The Kentucky Derby is a horse race that has been run every year since 1875 at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. The race started as a 1.5-mile race, but in 1896 it was shortened to 1.25 miles because experts felt that three-year-old horses shouldn€™t run such a long race that early in the season. (It has been run in May every year but one€”1901€”when it took place on April 29.) The table at the bottom of the page shows the data for the first few and a few recent races.

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Date May 17, 1875 Aristides May 15, 1876 Vagrant May 22, 1877 Baden-Baden May 21, 1878Day Star May 20, 1879 Lord Murphy Winner Margin (lengths) Jockey Winner's Payoff () Duration (minTrack Condition 0. Lewis B. Swim W. Walker J. Carter C. Shauer 2850 2950 3300 4050 3550 2:37.75 2:38.25 2:38.00 2:37.25 2:37.00 Fast Fast Fast Dusty Fast May 2, 2008 Big Brown May 2, 2009 Me That Bird May1,2010 Super Saver May 7, 2011 Kingdom May 5, 2012l'Il Have Another 43/4 63/4 23/4 2 1/2 11/2 Kent Desormeaux Calvin Borel Calvin Borel John R. Velazquez Mario Gutierrez e2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 2:01.82 2:02.66 2:04.45 2:02.04 2:01.83 Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast