1947 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 73rd Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 3, 1947 Jet Pilot 2:06 4/5 5.40:1 Eric Guerin R. Thomas Smith Maine Chance Farm Three-year-olds Dirt 1946 1948 The 1947 Kentucky Derby was the 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 1947, on a track rated slow. Jet Pilot led wire-to-wire and won in a three-horse photo finish. Jet Pilot finished a head in front of Phalanx and a length ahead of Faultless.http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2015/02/18/countdown-kentucky-derby-remembering-winner-jet-pilot/23561187/ Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Remembering 1947 winner Jet Pilot Courier-journal.com February 18, 2015 June 23, 2016https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1947 1947 Kentuckyderby.com June 23, 2016Drummond Cameron https://www.kentucky.com/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/article288318045.html How does a three-horse photo in the Kentucky Derby rank? Here are the closest finishes ever. May 5, 2024 Lexington Herald-LeaderMystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by nose in photo finish https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/40083982/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-photo-finish May 4, 2024 ESPN Faultless went on to win the 1947 Preakness Stakes while Phalanx won the 1947 Belmont Stakes.2017 Preakness: Winners from 1873 through 2017 https://www.app.com/story/sports/horses/2017/05/20/preakness-stakes-winners/334410001/ Asbury Park Press Steve Feitl May 20, 2017https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/video/phalanx-wins-at-the-1947-belmont-stakes-news-footage/1B012197_021 Universal Newsreel: Phalanx wins at the 1947 Belmont Stakes Universal Newsreel Getty Images Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 11 Jet Pilot Eric Guerin R. Thomas Smith Maine Chance Farm 2:06 4/5 2nd 8 Phalanx Eddie Arcaro Sylvester Veitch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 3rd 5 Faultless Douglas Dodson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 4th 9 On Trust Johnny Longden William Molter Earl O. Stice & Sons 5th 2 Cosmic Bomb Shelby Clark Willie Booth William G. Helis Sr. 6th 7 Star Reward Steve Brooks Jack C. Hodgins Dixiana 7th 6 Bullet Proof Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Liz Whitney 8th 1A W. L. Sickle Robert Campbell Graceton Philpot W-L Ranch Co. 9th 1 Stepfather Jack Westrope Graceton Philpot W-L Ranch Co. 10th 3 Liberty Road Job Dean Jessop Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 11th 10 Riskolater William Balzaretti Burton B. Williams Circle M Farm (Edward S. Moore) 12th 4 Double JayJohn Gilbert Walter L. McCue Ridgewood Stable 13th 12 Jett-jett William Hanka E. C. Dobson William M. Peavey Winning breeder: Arthur B. Hancock & Margaret Good Van Clief (KY) References 1947 Kentucky Derby Derby Kentucky Derby Kentucky Category:1947 in Louisville, Kentucky