Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs |
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Date | May 13, 1891 |
Winning horse | Kingman |
Jockey | Isaac Burns Murphy |
Trainer | Dudley Allen |
Owner | Jacobin Stable |
Surface | Dirt |
The 1891 Kentucky Derby was the 17th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 13, 1891. [1] The winning time of 2:52.25 was the slowest winning time in Derby history. [2]
With each rider under orders to stay off the lead until the stretch, all four horses ran abreast the whole way waiting for someone to make a move. This resulted in the field to canter their way around the track going a mile in 2:01, a mile and a quarter in 2:26+3⁄4 and finishing the mile and half race in 2:52. [3]
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
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1st | 3 | Kingman | Isaac Murphy | Dudley Allen | Jacobin Stable | 2:52.25 |
2nd | 4 | Balgowan | Monk Overton | Thomas J. Clay | 1⁄2 | |
3rd | 1 | High Tariff | Robert "Tiny" Williams | Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie | 1 | |
4th | 2 | Hart Wallace | Thomas Kiley | Bashford Manor Stable | 1⁄2 |