70th running of the Kentucky Derby
Horse race
The 1944 Kentucky Derby was the 70th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 1944.[1][2]
Full results
| Finished
|
Post
|
Horse
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
Time / behind
|
| 1st
|
5
|
Pensive
|
Conn McCreary
|
Ben A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
2:04 1/5
|
| 2nd
|
3
|
Broadcloth
|
George Woolf
|
Charles T. Leavitt
|
Agnes Poulsen
|
|
| 3rd
|
6
|
Stir Up
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
John M. Gaver, Sr.
|
Greentree Stable
|
|
| 4th
|
12
|
Shut Up
|
Ralph Eccard
|
Ray Priddy
|
Erlanger Stable (Joe Goldband)
|
|
| 5th
|
15
|
Brief Sigh
|
Vicenzo Nodarse
|
Rollie T. Shepp
|
River Divide Farm (Robert J. Dienst)
|
|
| 6th
|
9
|
Gay Bit
|
Jack Westrope
|
Albert Dunne
|
Bobanet Stable (R. Bruce Livie)
|
|
| 7th
|
16
|
Bell Buzzer
|
Billie Thompson
|
Charles P. Sanborn
|
David Ferguson
|
|
| 8th
|
4
|
Gramps Image
|
Otto Grohs
|
Whitey Abel
|
Dorothy Abel
|
|
| 9th
|
2
|
Skytracer
|
Michael Caffarella
|
Frank J. Baker
|
Manuel B. Goff
|
|
| 10th
|
1
|
Challenge Me
|
Willie Garner
|
Danny Cataldo
|
Brolite Farm (Oscar E. Breault)
|
|
| 11th
|
8
|
Alorter
|
Johnny Adams
|
John H. Skirvin
|
Alwin C. Ernst
|
|
| 12th
|
19
|
Comenow
|
J. Raymond Layton
|
Lucius P. Harlan
|
Philip Godfrey
|
|
| 13th
|
13
|
Valley Flares
|
George Burns
|
Bertram R. Paton
|
Bertram R. Paton
|
|
| 14th
|
14
|
Diavolaw
|
Joseph Molbert
|
Phil Reilly
|
W. Campbell Hobson
|
|
| 15th
|
10
|
Rockwood Boy
|
William Bailey
|
George S. Morris
|
W. C. Davis
|
|
| 16th
|
17
|
American Eagle
|
Jesse Higley
|
Raymond White
|
James V. Maggio
|
|
References
