1978 Kentucky Derby

Horse race Dirt Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs,Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 1978 Affirmed Steve Cauthen Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm Fast 131,004https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/07/archives/95-affirmed-cauthen-up-wins-kentucky-derby-alydar-1-lengths-back.html 9‐5 Affirmed, Cauthen Up, Wins Kentucky Derby The New York Times 7 May 1978 2020-01-28 1977 1979 The 1978 Kentucky Derby was the 104th running of the Kentucky Derby. Affirmed, under jockey Steve Cauthen, won the race by 1 1/2 lengths over Alydar.Triple Crown Winner Affirmed Euthanized Mitchell, R. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/2447/triple-crown-winner-affirmed-euthanized January 12, 2001 Blood Horse 2015-05-17Kentucky Derby countdown: Affirmed, 1978 Rees, J. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2015/01/17/countdown-kentucky-derby-remembering-triple-crown-winner-affirmed/21929203/ The Courier-Journal January 18, 2015 2015-05-17 Believe It finished 3rd, 1 1/4 lengths behind Alydar, and 30:1 longshot Darby Creek Road finished 4th.1978 Kentucky Derby telecast ABC May 1978The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History Sowers, R. 232 2014 McFarland 9780786476985 Affirmed won the Triple Crown by defeating Alydar by decreasing margins in the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. 11 horses competed in the race. Alydar went into the race as a 6:5 favorite, despite Affirmed having won 4 of the 6 previous races between the two. Affirmed went off at 9:5. Sensitive Prince and Believe It were the only other horses to go off at less than 30:1, at 9:2 and 7:1 respectively. Sensitive Prince and Affirmed, both frontrunners, were near the lead early in the race behind long shot Raymond Earl. Sensitive Prince took the lead at the first turn, but Affirmed gained the lead at the second turn.Affirmed Wins! http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1978 Churchill Downs 2015-05-17 2015-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20150420224045/http://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1978 dead After attaining the lead, Affirmed held it for the remainder of the race except for a brief moment when Believe It led by a head. Alydar charged from the outside down the stretch, and overtook Believe It, despite the two horses bumping, but Alydar could not overtake Affirmed. Payout The 104th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule ProgramNumber Horse Name Win Place Show2 Affirmed$5.60$2.80$2.6010 Alydar - $2.60 $2.409 Believe It - - $2.80 Results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind Odds 1st 2 Affirmed Steve Cauthentablenote1 a Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 2:01 1/59:5 2nd 10 Alydar Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 11 26:5 3rd 9 Believe It Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Hickory Tree Stable 11 47:1 4th 7 Darby Creek Road Donald BrumfieldLou Rondinello James W. (Wally) & Jody Galbreath Phillips 30:1 5th 3 Esops Foibles Chris McCarron Loren Rettele Jerry Frankel 45:1 6th 11 Sensitive Prince Mickey Solomone H. Allen Jerkens Top of the Marc Stable (Joseph Taub) 9:2 7th 8 Dr. Valeri Rene Riera Jr. Aurelio M. Perez Virginio & Ronal Renzi 90:1 8th 5 Hoist the Silver Richard DePasstablenote2 b Richard J. Fischer Washington Stud (Jack E. Dasso/D. Golab/Perry Levinson/E.M. Solomon) 99:1 9th 6 Chief of Dixieland Anthony Rini Jake Morreale Dixie-Jake, Inc. 99:1 10th 1 Raymond Earl Robert L. Bairdtablenote3 c Smiley Adams Robert N. Lehmann 99:1 11th 4 Special Honor Paul Nicolo Elwood D. McCann Linda Gaston & Alvin D. Haynes 99:1 tablenote1 a a Steve Cauthen was the youngest to ever ride in the Kentucky Derby. tablenote2 b b Richard DePass became the first Jamaican jockey ever to ride in the Kentucky Derby.https://nationwideradiojm.com/no-caribbean-representative-will-be-at-the-kentucky-derby/ No Caribbean Representative Will be at the Kentucky Derby Nationwide Radio JM Nationwide Newsnet 2021-04-29 2024-04-18 tablenote3 c c Robert L. Baird was the oldest to ever ride in the Kentucky Derby. Winning Breeder: Harbor View Farm; (FL) References Category:Kentucky Derby races Category:1978 in horse racing Category:1978 in American sports Derby Kentucky Derby Category:1978 in Louisville, Kentucky