1940 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 66th Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 4, 1940 Gallahadion Carroll Bierman Roy Waldron Milky Way Farm Stable Dirt 1939 1941 The 1940 Kentucky Derby was the 66th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 4, 1940.http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2015/02/25/countdown-kentucky-derby-gallahadion/23961589/ Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Gallahadion, 1940 Courier-journal.com 2015-02-25 2016-06-29https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1940 1940 Kentuckyderby.com 2016-06-29 Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 1 Gallahadion Carroll Bierman Roy Waldron Milky Way Farm Stable 2:05 0/0 2nd 2 Bimelech Fred A. Smith William A. Hurley Edward R. Bradley 3rd 7 Dit Leon Haas Max Hirsch W. Arnold Hanger 4th 3 Mioland Lester Balaski R. Thomas Smith Charles S. Howard 5th 6 Sirocco Johnny Longden James W. Smith Dixiana Stable 6th 5 Roman Kenneth McCombs Daniel Stewart Joseph E. Widener 7th 8 Royal Man John Gilbert Moody Jolley Tower Stable 8th 9 Pictor George Woolf Louis Schaefer William L. Brann Winning breeder: Robert A. Fairbairn (KY) References 1940 Kentucky Derby Derby Category:May 1940 sports events in the United States Kentucky Category:1940 in Louisville, Kentucky