1945 Kentucky Derby

71st Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
Grade I stakes race
LocationChurchill Downs
DateJune 9, 1945
Winning horseHoop Jr.
JockeyEddie Arcaro
TrainerIvan H. Parke
OwnerFred W. Hooper
SurfaceDirt
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The 1945 Kentucky Derby was the 71st running of the Kentucky Derby, held on June 9, 1945.[1] It was won by Hoop Jr., ridden by jockey Eddie Arcaro.[2]

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."[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

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 Stock 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

  1. ^ "Countdown to Kentucky Derby 2015 | Hoop Jr., 1945". Courier-journal.com. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  2. ^ "1945". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  3. ^ a b c Hanson, Vance (March 19, 2020). "1945 – When the Kentucky Derby moved from May to June". twinspires.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


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