1947 Kentucky Derby
73rd running of the Kentucky Derby
Horse race
Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs |
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Date | May 3, 1947 |
Winning horse | Jet Pilot |
Winning time | 2:06 4/5 |
Final odds | 5.40:1 |
Jockey | Eric Guerin |
Trainer | R. Thomas Smith |
Owner | Maine Chance Farm |
Conditions | Three-year-olds |
Surface | 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 ahead of Phalanx and a length ahead of Faultless.[1][2][3][4] Faultless went on to win the 1947 Preakness Stakes while Phalanx won the 1947 Belmont Stakes.[5][6]
Full results
Finished | Post | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time / behind |
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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 Jay | John 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
- ^ "Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Remembering 1947 winner Jet Pilot". Courier-journal.com. February 18, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "1947". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ Drummond, Cameron (May 5, 2024). "How does a three-horse photo in the Kentucky Derby rank? Here are the closest finishes ever". Lexington Herald-Leader.
- ^ "Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by nose in photo finish". ESPN. May 4, 2024.
- ^ Steve Feitl (May 20, 2017). "2017 Preakness: Winners from 1873 through 2017". Asbury Park Press.
- ^ "Universal Newsreel: Phalanx wins at the 1947 Belmont Stakes". Universal Newsreel – via Getty Images.
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