1917 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 43rd Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Omar Khayyam (horse).jpg 1917 Kentucky Derby winner Omar Khayyam Churchill Downs May 12, 1917 Omar Khayyam Charles Borel Charles T. Patterson Billings & Johnson Dirt 1916 1918 The 1917 Kentucky Derby was the 43rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 12, 1917.http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1917 Kentucky Derby History, 1917 2011-04-09 2022-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20220223101847/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1917 dead Winner Omar Khayyam, foaled in England, was the first foreign bred horse to win the Derby.http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1917.pdf 1917 Kentucky Derby Results Tables 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110814060016/http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1917.pdf 2011-08-14 dead Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 8 Omar Khayyam Charles Borel Charles T. Patterson C. K. G. Billings & Frederick Johnson 2:04.60 2nd 3 Ticket John McTaggart A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 2 3rd 1 Midway Claude Hunt William J. Young James W. Parrish1 1 2 4th 11 Rickety Frank Robinson James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 4 5th 9 War Star Merrit C. Buxton Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber 1 6th 14 Manister Toi Frank Keogh John J. Flanigan Emil Herz Head 7th 4 Skeptic Eddie Martin John I. Smith Herbert H. Hewitt Head 8th 2 Guy Fortune Danny Connelly Dan Lehan Pastime Stable1 1 2 9th 12 Star Master Johnny Loftus Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber 1 2 10th 13 Stargazer Willie Crump Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber Head 11th 5 Cudgel Frank Murphy James T. Mooney John W. Schorr 2 12th 7 Green Jones Roscoe Goose William Huntley Baker William Huntley Baker 5 13th 10 Top o' the Wave John Morys George Zeigler Beverwyck Stable 8 14th 6 Berline Walter Andress John S. Ward John S. Ward 4 15th 15 Acabado Andy Schuttinger William C. Clancy Wickliffe Stable 12 Winning Breeder: Sir John Robinson; (England) Horses Penrod, Diamond, and Sol Gilsey scratched before the race Payout Post Horse Win Place Show 8 Omar Khayyam $ 27.60 10.90 6.20 3 Ticket 3.70 2.80 1 Midway 5.10 The winner received a purse of $16,600. Second place received $2,500. Third place received $1,000. Fourth place received $275. References 1917 Kentucky Derby Derby Kentucky Category:May 1917 sports events in the United States Category:1910s in Louisville, Kentucky