentucky Derby History and Horses to Start Today Derby to Rank Outsider; Unconsidered Stone Street Defeats Sir Cleges
May 10, 1910	Fourth Race	Waldo Out of Derby; Harrison Crack Goes Lame in Preparation for Louisville Fixture Thrilling Finish in Derby; 50,000 Cheer Donau to Victory
May 11, 1912	Fourth Race	Louisville is Turf Mecca Worth Wins Kentucky Derby By Narrow Margin
May 10, 1913	Fourth Race	Twelve Named For Derby Donerail Wins the Fastest Kentucky Derby on Record
May 9, 1914	Fourth Race	Slow Track for Derby Old Rosebud Makes a New Track Record at Churchill Downs in Winning Fortieth Kentucky Derby
May 8, 1915	Fifth Race	Rain a New Derby Factor Regret From End to End
May 11, 1918	Forty-fourth Running of the Historic Kentucky Derby	Exterminator A Worthy Substitute for Sun Briar
May 10, 1919	Forty-Fifth running...	Historic Kentucky Derby Race Sir Barton Wins
May 8, 1920	Forty-Sixth running...	Kentucky Derby Sensation Forty-Sixth Kentucky Derby Paul Jones Takes Derby
May 7, 1921	Forty-Seventh running...	Derby Horses All Ready Forty-Seventh Kentucky Derby
May 13, 1922	Forty-Eighth running...	Hail! The Champion Comes! Famous Kentucky Derby Today Morvich Wins Kentucky Derby
May 19, 1923	5th Race	Kentucky Derby Today Zev Wins Kentucky Derby
May 17, 1924	Churchill Downs 5th Race Past Performances	Fiftieth Kentucky Derby Today Black Gold Wins the Kentucky Derby
May 15, 1926	Fifth Race	Fifty-Second Kentucky Derby E.R. Bradley Scores Another Derby Triumph
May 14, 1927	5th Race	Bugle Call For Kentucky Derby Whiskery Winner of the Derby
May 17, 1930	5th Churchill Downs	56th Kentucky Derby Gallant Fox Wins Derby
May 5, 1934	6th Churchill Downs	Over 50,000 to Witness Kentucky Derby Today Three Score of Years For Kentucky Derby Cavalcade Wins Sixtieth Kentucky Derby
May 4, 1935	6th Churchill Downs	Sixty-First Kentucky Derby Today Gallant Fox's Son, Omaha, Wins Kentucky Derby
May 8, 1937	6th Churchill Downs	Sixty-Third Kentucky Derby Today War Admiral Wins
May 3, 1941	7th Churchill Downs	Sixty-Seventh Kentucky Derby to Bring Out Crack Field of Eleven Whirlaway Wins Kentucky Derby By Eight Lengths in Track Record Time
May 1, 1943	7th Churchill Downs	Sixty-Ninth Kentucky Derby to Bring Out Field of Twelve Count Fleet Victor in Derby; Place Taken by Blue Swords
May 6, 1944	7th Churchill Downs	Nineteen in Kentucky Derby With Stir Up Staunch Choice Pensive Wins Kentucky Derby Over Stir Up and Broadcloth
June 9, 1945	71st Kentucky Derby	Seventy-First Kentucky Derby Draws Crack Field of Seventeen Hoop Jr. Wins Kentucky Derby Easily With Pot o'Luck Second
May 4, 1946	7th Churchill Downs	First $100,000 Kentucky Derby Brings Out Field of Seventeen Assault Wins Kentucky Derby; Spy Song Trails Eight Lengths
May 1, 1948	74th--Kentucky Derby--7th Churchill Downs	Citation, Coaltown Top Field Of Seven in Kentucky Derby Calumet's Citation, Coaltown One-Two in Kentucky Derby
May 5, 1951	77th Kentucky Derby	Field of Twenty-Three Seeks $100,000 Kentucky Derby Count Turf Gains Stunning Triumph in Kentucky Derby
May 3, 1952	78th Kentucky Derby	Hill Gail Choice of Seventeen in $100,000 Kentucky Derby Hill Gail Drives to Clean-Cut Triumph in Kentucky Derby
May 1, 1954	80th Kentucky Derby	Correlation Faces Seventeen in $124,850 Kentucky Derby Determine Beats Hasty Road in Richest Kentucky Derby
May 5, 1956	82nd Kentucky Derby	Starting Field of Seventeen in $167,550 Kentucky Derby
May 4, 1957	83rd Kentucky Derby	Crack Field of Ten Competes in $153,300 Kentucky Derby Iron Liege Beats Gallant Man
May 6, 1967	93rd Kentucky Derby	14 Awaiting 93rd Kentucky Derby Post Call Proud Clarion's Late Charge Produces Surprise in Derby
May 2, 1970	9th Churchill Downs	My Dad George Choice of 17 in $170,300 Kentucky Derby Dust Commander Surprises With Convincing Derby Tally
May 1, 1971	97th Kentucky Derby	Jim French Among 21 Poised for Richest Kentucky Derby Canonero II. Scores Stunning Surprise in Kentucky Derby
May 5, 1973	9th Churchill Downs	Favor Secretariat Over Sham In $198,800 Kentucky Derby Secretariat Smashes Record In Magnificent Derby Score
May 4, 1974	Record 23 Enter $326,500 Centennial Kentucky Derby	Cannonade Decisive Victor in Richest Kentucky Derby
May 1, 1976	8th Churchill Downs	Honest Pleasure Solid Choice In $217,700 Kentucky Derby Bold Forbes Annexes Derby; Life's Hope Wins Decisively
May 7, 1977	8th Churchill Downs	Seattle Slew Odds-on Choice in $267,200 Kentucky Derby Seattle Slew Survives Long Duel to Win Kentucky Derby
May 6, 1978	8th Churchill Downs	Favor Alydar Over Affirmed In $239,400 Kentucky Derby Affirmed Withstands Alydar to Capture Kentucky Derby
May 5, 1979	105th Kentucky Derby	Rate Spectacular Bid Heavy Favorite in Kentucky Derby Spectacular Bid Scores Solid Victory in $304,900 Derby
May 3, 1980	106th Kentucky Derby	Fast-Charging Genuine Risk Victress in Kentucky Derby
May 1, 1982		Gato del Sol Driving Winner in $522,600 Kentucky Derby
May 7, 1988	8th Churchill	Private Terms, Winning Colors Top Kentucky Derby Field of 17 Winning Colors Leads Throughout Ky. Derby

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