Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs |
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Date | May 2, 1970 |
Winning horse | Dust Commander |
Jockey | Mike Manganello |
Trainer | Don Combs |
Owner | Robert E. Lehmann |
Surface | Dirt |
The 1970 Kentucky Derby was the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1970. [1] [2]
The race is most notable in American popular culture as the setting for " The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved", an article written for Scanlan's Monthly by Hunter S. Thompson that would later be identified as the first instance of gonzo journalism.
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
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1st | 3 | Dust Commander | Mike Manganello | Don Combs | Robert E. Lehmann | 2:03.40 |
2nd | 7 | My Dad George | Ray Broussard | Frank J. McManus | Raymond M. Curtis | |
3rd | 1 | High Echelon | Larry Adams | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | |
4th | 9 | Naskra | Braulio Baeza | Philip G. Johnson | Her-Jac Stable | |
5th | 5 | Silent Screen | John L. Rotz | J. Bowes Bond | Elberon Farm | |
6th | 10 | Admiral's Shield | Jimmy Nichols | Harvey L. Vanier | William C. Robinson Jr. | |
7th | 11 | Corn off the Cob | Angel Cordero Jr. | Arnold N. Winick | Fence Post Farm | |
8th | 1A | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | |
9th | 15 | Native Royalty | Ismael Valenzuela | John T. Davis | Happy Valley Farm | |
10th | 14 | Robin's Bug | Leroy Moyers | Tracey Bougon | W. J. Hickey-R. F. Kuhn | |
11th | 8 | Terlago | Bill Shoemaker | Jerry M. Fanning | Samuel J. Agnew | |
12th | 12 | Dr. Behrman | Chuck Baltazar | James P. Conway | Lin-Drake Farm | |
13th | 16 | Action Getter | Mike Venezia | Bob G. Dunham | E. V. Benjamin-J. Jones Jr. | |
14th | 2 | George Lewis | Bill Hartack | Buster Millerick | Mr. & Mrs. Allan Magerman | |
15th | 17 | Fathom | Diane Crump | Don H. Divine | W. L. Lyons Brown | |
16th | 4 | Holy Land | Hector Pilar | John Weiport | Steve Carson & Irving Apple | |
17th | 13 | Rancho Lejos | H. Rudy Campas | Chay R. Knight | Mrs. J. S. Dean Jr. |