1945 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 71st Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs June 9, 1945 Hoop Jr. Eddie Arcaro Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper Dirt 1944 1946 The 1945 Kentucky Derby was the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby, held on June 9, 1945.http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2015/04/24/countdown-kentucky-derby-hoop-jr/26310313/ Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | Hoop Jr., 1945 Courier-journal.com 2015-04-24 2016-06-25 It was won by Hoop Jr., ridden by jockey Eddie Arcaro.https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1945 1945 Kentuckyderby.com 2016-06-25 2016-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20160920200133/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1945 dead Regularly held on the first Saturday of May, the 1945 edition of the Kentucky Derby was initially scheduled for May 5. However, in December 1944, the director of the Office of War Mobilization, James F. Byrnes, requested that all horse racing tracks suspend racing starting in January 1945, "and to refrain from resuming racing at all tracks until war conditions permit."https://www.twinspires.com/blog/2020/03/19/1945-when-the-kentucky-derby-moved-from-may-to-june-by-vance-hanson 1945 – When the Kentucky Derby moved from May to June Vance Hanson twinspires.com March 19, 2020 June 20, 2020 Days after V-E Day, Byrne's successor at the Office of War Mobilization, Fred M. Vinson, lifted the suspension on horse racing in an announcement on May 10. The Kentucky Derby was subsequently scheduled for June 9, with the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to follow on June 16 and June 23, respectively. Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 2 Hoop Jr. Eddie Arcaro Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 2:07 0/0 2nd 7 Pot O'Luck Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 3rd 9 Darby Dieppe Melvin Calvert Charles Gentry Mrs. W. Graham Lewis 4th 5 Air Sailor Leon Haas Alexis G. Wilson Theodore D. Buhl 5th 3 Jeep Arnold Kirkland Lydell T. Ruff Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 6th 10 Bymeabond Fred A. Smith William B. Stucki J. Kel Houssels 7th 12 Sea Swallow George Woolf Joseph H. Stotler Charles S. Howard 8th 8 Fighting Step George South Charles C. Norman Murlogg Farm 9th 6 Burning Dream Albert Snider James W. Smith Edward R. Bradley 10th 1 Alexis Kenneth Scawthorn John A. Healey Christiana Stable 11th 4 Foreign Agent Kempton Knott George E. Lewis Lookout Stud Farm 12th 11 Misweet Arthur Craig Leo O'Donnel Arthur Rose 13th 13 Tiger Rebel J. Raymond Layton John M. Goode Brent & Talbot 14th 15 Bert G. Robert Summers C. P. Rose Tom L. Graham 15th 14 Jacobe Herb Lindberg Francis J. Scoot A. R. Wright 16th 16 Kenilworth Lad Frederick Weidaman C. P. Rose Tom L. Graham Winning breeder: Robert A. Fairbairn (KY) References 1945 Kentucky Derby Derby Category:May 1945 sports events in the United States Kentucky Category:1945 in Louisville, Kentucky